Claim: Carlos Santana formed Santana in 1979.
Evidence: Carlos Santana -LRB- born July 20 , 1947 -RRB- is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band , Santana , which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music.
Santana is an American Latin rock band formed in San Francisco , California in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana.