yma sumac

i first heard her voice in a HORRID charlton heston movie. a movie (well most if not ALL of his movies are horrid, aren't they?) where he uttered the line, 'you big tub o' guts, you' (or something to that effect). i believe that movie was the secret of the incas

yma has a FIVE OCTAVE RANGE. that my dears is unheard of. she was born in peru although many claim she was born in brooklyn and her name is not yma sumac but amy camus. just looking at her face either then OR now, and you can tell this woman was NOT born in brooklyn. have a listen to her sometime. not great dance music mind you but certainly astonishing

Yma Sumac...the Voice of the Incas