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  • Danny Flores, who shouted "tequila!" on hit record, dies at 77

    09/22/2006 11:48:27 AM PDT · by Borges · 20 replies · 938+ views
    SF Examiner ^ | 9/22/06
    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Danny Flores, who played the saxophone and shouted the word "tequila!" in the 1950s hit song "Tequila!", has died. He was 77. Flores, who lived in Westminster, died Tuesday at Huntington Beach Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Kathleen Curran. He died of complications from pneumonia, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported. The man sometimes called the "godfather of Latin rock" was born in Santa Paula but grew up in Long Beach. By age 5 he was playing guitar in church and at 14 he was a member of a trio that performed Mexican music. In 1957, Flores was...