'Tequila' Hitmaker and The Champs Guitarist Dave Burgess Dies Aged 90

Rock-and-roll icon behind party-favorite hit ‘Tequila’ dead at 90

Dave Burgess, the musician, songwriter and producer who co-wrote the instrumental rock-and-roll hit “Tequila” and founded the band The Champs, has died at 90 years old.

Pioneering rock and roll guitarist Dave Burgess of The Champs dies at 90

Dave Burgess, the guitarist of pioneering rock and roll group The Champs has died at the age of 90.

'Tequila' hitmaker and The Champs guitarist Dave Burgess dies aged 90

Dave Burgess, guitarist of The Champs, has died aged 90. The news was confirmed through an obituary on the website for the Anglin Funeral Home in Dover, Tennessee, which reports that Burgess died on October 19. Burgess was best known for The Champs’ 1958 instrumental, Latin-inspired hit single ‘Tequila’, which went to Number One on the Billboard charts just three weeks after its release, famously knocking Elvis Presley‘s ‘Don’t’ from the top spo…

Dave Burgess, the Champs frontman famous for 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' song 'Tequila,' dies at 90

The mostly instrumental track also has been featured in movies such as "The Sandlot" and "American Graffiti."Anglin Funeral Home; Warner Brothers Dave Burgess' song 'Tequila' was part of Paul Reubens' movie 'Pee-Wee's Big Adventure' in 1985Musician Dave Burgess, known for his work with the group the Champs, who contributed the song "Tequila" to the 1985 movie Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, has died. He was 90.Burgess, who died Oct. 19, was a songwrite…

Guitarist Dave Burgess – of Tequila hit-makers the Champs – dies at 90

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