Known as The Peruvian Songbird, Yma Sumac was born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo on 10th September 1922 in Ichocan, Peru, a town high in the Andes.
The oriental-eyed Yma Sumac (also known as Ima or Imma Sumack) is known for her astonishing 4 1/2 octave vocal range. She started performing at an early age in radio and movies and made recordings throughout South America. She came to the United States in the 1940s and performed with a small group of musicians and dancers. When she signed with Capitol Records in 1950 her stage name's spelling was changed to the more exotic "Yma Sumac." An urb
an legend that she is really "Amy Camus," a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn, originated in 1951 with a joke among musicians repeated in one of Walter Winchell's gossip columns.
an legend that she is really "Amy Camus," a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn, originated in 1951 with a joke among musicians repeated in one of Walter Winchell's gossip columns. She has acted in several films, the Charlton Heston/Robert Young's adventure "Secret Of The Incas" (1954) and C
ornel Wilde's Persian poet adventure "Omar Khayyam (1957) and stage shows, and continued to perform into the 2000s. She lives in Los Angeles and has been contemplating new releases of recordings of her most recent concerts.
ornel Wilde's Persian poet adventure "Omar Khayyam (1957) and stage shows, and continued to perform into the 2000s. She lives in Los Angeles and has been contemplating new releases of recordings of her most recent concerts.Now only hardcore movie fans remember her movie apprearences.
Happy 86th Birthday, Ms Sumac!!!
A post note : Ms Yma Sumac passed away on 1st November 2008 due to colon cancer
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