Yma Sumac: Gopher Mambo
Yma Súmac (1922-2008), was a Peruvian singer with one of the most spectacular ranges and styles ever heard (an amazing four-octave range). She mixed Hollywood pizzazz with indigenous Incan songs splendidly.
Yma Sumac, from Ima Shumaq, Quechua for "beautiful flower" or "how beautiful!", was born in Cajamarca, Peru as Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo. Sumac was said to have been a descendant of Inca kings, an Incan princess that was one of the Golden Virgins.
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Here's a Beautiful rare video of THE Diva, The Queen of Exotic , Miss Yma Sumac.
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Yma Sumac
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Release Date: 01/11/2000
Editorial Review
Yes, the classic early RevOla edition of this masterpiece of Exotica, complete with the outtakes and backing tracks that made it such a hit with not only fans, but on the amazing Miss Sumac's own website, eagerly sought after by everyone since it's deletion many years ago, this staple of the first Creation run of RevOla is once more available!! This was the must-have Yma Sumac CD, the one which led to her rediscovery by ad agencies and movie music supervisors looking and sounding even better! Believe it!! Beautifully re-mastered from the original tapes! Contains sessions-in-progress and rarities from these amazing classic sessions. Wonderful sumptuous packaging in true RevOla style! THE definitive edition of this masterpiece of Exotica, available once more, a total MUST for everyone!
Singer with an amazing four-octave range, Yma Sumac was said to have been a descendant of Inca kings, an Incan princess that was one of the Golden Virgins. Her offbeat styling became a phenomenon of early-'50s pop music.
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