Skip to the content
VALÉORINE London
Person

Melcochita

Pablo Villanueva Branda (born 17 September 1936), known as Melcochita, is a Peruvian comedian and Sonero singer, born in barrio La Victoria, in Lima, Perú. Known in the 1950s as Pacocha, he and his brothers created the band "Son Cubillas". He made various Latin music albums produced in Peru and New York, achieving some hits in the salsa market.

Also recorded as Pablo Villanueva Branda

In this articleReferencesBrowse the field

Melcochita

Melcochita en 2020, durante una campaña del bono familiar universal

Presidencia del Perú · YouTube: https– View/save archived versions on archive.org · CC BY 3.0

Full name
Pablo Villanueva Branda.
Born
1936 · Lima.
Nationality
Peru
Occupation
musician · humorist · sonero · comedian
Fields
salsa
Languages
Spanish

Reference Check

Propose documentary evidence for Melcochita. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.

Sign in to contribute

Documentary evidence

Documentary basis

Authority files

wikidata · Q6812074 · wikipedia · Melcochita

VALÉORINE Encyclopedia

The documentary record

Statements marked “Documentary record” are set in the article beside the passage they confirm. Each is read from the authority records of the institutions named here; select “Prove” to see the record it was read from, where in that record, and when.

Institutions cited

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

Complete reading chain (JSON)

In this article

  1. 01Recordings and discography
  2. 02Notes, references and evidence

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 31 August 2026.

Elsewhere in Music memorabilia

44,023 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

Best supported in this field

Read the complete music memorabilia index

For owners

Own a work by Melcochita?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.

Request a valuationHow selling works