Trío Los Platinos

Trío Los Platinos was started in 1962. its first members were Pepito Lacomba Jr., Teddy Torres, and Julio Cuevas, who was the trío’s director. Today its members are Ray Vasqúes (first voice), Julio Melendez (first guitar and third voice), and Julio Cuevas
(second guitar and second voice) remains the director. Though they were born in Puerto Rico they are now longtime residents of the Bronx. As a group that has performed for over 50 years they are the longest established group in this genre in New York (Trío Vegabajeño in Puerto Rico is the only group that has been around longer).