Initially called "el Sexteto Satelites" (August 1968 ), it was based on the side of the Oriente . The move in Caracas involving a change in music format, directory and style: a trumpet and trombone are added over the first 45 laps they record from 1971 . <br />The first success of the orchestra "Pensando Ti" was sung by Mauricio Conde [ 1 ], a romantic salsero singer more than bolériste. Cheo Palmar (real name José Laso) wrote this piece thinking about the range of this singer. <br />With this success they made concerts to the United States. <br />Then they recorded the album "Pensando Ti" which remained eight months in cartons of their label until a head of a New York record company takes the song with him. Three months later the title is # 1 in the Dominican Republic. <br />The disc is first released outside Venezuela; like many orchestras, Los Satelites had no support from Venezuelan radio stations. <br />In Colombia, there was already a band called "Los Satelites" in discos Fuentes; therefore there discs are released under the name "Mendoza y su Conjunto Cheche" . <br />The Fania label called Cheche Mendoza to record but was bound by a 5 year contract with Discomoda and thus had to decline the offer. <br />The merit of Los Satelites was to be the first Venezuelan conductor to be exported and to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York. <br /> <br />Unfortunately if the band had success abroad, they were ignored in their own country, where the radios were focused on the flagship of the moment: La Dimension Latina. <br />Despite this they have made numerous recordings including: <br /> <br />Other orchestras were called LOS SATELITES: one in New York which was part Bobby Valentin, one in Spain and Colombia. <br /> <br />Info Source Link - http://www.buscasalsa.com/Cheche-Mendoza-Los-Satelites?lang=fr
