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Yma Sumac was a Peruvian-born American singer, composer, actress and model who became famous in the 1950s for her exotic voice and world music. She sold over 40 million records, performed in Broadway, Hollywood and the Soviet Union, and received a Guinness World Record for her vocal range.
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Voice of the Xtabay is the first studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac, released in 1950 by Capitol Records. It features songs influenced by the music of Peru, composed by Les Baxter and Moisés Vivanco, and sung by Sumac in five octaves.
The film stars Charlton Heston as an adventurer who seeks a lost Inca treasure at Machu Picchu. The supporting cast includes Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Thomas Mitchell, Yma Sumac and others.
The Garden of Allah. The Cocoanut Grove. The Brown Derby and The Luau. They were the hottest places to see and be seen during the Golden Age of Hollywood, from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Learn about the origin, evolution and popularity of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", a song written by Solomon Linda in Zulu and adapted by George David Weiss in English. Find out how the Tokens, the Weavers, Yma Sumac and others covered the song and faced copyright issues.
English: The image shows the vocal range of the Peruvian singer Yma Sumac compared to a "normal", "good" soprano and Erna Seck. It adds the pitches to the note heads to make it more accessible and understandable to those who do not read musical notation.
It stars Cornel Wilde as Omar Khayyam, the eponymous Persian poet, Michael Rennie as Hasani Sabah and famous exotica singer Yma Sumac as Karina. It was the final film to be scored by Victor Young , who died before the film's release.