Los Machucambos was a music band formed in Paris in 1959.The two guitar players were Rafaël Gayoso (from Spain), Milton Zapata (from Peru) and the singer was Julia Cortes (from Costa Rica).In 1960 Zapata was replaced by Romano Zanotti (from Italy)Although the group had a long list of discography their best known hit was Pepito which became the number 1 hit in 1961.