Juaneco y Su Combo was originally founded by the amateur saxophonist Juan Wong Paredes as Juaneco y suConjunto. In 1969, Wong handed over control of the band to his son, Juan Wong Popolizio, who subsequently renamed it "Juaneco y su Combo". During the early 1970's, the band's popularity peaked, and they became one of the most innovativePeruvian cumbiabands at the time and a pioneer in the jungle cumbia genre. The band's members performed in headgear made from parrot feathers and cottontunics, similar to the Shipibo people of Peru. In 1977, five of the band's members died in a plane crash.