Yma Sumac

About the artist

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

Top songs

  1. Gopher
  2. Taki Rari
  3. Ataypura
  4. Gopher Mambo
  5. Malambo No. 1
  6. Bo Mambo
  7. Babalu
  8. Goomba Boomba
  9. Chuncho
  10. Chicken Talk
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  1. Ataypura (High Andes)
  2. Ataypura!
  3. Indian Carnival
  4. Wimoweh
  5. Cha Cha Gitano
  6. Jungla
  7. Carnavalito Boliviano
  8. Five Bottles Mambo
  9. Jivaro
  10. Taita Inty (Virgin of the Sun God)
  11. Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)
  12. Bo Mambo - 1999 Digital Remaster
  13. Tumpa (Earthquake)
  14. Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)
  15. Gopher Mambo - 1996 Digital Remaster
  16. Xtabay
  17. Virgenes del sol
  18. Taita Inty
  19. Ataypura (High Andes) - 1999 Digital Remaster
  20. Mambo!: Gopher
  21. Monos (Monkeys)
  22. Suray Surita
  23. La Pampa y la Puna
  24. La molina
  25. Wayra
  26. Choladas (Dance of the Moon Festival)
  27. Najala's Lament
  28. Wayra (Dance of the Winds)
  29. Karibe Taki
  30. Montana
  31. Wimoweh (Mbube)
  32. Kuyaway (Inca Love Song)
  33. Wanka (The Seven Winds)
  34. Five Bottles Of Mambo
  35. Malambo No. 1 - Remastered
  36. No Es Vida
  37. Lament
  38. Zana
  39. Inca Waltz
  40. Monos
  41. Accla Taqui (Chant of the Chosen Maidens)
  42. Kon Tiki
  43. Incacho (Royal Anthem)
  44. Negrito Filomino
  45. K'arawi (Planting Song)
  46. Accla Taqui
  47. Llora corazon
  48. Choladas
  49. Huayno
  50. Ccori Canastitay
  51. Ripui (Farewell)
  52. Malaya! (My Destiny)
  53. El Condor Pasa
  54. Cumbe-Maita
  55. Tumpa!
  56. Ripui
  57. Incacho
  58. Birds
  59. Shou Condor (Giant Condor)
  60. Malaya!
  61. Medicine Man
  62. Kuyawa (Inca Love Song)
  63. Remember
  64. Hampi (Medicine)
  65. Amor Indio
  66. K'arawi
  67. Panarima
  68. Let Me Hear You
  69. Aullay (Lullaby)
  70. Taki Rari - 1999 Digital Remaster
  71. Mamallay!
  72. Cueca Chilena
  73. Magenta Mountain
  74. Tree Of Life
  75. Malambo #1
  76. Wak'ai (Cry)
  77. Flame Tree
  78. Azure Sands
  79. Zebra
  80. Yawar (Blood Festival)
  81. Sauma (Magic)
  82. Sejollo (Whip Dance)
  83. Look Around
  84. Llulla Mak'ta (Andean Don Juan)
  85. Sauma
  86. Serenata India
  87. Tumpa
  88. Llullia Mak'ta
  89. Cumbe-Maita (Calls of the Andes)
  90. La Molina (The Mill Song)

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