Play Yma Sumac Radio
Yma Sumac
436,684 plays (55,822 listeners)
Yma Sumac (September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008)
Yma Sumac 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 on September 13, 1922. Ichocán, Cajamarca, Peru as Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo. 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 Amy Camus (Yma Sumac backwards) in Brooklyn or Canada was fabricated while she was performing in New York City in the early 1950s. She adopted the stage name of Imma Sumack (also spelled Ymma Sumack and Ima Sumack) in South America before she went to the U.S. The stage name was based on her mother’s name which was derived from Ima Shumaq, Quechua for “how beautiful!” although in interviews she claimed it meant “beautiful flower” or “beautiful girl”.
Imma Sumack first appeared on radio in 1942, and married composer and bandleader Moisés Vivanco on June 6 the same year. She recorded at least 23 tracks of Peruvian folk songs in Argentina in 1943 . These early recordings for the Odeon label featured Moisés Vivanco’s group, Compañía Peruana de Arte, a group of 46 Indian dancers singers and musicians.
Yma Sumac 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 on September 13, 1922. Ichocán, Cajamarca, Peru as Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo. 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 Amy Camus (Yma Sumac backwards) in Brooklyn or Canada was fabricated while she was performing in New York City in the early 1950s. She adopted the stage name of Imma Sumack (also spelled Ymma Sumack and Ima Sumack) in South America before she went to the U.S. The stage name was based on her mother’s name which was derived from Ima Shumaq, Quechua for “how beautiful!” although in interviews she claimed it meant “beautiful flower” or “beautiful girl”.
Imma Sumack first appeared on radio in 1942, and married composer and bandleader Moisés Vivanco on June 6 the same year. She recorded at least 23 tracks of Peruvian folk songs in Argentina in 1943 . These early recordings for the Odeon label featured Moisés Vivanco’s group, Compañía Peruana de Arte, a group of 46 Indian dancers singers and musicians.
Top Albums
-
Queen of Exotica
Yma Sumac
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $13.98
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $19.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $25.49
- eBay Search
New
-
Virgin of the Sun God
Yma SumacBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
New
-
The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection
Yma Sumac Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $7.99
- eBay Search
-
Mambo!
Yma Sumac Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $8.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
Taki Rari
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
Ataypura
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
Bo Mambo
full track
|
|||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 |
|
Gopher
full track
|
|||
| 6 |
|
||||
| 6 |
|
||||
| 8 |
|
Goomba Boomba
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
Ataypura (High Andes)
full track
|
|||
| 10 |
|
||||
| 11 |
|
||||
| 12 |
|
Babalu
full track
|
|||
| 13 |
|
||||
| 14 |
|
||||
| 15 |
|
Wimoweh
full track
|
Shoutbox
-
robetar wrote:
I adore her<3
-
mirko16 wrote:
Es nuestra, es del Peru !!! .. (2)
-
kiwibeard wrote:
Yma is a goddess!
-
Pachamanca wrote:
What a Legend!
-
Inmensidad_Azul wrote:
Todo un misterio :)
-
Schorleandino wrote:
Escuchen Radio Velvet Cotorro http://www.lastfm.es/listen/artist/velvet%2Bcotorro/similarartists#pane=webRadioPlayer&station=%252Flisten%252Fartist%252Fvelvet%252Bcotorro%252Fsimilarartists y www.myspace.com/velvetcotorro
-
Eonisra wrote:
Cette nana assure grâââve ! <3
-
elfarym wrote:
( )
-
GroupSupport wrote:
sexy, hot and lustful
-
Nasty_Roffsky wrote:
it is so good, i love her <3
-
BrianMayEye wrote:
Just discovered this incredible woman....mind blowing :)
-
Takademi47 wrote:
♥
-
fookmetoo wrote:
She was amazing, just like my favourite diva Violetta Villas, also a amazing singer.
-
aymarita wrote:
aruskipasipjananakisakipunirakispawa yatiyana
-
boorinka wrote:
лав хёр
-
monomach wrote:
best ever
-
JaezTijoux wrote:
Es nuestra, es del Peru !!! ..
-
Zen_Arcade23 wrote:
Voz prodigiosa, no resulta NADA descabellado si me dicen que fue una descendiente de los Incas.
-
carenlusiano wrote:
chok manyak!!!
-
zorrititito wrote:
i just love her!
Videos
See more
Listeners
-
koisogai
Listening now
to Ccori Canastitay -
Jyotem
Top Listener
-
robetar
Top Listener
-
ellyblott
Top Listener
-
elf_dibro
Top Listener
-
Ghazebu
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
thomas10 wrote about Yma Sumac in Favourite Songs In Movie Moments. 1 hour ago
-
maria_kazvan, Her_Clone and TescoSwab added Yma Sumac to their libraries. Friday afternoon
-
Creativeuphoria tagged Yma Sumac with exotica, female vocalists, mambo and 2 other tags. Wednesday morning
-
missjivi and Telepatica added Yma Sumac to their libraries. Tuesday evening
-
aykutalp connected Yma Sumac to the group Barco Blanco. Monday evening
-
ClaraInez added Yma Sumac to ClaraInez’s library. Monday evening
-
wishipu connected Yma Sumac to the group Asemic Musical Exchange. Monday morning
-
electric_peach linked Yma Sumac to yma-sumac. Sunday evening
-
electric_peach linked Yma Sumac to yma-sumac. Sunday evening
-
JonBW, kustomkitten, itwasonlyme and 1 other person added Yma Sumac to their libraries. Sunday afternoon
Related Journals
-
Favourite Songs In Movie Moments
by thomas10 |
24 Oct 2009 | 14 comments
-
TOP 5 MUSICIANS FROM PERU
by selcukalhan |
26 Apr 2009 | 1 comment
-
MUSIC WORLD RANKING (TOP 50)
by selcukalhan |
23 Mar 2009 | 16 comments
Groups (52)
-
This Group Only Exists To Have The Best Eclectic Radio Ever - Period
130 members
-
Fuck Bush
11,756 members
-
Exotica and Space Age Pop
577 members
-
Peru en Audioscrobbler
213 members
-
Chanteuse
184 members
