The Champs - Extended Play… (2024)

A driving rhythmic six-man unit voted the most promising instrumental group of the year in the 1958 'Cash Box' magazine poll. Best known for their classic 1958 rock 'n' roll almost instrumental 'Tequila' which was a U.S. #1, reaching #5 here in the U.K. It all started in December 1957 at the Hollywood studious of Challenge Records. Included in these EP sides are many of their hits from both sides of the Atlantic such as 'Tequila' (U.S. #1 - Feb '58), 'El Ranch Rock' (U.S. #30 - May '58), 'Midnighter' (U.S. #94 - Aug '58), 'Chariot Rock' (U.S. #59 - Aug. '58), 'Too Much Tequila' (U.S. #30 - Jan '60), 'Limbo Rock' (U.S. #40 - May '62), 'Tequila Twist' (U.S. #99 - Feb '62). 'Tequila' continued to be a massive worldwide hit and re-issues of it would continue sell for the next three decades. It was in 1987 a 12" single version would re-chart in the U.K top 100 dance and mainstream chart. So settle back and listen to a great collection of toe-tapping R&R party music from one of the best instrumental Rock 'n' Roll bands from the later fifties and early sixties - from those wonderful EPs.