Yma Sumac (September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008) was the stage name of a P… Read Full Bio ↴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 Callao, El Callao, 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 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. In 1946, Sumack and Vivanco moved to New York City, where they performed as the Inca Taky Trio: Sumack herself singing coloratura soprano, Vivanco on guitar and her cousin Cholita Rivero singing contralto and dancing. Sumack bore a son, Charles, in 1949, and was signed by Capitol Records in 1950, at which time her stage name became "Yma Sumac".
During the 1950s, Yma Sumac produced a series of legendary lounge music recordings featuring Hollywood-style versions of Incan and South American folk songs, working with the likes of Les Baxter and Billy May. In 1951, she popularized Jorge Bravo de Rueda's classic song Vírgenes del Sol. The combination of her extraordinary voice, exotic looks and stage personality made her a hit with American audiences. Sumac even appeared in a Broadway musical, Flahooley, in 1951, as a foreign princess who brings Aladdin's lamp to an American toy factory to have it repaired. The show's score was by Sammy Fain and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, but Sumac's four numbers were the work of Vivanco. Capitol Records, Sumac's label, recorded the show. Flahooley closed quickly but the recording continues as a cult classic, in part because it also marked the Broadway debut of Barbara Cook. During the height of Sumac's popularity, she appeared in the films Secret of the Incas (1954) and Omar Khayyam (1957). She became a U.S. citizen July 22, 1955
In 1957, Sumac and Vivanco divorced, their dispute making news in Los Angeles.[10] They remarried that same year before divorcing again in 1965. Apparently due to financial difficulties, Yma Sumac and the original Inca Taky Trio went on a world tour in 1961, which lasted for five years. They performed in 40 cities in the Soviet Union, and afterwards all over Europe, Asia and Latin America. Their performance in Bucharest, Romania was recorded as the album Recital, her only 'live in concert' record. Yma Sumac spent the rest of the 1960s performing sporadically.
In 1971, she released a rock album, called Miracles, and returned to live in Peru. She performed in concert from time to time during the 1970s in Peru and later in New York. In the 1980s, she had a number of concerts both in the U.S. and abroad . She sang Ataypura during a March 19, 1987 appearance on Late Night with David Letterman, appearing alongside actor-comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Murray.
In 1989, she sang once again at The Ballroom in New York. In March 1990, she played the role of Heidi in Stephen Sondheim's Follies, in Long Beach, California, her first attempt at serious theater since Flahooley in 1951. In 1992, Günther Czernetsky directed a documentary titled Yma Sumac - Hollywoods Inkaprinzessin (Yma Sumac - Hollywood's Inca princess). She also gave several concerts in the summer of 1996 two more in Montreal, Canada in July 1997 as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
Sumac's profile rose again when the song Ataypura was featured in the Coen Brothers' film The Big Lebowski. Her song Bo Mambo appeared in a commercial for Kahlua liquor, and was sampled for the Hands Upsong by the Black Eyed Peas. The song Gopher Mambo was used in the films Ordinary Decent Criminal and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. The songs Goomba Boomba and Malambo No. 1 appeared in Death to Smoochy.
On May 6, 2006, Sumac flew to Lima, where she was presented the Orden del Sol award by Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, and the Jorge Basadre medal by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
Yma Sumac recorded an incredible vocal range of more than four octaves, from B2 to C♯7 (approximately 123 to 2270 Hz). She was able to sing notes in the low baritone register as well as notes above the range of an ordinary coloratura soprano. Both low and high extremes can be heard in the song Chuncho (The Forest Creatures) (1950)
Yma Sumac passed away at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles, California on November 1, 2008.
==Discography==
*At least eighteen tracks of Peruvian folk songs in Argentina in 1943 for the [[Odeon Records]] label, with Moisés Vivanco's group, Compañía Peruana de Arte—a group of forty-six Indian dancers, singers, and musicians. (Three additional tracks from these sessions are instrumentals or feature other vocalists.)(10" 78 rpm)
* ''Voice of the Xtabay'' (1950), Capitol Records 10" LP H244 (33 1/3) CD-244 (78 rpm set)
* ''Flahooley'' (1951), Capitol DF-284 (78 rpm set)
* ''Legend of the Sun Virgin'' (1952), Capitol DDN-299 (78 rpm set)
* ''Inca Taqui'' (1953), Capitol L-243 (10" LP)
* ''Mambo!'' (1954), Capitol T-564 (10" LP)
* ''Voice of the Xtabay & Inca Taqui'', (1955) Capitol W-684 (both on one 12" LP)
* ''Legend of the Jivaro'' (1957), Capitol T-770 (12" LP)
* ''Fuego Del Ande'' (1959), Capitol T-1169 (Monophonic); ST 1169 (Stereo) (mono and stereo versions were separate recordings) (12" LP)
* ''Recital'' (1961), Electrecord EDE-073 (12" LP) — reissued on CD, ESP-DISK' 4029 (2006)
* ''Miracles'' (1971), London XPS 608 (12" LP) — reissued with two additional tracks as ''Yma Rocks!'' (1998), ShamLys JOM-1027-2 (CD)
* ''I Wonder'' on [[Stay Awake (album)|Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films]], 1988 (one of Various Artists)
* ''Mambo ConFusion'' (1991), Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin (Germany CD Maxi-Single), DSB 3025-5 (CD Maxi-Single contains 'Radio Version,' longer 'Maxi Version,' and 'Mambo Hip' version)
Yma Súmac was born in Callao, El Callao, 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 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. In 1946, Sumack and Vivanco moved to New York City, where they performed as the Inca Taky Trio: Sumack herself singing coloratura soprano, Vivanco on guitar and her cousin Cholita Rivero singing contralto and dancing. Sumack bore a son, Charles, in 1949, and was signed by Capitol Records in 1950, at which time her stage name became "Yma Sumac".
During the 1950s, Yma Sumac produced a series of legendary lounge music recordings featuring Hollywood-style versions of Incan and South American folk songs, working with the likes of Les Baxter and Billy May. In 1951, she popularized Jorge Bravo de Rueda's classic song Vírgenes del Sol. The combination of her extraordinary voice, exotic looks and stage personality made her a hit with American audiences. Sumac even appeared in a Broadway musical, Flahooley, in 1951, as a foreign princess who brings Aladdin's lamp to an American toy factory to have it repaired. The show's score was by Sammy Fain and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, but Sumac's four numbers were the work of Vivanco. Capitol Records, Sumac's label, recorded the show. Flahooley closed quickly but the recording continues as a cult classic, in part because it also marked the Broadway debut of Barbara Cook. During the height of Sumac's popularity, she appeared in the films Secret of the Incas (1954) and Omar Khayyam (1957). She became a U.S. citizen July 22, 1955
In 1957, Sumac and Vivanco divorced, their dispute making news in Los Angeles.[10] They remarried that same year before divorcing again in 1965. Apparently due to financial difficulties, Yma Sumac and the original Inca Taky Trio went on a world tour in 1961, which lasted for five years. They performed in 40 cities in the Soviet Union, and afterwards all over Europe, Asia and Latin America. Their performance in Bucharest, Romania was recorded as the album Recital, her only 'live in concert' record. Yma Sumac spent the rest of the 1960s performing sporadically.
In 1971, she released a rock album, called Miracles, and returned to live in Peru. She performed in concert from time to time during the 1970s in Peru and later in New York. In the 1980s, she had a number of concerts both in the U.S. and abroad . She sang Ataypura during a March 19, 1987 appearance on Late Night with David Letterman, appearing alongside actor-comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Murray.
In 1989, she sang once again at The Ballroom in New York. In March 1990, she played the role of Heidi in Stephen Sondheim's Follies, in Long Beach, California, her first attempt at serious theater since Flahooley in 1951. In 1992, Günther Czernetsky directed a documentary titled Yma Sumac - Hollywoods Inkaprinzessin (Yma Sumac - Hollywood's Inca princess). She also gave several concerts in the summer of 1996 two more in Montreal, Canada in July 1997 as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
Sumac's profile rose again when the song Ataypura was featured in the Coen Brothers' film The Big Lebowski. Her song Bo Mambo appeared in a commercial for Kahlua liquor, and was sampled for the Hands Upsong by the Black Eyed Peas. The song Gopher Mambo was used in the films Ordinary Decent Criminal and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. The songs Goomba Boomba and Malambo No. 1 appeared in Death to Smoochy.
On May 6, 2006, Sumac flew to Lima, where she was presented the Orden del Sol award by Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, and the Jorge Basadre medal by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
Yma Sumac recorded an incredible vocal range of more than four octaves, from B2 to C♯7 (approximately 123 to 2270 Hz). She was able to sing notes in the low baritone register as well as notes above the range of an ordinary coloratura soprano. Both low and high extremes can be heard in the song Chuncho (The Forest Creatures) (1950)
Yma Sumac passed away at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles, California on November 1, 2008.
==Discography==
*At least eighteen tracks of Peruvian folk songs in Argentina in 1943 for the [[Odeon Records]] label, with Moisés Vivanco's group, Compañía Peruana de Arte—a group of forty-six Indian dancers, singers, and musicians. (Three additional tracks from these sessions are instrumentals or feature other vocalists.)(10" 78 rpm)
* ''Voice of the Xtabay'' (1950), Capitol Records 10" LP H244 (33 1/3) CD-244 (78 rpm set)
* ''Flahooley'' (1951), Capitol DF-284 (78 rpm set)
* ''Legend of the Sun Virgin'' (1952), Capitol DDN-299 (78 rpm set)
* ''Inca Taqui'' (1953), Capitol L-243 (10" LP)
* ''Mambo!'' (1954), Capitol T-564 (10" LP)
* ''Voice of the Xtabay & Inca Taqui'', (1955) Capitol W-684 (both on one 12" LP)
* ''Legend of the Jivaro'' (1957), Capitol T-770 (12" LP)
* ''Fuego Del Ande'' (1959), Capitol T-1169 (Monophonic); ST 1169 (Stereo) (mono and stereo versions were separate recordings) (12" LP)
* ''Recital'' (1961), Electrecord EDE-073 (12" LP) — reissued on CD, ESP-DISK' 4029 (2006)
* ''Miracles'' (1971), London XPS 608 (12" LP) — reissued with two additional tracks as ''Yma Rocks!'' (1998), ShamLys JOM-1027-2 (CD)
* ''I Wonder'' on [[Stay Awake (album)|Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films]], 1988 (one of Various Artists)
* ''Mambo ConFusion'' (1991), Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin (Germany CD Maxi-Single), DSB 3025-5 (CD Maxi-Single contains 'Radio Version,' longer 'Maxi Version,' and 'Mambo Hip' version)
Monkey
Yma Sumac Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Monkey' by these artists:
10-FEET 明日 明日 生まれ変わる サル サル もともとサル 明日 明日 生まれ変わる サル サル もともとサル 何でなんだろう…
999 I've got a monkey I wanna give it back It gets me…
99RadioService She is monkey 誰にも届かない 高嶺の花の香りがする She is monkey 誰もが迷い込む 魅惑の森に…
Aaron Flinn we’re all just angels with broken wings and you know you…
Adam Duritz All dressed up and no place to go, Hey monkey, when…
Amber Smith What are you trying to tell me, when…
Amen Black sheep cum rising All together we're gonna get an endi…
Annette Funicello Uh, huh, She loves the monkey's uncle, Yeah, yeah, She loves…
Apostrophe and Rye Hey mr. rock journalist How about a taste of my fist? Its…
Beccy Owen Holding onto the see no evil monkey We're hanging out the…
Belafonte One Monday morning I got up late And there was Mr.…
big block singsong Monkey Living like a monkey isn't always a breeze. Lots mor…
Boys Boys Brass Monkey, that funky Monkey Brass Monkey junkie That fun…
Bush The mind is all we kiss everything We say we…
Childrens Songs/Wiggles We're gonna do the monkey (oh oh ah ah oh…
Coa White 내 머리위로 쏟아지는 돈 money 가방이 몇개야 루이비 초콜릿 more sweety 모니터 속…
coccodrilli Nell'Oriente misterioso C'è un brigante generoso: Monkey Con…
Counting Crows All dressed up No place to go Hey monkey, when you gonna…
Custard Can I help? I am a little monkey I live in a…
D-JaR All of this time you been straight, real class like Tryna…
D-Jon & Rotin Put a hump in your back and shake your rump…
David S. Polanski (Children's) Monkey See Monkey Do Now we be vibin’ with the crew Since…
Davis J.C. This cat named Mickey came from out of town, yea! He…
Dear Reader Galileo, marrige of Figaro You have shown the world where w…
Dick Circus Drop out of school And be a monkey Drop out of school And…
Downtime We've got no time to sit around Nothing will seem so…
Dr. Feelgood Hey little lady have you got a cigarette to spare I…
Dr. Frank I'm sorry I misplaced your monkey It was a careless thing…
Dr. John Well he stands about yay big With a grin from ear…
Duke Errol and The Lords In a land 1000 crying monkeys Telling me that I'm…
Earl Greyhound I dress you wolves like a lover I dress you…
Ellis Well there's a monkey In the basement Well I don't know but…
Family Fodder Darling Window Zeborah oh Zeborah? Reasons in the Monkey Ho…
Far From Alaska Several times, several times Several times they told me: don…
Fuel Fandango At this time you're on my mind But I've decided…
Fuzigish 2am, the blood is pumping, night is alive Pay fifty's for…
George Michael Why can't you do it? Why can't you set your monkey…
Golden Ego Bet she can do it on a dick She popping Bitch I'm…
Group\x02inou Judgement eyes You cast them upon me Judgement eyes My passi…
Harry Belafonte One Monday morning I got up late And there was Mr.…
Hawk and the wild You're responsible For all the things you've done Order must…
Hector Who Lived Verse There's a monkey on my back I spend too much…
Honey B. & T-Bones She slides across the floor Puts her head on his shoulders H…
Hospitality Lap of luxury Stains the the brow of a cameo A crisp…
I coccodrilli Nell'Oriente misterioso C'è un brigante generoso: Monkey Con…
J. C. Davis Everybody! Gather round! Rango dance! Going down! Whup! Uh! …
J. C. Davis and His Band (I feel like the Jamaican mon) (Oh you don't know about…
J.C. Davis Everybody! Gather round! Rango dance! Going down! Whup! Uh! …
J.D. Allen (I feel like the Jamaican mon) (Oh you don't know about…
Jacki-O Papa, mamas, I'm sick and tired Of our jungle, of this…
Jake Is it really the time that I should change my…
Jim Neversink Monkey sat on the tambourine Started off the simian dream Ma…
Joe Henry I'll keep your monkey I'll treat him good I'll talk to him…
Joey And The Peters Cover me when I run Cover me through the fire Something knoc…
Keith Caputo In love I turn the world upside down Wiped many a…
KITCHEN - Low Oh my my Little white lie I swear I'm gonna make it…
Kurt Vile Oh, my darling I was born when I met you If you…
liily My monkey, I want my monkey oh My monkey, where is…
Locas In Love (Ahh, ahh) (Ahh, ahh) (Ahh, ahh) Es hört nicht auf, das…
Lord Flea One Monday morning I got up late And there was Mr.…
Los Outsaiders El mundo entero muy pronto acabará Los días vuelan, no es…
Low Oh my my Little white lie I swear I'm gonna make it…
M.I. Abaga This song is just for you people All of you wey…
Matt And John If you're looking for the glory You think that you might…
Matthew Dear Run away Run away I'm, I'm a monkey Frozen in my monkey…
Mike Mainieri & Friends Dr. Banana's office, how may I help you Doctor, doctor… plea…
Miser Searching for the desert Never thought that it would be thi…
Molly Johnson MACKINNON FIRST VERSE Monkey likes to climb the trees …
Monkey 聞こえるかい?この旋律が 聞こえるかい?この言葉が スピーカーのこっち側から YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! イイ感…
Mosquito-Milk Make a monkey out, make a monkey out, Don't make a…
Mr. Gray Submarine, Mitzi and Dan, Gorditio Dark Smoke Puncher Chasin…
My M.O. Remember tumble weeds on an empty road That coffee pot on…
Olazermi Sectra Nonante Nonante Dans, dans, dans la mallette, j'ai t…
Parekh Singh I won't be there, I won't be fine. I'll let…
Phido Monkey Go work Baboon go chop Life no be Mop You…
Pinkfong Pingfong Baby monkey, banana-na-nas Baby monkey, banana-na-…
Proto Where is this what you want? Quarrying of the one Someone po…
Public Access T.V. This record is particularly good for the youngsters Now you …
Purple X Feeding the monkey on my back anticipating the next attack w…
Quirquiña Like a monkey! Like a monkey! Like a monkey! I'm like a monk…
Robert Plant Oh my my, little white lie I swear I'm gonna make…
S.U.G.A.R Take that monkey down Take that monkey down Take that monkey…
Saves The Day Hello me Are you in there Making sure you're not…
Skin (M. Gray, N. MacDonald, G. Burtnick) Yeah! Yeah yeah yeah Th…
Soul Movers They all want a piece, want a piece of the…
Sun & The Rain Men Monkey take me back I'm only a man who turned…
The Nylons Why can't you do it Why can't you set your monkey…
Therese Come call on me, feel my space. You needed me, gonna…
Toothpick It hurts to be so good, and it's hard to…
Two Loons For Tea She wants to go where the tide is low And she…
Unlucky Mr. Lucky Monkey Jones Monkey Jones goes out and surveys the land Monk…
VeggieTales And now it's time for silly songs with Larry, the…
Vermillion Lies Love is an organ grinder's monkey On a three day bender…
X-TV 明日 明日 生まれ変わる サル サル もともとサル 明日 明日 生まれ変わる サル サル もともとサル 何でなんだろう…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Yma Sumac:
Babalu Está empezando el velorio Que le hacemos a Babalú Dame die…
Bo Mambo Bam balai lamento negro que va Bonbai es la danza para…
Ccori Canastitay ナオト・インティライミ – LIFE Posted by OO on August 17, 2014 in…
Clamor Anoche te tuve en mis brazos Un solo momento, momento de…
Dale Que Dale Dale que dale vidita, ay dale dale que dale cholito…
El Condor Pasa La la la la la la la La la la la…
Flor De Canela Déjame que te cuente limeño, Déjame que te diga la gloria De…
Gallito Caliente (The Hot Rooster) Por las nochecitas, un gallo malandrín. Ronda las pollitas, …
Gallito Ciego A mí me llaman gallito, y se olvidan que soy…
Goomba Boomba Negro de mi corazón, te quiero. Mi corazón dejé en llamas…
Indian Carnival Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! El besito que me distes, el besito que me d…
Kuyaway Kuyaway, palabra del amor. Inka song, que viene del Perú. Su…
La Flor De La Canela (The Cinnamon Flower) Dejame que te cuente limeño Dejame que diga la gloria Del e…
La molina Yuca de San Borja Samorengue esta Para ir a saña Samorengue …
La Molina (The Mill Song) Bá, bababá, bababá, bá Para pá tiritá: Kamburengue Bá, baba…
La Pampa y la Puna Desde mi pampa divina Salté a la cordillera Linda joven andi…
La Perla De Chira Del chira eres la perla Sultana de las sultanas… Recuerdo …
Llora Corazon (Crying Heart) Por no querer perdonarte, me está matando el dolor, Y aunque…
Malambo N. 1 What they do in Peru, Tusurikusun viditay What they do in P…
Malambo No 1 ¡Ah! What they do in Peru Tusurikusun viditay ¡Ah! What they…
Malambo No. 1 What they do in peru, Tusurikusun viditay* A ti solito te qu…
Malambo N°1 What they do in Peru, Tusurikusun viditay What they do in P…
Marinera Una mujer bonita está segura que en el amor Con su…
Melgar Blanca ciudad, de eterno cielo azul Puro sol, montañas de mi…
Mi Palomita A mi palomita se la han robado cuatro forajidos A ver…
Monkeys ¡Ay, hay vienen mis monos! ¡Pero que gusto que me da…
Suray Surita Kay sonqoytan kamachini: jway! Llaqtay! Suray Surita! "Aman …
Taki Rari /Hernan Brana/ (P) 1954…
Wimoweh In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight In…
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@AnimationandMore3009
Voz de otro mundo, música festiva y letra chistosa. ¡Qué más puedo desear!
No puedo creer que recién conozco esta canción.
@gissrojas9157
😂😂
@gissrojas9157
amo esta canción tan chistosa y linda como ella💗
@alondivelasquezcontreras6996
Yma Sumac y su música por todo el mundo del Perú eres inmortal gran cantante
@alondivelasquezcontreras6996
Son los inicios de Yma Sumac... En la década del 40
@elchafchipresenta
Viene en su primer álbum: The Voice Of Xtabay
@csgsg3639
Me intriga cuando dice "Don Tiritilio carambas, mato a su mujer la corto en pedazos caramba y la mando a vender" 😱😱😱
@sebastianmarinos2960
Si, esa parte de la letra esta basada en un festejo criollo peruano.
@putin6018
Que fea musica , no gracias
@mevofuo420
pero Putin....