Los Machucambos

Los Machucambos is a Latin group from France, formed on January 1, 1959.

Los Machucambos is a group formed in Paris in August 1959 by Julia Cortes a Costa Rican, Rafaêl Gayoso a Spaniard, and a Peruvian, Milton Zapata who was replaced by the end of the year 1960 by an Italian, Romano Zanotti. The name Los Machucambos comes from the word the Indians of South America call the armadillo. An animal which is used to manufacture the charango, a kind of small mandoline, which is played by the group. The trio quickly became famous thanks to the "Jeunesses musicales de France" network. .