Dave Burgess, the guitarist who led the Champs to radio domination with their Latin-tinged, Pee-wee Herman-approved instrumental rocker “ Tequila ,” has died. An obituary on the website for the Anglin Funeral Home in Dover, Tennessee, reports that Burgess died on Oct. 19. He was 90. Named after Gene Autry’s horse Champion, the Champs lived up to their name when they knocked Elvis Presley’s “Don’t” from the top of the Billboard chart with their hit “Tequila” in 1958. The jaunty, saxophone-fueled

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