Yma Sumac - Bo mambo

"Bo Mambo" has appeared in a commercial for Kahlua liquor, and was sampled for the song "Hands Up" by the Black Eyed Peas.


Known for her astonishing 4 1/2 octave vocal range, Yma Sumac (AKA Ima or Imma Sumack) is from Ichocán, Peru, a town high in the Andes. From an early age she performed in radio and movies and made recordings throughout South America. She came to the United States in the 1940s and performed with a small group of musicians and dancers. When she signed with Capitol Records in 1950 her stage name's spelling was changed to the more exotic "Yma Sumac." An urban legend that she is really "Amy Camus," a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn, originated in 1951 with a joke among musicians repeated in one of Walter Winchell's gossip columns. She has acted in several films and stage shows, and continued to perform into the 1990s. She lives in Los Angeles and has been contemplating new releases of recordings of her most recent concerts.

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[LacrimaLunaMortua]

Eh, creo que la xenofobia no tiene cabida aquí. La generalización es el arte del error. Soy de Chile, preciosísimo país, y no por comentarios como el de aquel imbécil tienes que incluirnos a todos, créeme que somos muchísimos los que amamos Perú por su belleza y aún más a Yma Sumac, la grandísima diosa latinoamericana de la lírica. Antes de insultar un país fíjate si todos sus habitantes comparten ideas tan retrógradas como la de este descerebrado, ten cuidado con tus palabras, pueden ser zafias

[ramirezcrm]

BIEN DICHO CHILENO. disculpa a mis compatriotas.

[john b. ciravolo jr]

incredible voice, but also great trumpet work by billy may's brass section, probably with conrad gozzo. may could arrange for anyone.

[Fer Massa]

he!!! hablan de la diosa, no hubo otro humano conocido con su voz,.-- ojo con sus dichos, ignorantess, y lavense la boca antes de hablar de ella.

[scarlettears2694]

Ima Sumac es un vocablo quechua, que signifca "la mas hermosa". El quechua era la lengua principal del gran imperio de los Incas, que se desarrollo en gran parte de sudamerica, siendo su epicentro el actual Peru.

[wseabuck]

Jinkx Monsoon...she led me to Yma Sumac...

[Lily Wright]

i like this song.... am i the only english person who does?..........

[chicafania bances]

preciosísima voz, y el acompañamiento musical no se queda atrás, qué música x Dios.

[Oscar Oviedo]

It seems als many here don´t know who was Violetta Villas,per shrue she was good als you said and we respect that,why you don´t do the same ?, when celebreties,musicians and many,many people around the world said tha Ima Sumak was the best,or one of the greatest,where Violetta isn´t and anyway why you don´t respect,why you attack,been so negativ,please stop

[eduardo Martinez]

si bien dicho pero por desgracia todabia a gente asi pero yma sumac tambien era del mundo

[Arctvrvs Montaniensis]

La diosa inca de las cinco octavas.

[ThisisMe822]

Jinxks Masson