OBITUARY

Yma Sumac, ‘Peruvian songbird’ with multi-octave range, dies at 86

Bursting onto the American music scene after signing with Capitol Records in 1950, the raven-haired Sumac was known as the “Nightingale of the Andes,” the “Peruvian Songbird” and a “singing marvel” with a 4 1/2-octave (she said five-octave) voice.

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The singer with a persona matching her exotic voice became an international sensation in the 1950s.

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By Dennis McLellan

November 3, 2008

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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.   (Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)

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