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 .
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.
With this success they made concerts to the United States.
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.
The disc is first released outside Venezuela; like many orchestras, Los Satelites had no support from Venezuelan radio stations.
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" .
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.
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.
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.
Despite this they have made numerous recordings including:
Other orchestras were called LOS SATELITES: one in New York which was part Bobby Valentin, one in Spain and Colombia.
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