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Yma Sumac, The Peruvian Songbird, sings "Chuncho."
Edmund StAustell
YouTube - May 6, 2010
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Yma Sumac - Bo mambo
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YouTube - Dec 19, 2007
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Yma Sumac - Najala's Song of Joy
Chansons, Folklore et Variété
YouTube - May 22, 2016
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Yma Sumac - Wikipedia
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Yma Sumac was a Peruvian coloratura soprano. She was one of the most famous exponents of exotica music during the 1950s. Sumac became an international ...
On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from ...
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Mar 23, 2017 — The album was “Voice of the Xtabay.” And the woman was Yma Sumac, the Peruvian songstress with the four-octave voice that launched the musical genre known as exotica, a cinematic fusion of international styles that allowed mid-20th century audiences a taste of the mysterious and the remote.
Hear the timeless sound of Yma Sumac, the soprano called “a ...
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Oct 26, 2017 — Yma Sumac's career took off in the wake of the rising popularity of exotica lounge music in post-war North America. Some of the earliest and ...
Yma Sumac | Folk music | The Guardian
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Nov 16, 2008 — More than half a century ago the Peruvian-born singer, Yma Sumac, who has died aged 86, became the voice and face of a musical style that freely mixed Broadway show tunes, Latin American folk-song and easy-listening arrangements.
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Product Description. The veil of mystery surrounding her and the operatic beauty of her voice made Yma a phenomenon in the '50s-and again during the '90s ...
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Yma Sumac on Apple Music
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Listen to music by Yma Sumac on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Yma Sumac including Malambo No. 1, Gopher and more.
The Breakdown: The Spell Of Yma Sumac : NPR
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Sep 24, 2019 — But while Yma Sumac rose to prominence across the globe, the Peruvian public in her home country was not seduced by her song—or her ...
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Yma Sumac, was a Peruvian coloratura soprano. She was one of the most famous exponents of exotica music during the 1950s. Sumac became an international success based on her extreme vocal range. She had five octaves according to some reports, but other reports document four-and-a-half at the peak of her singing career. WikipediaBorn: September 10, 1922, Cajamarca, Peru
Died: November 1, 2008, Los Angeles, CA
Full name: Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo
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