The Champs

The Champs Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

The Champs were an American rock and roll band, most famous for their Latin-tinged 1958 instrumental single "Tequila". The group took their name from that of Gene Autry's horse, Champion, and was formed by studio executives at Autry's Challenge Records to record a B-side for the Dave Burgess single "Train to Nowhere". The intended throwaway track became more famous than its A-side, as "Tequila" went to number one in just three weeks, and the band became the first group to... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Tequila - #2: El Rancho Rock - #3: Limbo Rock - #4: Chariot Rock - #5: Midnighter
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  1958
1.
02/1958
#1  Tequila
The Champs greentick

from Go, Champs, Go!   
203 pts
1
US
1
R&B
5
UK
instrumental
[Challenge 1016]
written by Daniel Flores
El Rancho Rock
2.
05/1958
#2  El Rancho Rock
The Champs greentick

from Go, Champs, Go!   
23 pts
30
US
10
R&B


instrumental
[Challenge 59007]
written by Emilio Donato Uranga & Silvano R. Ramos
Chariot Rock
3.
08/1958
#4  Chariot Rock
The Champs greentick

from Everybody's Rockin'   
7 pts
59
US




[Challenge 59018]
written by Dave Burgess
4.
08/1958
#5  Midnighter
The Champs greentick

from Go, Champs, Go!   
3 pts
94
US




US B side to El Rancho Rock
[Challenge 59007]
written by Dave Burgess
  1962
5.
02/1962
Tequila Twist
The Champs greentick

from Great Dance Hits   
3 pts
99
US




[Challenge 9131]
written by Chuck Rio
Limbo Rock
6.
05/1962
#3  Limbo Rock
The Champs greentick

from Great Dance Hits   
12 pts
40
US




instrumental US B side to Tequila Twist
[Challenge 9131]
written by Billy Strange

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