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 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 Read more on Last.fm
Yma Sumac has 14 songs that have been featured in movies like Aprile, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Dead Husbands and Happy, Texas. What is your favorite song by Yma Sumac?
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