Yma Sumac - Bo Mambo
Yma Sumac - Taki Riri
Yma Sumac - Gopher
Yma Sumac - Chicken Talk
Yma Sumac came from Peru and possessed one of the most possessed sounding voices ever recorded. No discussion of multi-octave vocal ranges would be complete without mention of her. Stunning looking, and apparently an Incan princess, Sumac became the queen of a musical genre known as exotica -- a kitsch 1950s descendant of what we call world music. This excellent EP came out in the USA in '55. Gopher is the song I usually play out'n'about but they are all great in their own right.
I also should note that it's five years to the very day since I started this here mp3 blog. So charge your glasses and wish a happy fifth birthday to the Diddy Wah blog, long may it be around. Cheers!
Labels: lounge, south america