The Champs
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The Champs were a rock and roll band, most famous for their latin-tinged instrumental "Tequila" (1958).
Band members
- Chuck Rio – saxophone, vocals (born Daniel Flores on July 11, 1929, Santa Paula, California, died September 19, 2006, Huntington Beach, California)
- Dave Burgess – rhythm guitar (a.k.a. "Dave Dupree", born December 13, 1934, Beverly Hills, California)
- Dale Norris – lead guitar (born Springfield, Missouri)
- Buddy Bruce – lead guitar (born 1930, Missouri , died 2014, Tulsa, Oklahoma)
- Bob Morris – bass guitar (born Hasty, Arkansas)
- Dean McDaniel – bass (born June 28, 1943, Arkansas City, Kansas, died November 1, 2006, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
- Benjamin Van Norman – bass (born July 19, 1928, Ann Arbor, Michigan, died November 3, 1958 Buena Park, California in a car accident)
- Dave Fritz - bass (born 1943)
- Cliff Hills – bass (born 1918, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Joe Burnas – bass (born 1923, Chicago, died April 12, 1999)
- Gene Alden – drums (born 1930, South Dakota)
- Dean Beard – piano (born August 31, 1935, Santa Anna, Texas, died April 4, 1989, in Coleman, Texas)
- Seals and Crofts
Dave "Snuffy" Smith played bass from late 1959 to 1960. Other members at this time were Jimmy Seals, Dash Crofts, Johnny Meeks (originally of Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps). Later band members included Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Chuck Downs (drums), Rich Grissom, Gary Nieland (drums), Jerry Puckett (guitar), Marvin Siders, and Leon Sanders. The last lineup of the band, in 1964, included Johnny Trombatore, who co-wrote some songs with Jim Seals, Dash Crofts, Maurice Marshall, bassist Curtis Paul and Seals' replacement on saxophone, Keith MacKendrick (who later stayed on saxophone when Seals re-joined). Dave Fritz- bass (born 1943)
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