i just realized that the peruvian singer Yma Sumac died at november 1st. i was listening to one of her records when i read the blog here about miriam makeba's death so i had to check out wikipedia about yma sumac.
she had an incredible vocal range of about four octaves and made some really great records.
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Written November 10 2008 , Tags: yma sumac
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oh. goodness! Sad sad sad!
 She was so rad! geezus.......
i did not know she died! Sumac never got the attention she deserved. Personaly i like her voice better then Callas' voice, who got more airplay.
She gigged around Los Angeles a lot when I lived there (80's and 90's).
I thought her name was actually "Amy Camus" and she was a nice Jewish girl from the San Fernando Valley-- and her alter-ego "Yma Sumac" was a stage name that came to her while driving down the 101. She sure could do amazing "stunt vocals" though. Signup to comment
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