Los Machucambos was a music band formed in Paris in 1959.

The two guitar players were Rafael Gayoso (from Spain), Milton Zapata (from Peru) and the singer was Julia Cortés (from Costa Rica) .

In 1960 Zapata was replaced by Romano Zanotti (pseudonym of Giuseppe Piccolo) (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.

[citation needed] After Julia Cortés retired in 1972 they had various lead singers, like María Licata (1973-1980), Florence, María Aparecida (1976-1980), Chilean Mariana Montalvo (1980-2005) and Haileey since 2006.