Octavio "Cuso" Mendoza

Cuban born singer, percussionist and composer (Santa Clara, Cuba, 15 Mar. 1915 - Sanford, Florida, 17 Jan. 1997), has been in Puerto Rico and eventually moved to New York where he sang for various orchestras including Filarmónica de Puerto Rico, Xavier Cugat, Tito Puente, ... he also created his Trío Los Mendoza in New York, with Gilberto Moreno and Neftalí Piñeiro.