Apparently Yma Sumac was famous in the 1950s for her 4-octave voice - she was on the radio a lot. I'd like to get a CD of her singing for one of my relatives for Christmas but he can't remember the name of the song that he used to like. I've run a few names by him off Google/Wikipedia but the names don't strike a chord. I know it's a long shot but can anyone remember the names of some of Yma Sumac's radio hits from the 50s?

I grew up listening to 78 records of Yma Sumac. There were two that I played endlessly; one was called Chuncho or something similar and the other was about the moon. I can't recall the correct titles as I was quite young then. I used to try to imitate her.

There seem to be a lot of entries for Yma Sumac on Youtube. Perhaps you'll find what you're looking (listening for?) there.


Val

Was her real name Amy Camus?

Thanks for the replies.... we listened to a lot of Youtube clips, and although we never did find the "right" one, it was fun listening to her!

I've just found this on the BBC site
Yma Sumac

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