Top Yma Sumac Albums
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La diva aux quatre octaves: Anthologie 1950-1959
[2013]
[2013]
Un Amor
[2013]
[2013]
The Bucharest Concert
[2013]
[2013]
Recital
[2006]
[2006]
Voice of the Xtabay
[2003]
[2003]
Kon Tiki
[2003]
[2003]
The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection
[2000]
[2000]
Yma Rocks!
[1998]
[1998]
Miracles
[1971]
[1971]
Fuego del Ande
[1959]
[1959]
Legend of the Jivaro
[1957]
[1957]
Mambo!
[1954]
[1954]
Legend of the Sun Virgin
[1952]
[1952]
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Related Information for Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac (September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008) was the stage name of a Peruvian singer named Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo. When still a child in rural Peru, she attracted notice for her extraordinary voice, and joined the Compañía Peruana de Arte in the early 1940s. Yma Súmac was born in Ichocán, Cajamarca, Peru. Other dates mentioned in her various biographies range from 1921 to 1929. Some sources claim that she was not born in Ichocán, but in a nearby village or possibly in Lima, and that her family owned a ranch in Ichocán where she spent most of her early life. Stories published in the 1950s claimed that she was an Incan princess directly descended from Atahualpa. A story claiming that she was actually born A... read more
