The late Peruvian singer Yma Sumac would have turned 100 years old this week, a fantastic excuse to examine her legacy and listen to her nearly five octave voice. Now a voice for the ages - whichever ...

The Peruvian singer was known for a vocal range that spanned at least four octaves Tuesday marks what would have been the 94th birthday of the Peruvian singer known as Yma Sumac, who was born Sept. 13 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born soprano who wowed international audiences in the 1950s with her stunning vocal range and modern take on South American folk music, has died. Sumac died ...

HOLLYWOOD — A Hollywood intersection was dedicated Thursday as Yma Sumac Square in honor of the record-setting Peruvian singer and one of the best known performers of exotica music in the 1950s, nine ...

As a Peruvian kid growing up in Southern California, I’d pick through my father’s record collection, between the LPs of Peruvian creole waltzes and Mexican ballads, to admire a strange album by an ...

Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born singer whose spectacular multi-octave vocal range and exotic persona made her an international sensation in the 1950s, has died. She was 86. Sumac, who was diagnosed with ...

Yma Sumac, who died on Saturday, probably aged 86, was a Peruvian singer and a phenomenon in the 1950s whose varied, tempestuous career started when her extraordinary voice, ranging over several ...

Now a voice for the ages - whichever age that was. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MALAMBO NO. 1") YMA SUMAC: What they do in Peru... (Singing in non-English language). SIMON: That's the late Yma Sumac, the ...

Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac (1922 - 2008) performs at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 1952. Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Tuesday marks what would have been the 94th ...

Yma Sumac, a Peruvian singer died on Saturday in her Los Angeles home after a battle with colon cancer. She was 86 years old. Few actual biographical facts are available of the elusive actress and ...