Teasing the Korean Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 (edited) http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,7825319.story Edited September 10, 2011 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 oh my god she was the living link between music as we know it - and- music 5,000 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 oh my god she was the living link between music as we know it - and- music 5,000 years ago just like Jay Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Devastating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 i saw her "star" on the hollywood walk of fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 what a voice! she musta been at least 200 years old - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Yes, what a voice. Her Capitol album "Mambo," with arrangements by Billy May, may be the wildest mambo record ever made. "Voice of the Xtabay," with arrangements by The Great Les Baxter, is her greatest. For many years, it held the record for the longest continually in-print album. She signed my copy when I met her in 2005. One of the greatest and most original voices of the 20th Century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 R.I.P. Yes indeed, an amazing voice and a remarkable, original talent. She was singing "World Music" or "Worldbeat" well over 30 years before anyone coined the term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 She was weird but in a good way, RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieB Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 i am sorry to admit that i didn't even know she was still among us. and she was in L.A. as well!! very shocking. and i would have thought she was older than she was. she was pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Although details of her birth date and early life vary widely, Devine said Sumac was born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo in Cajamarca, Peru, on Sept. 13, 1922. She later said she began singing when she was about 9. After joining Vivanco's large group of native singers, dancers and musicians, she made her radio debut in 1942; she and Vivanco were married the same year. In Argentina in 1943, she and Vivanco's group recorded a series of Peruvian folk songs. By then, she was known professionally as Imma Sumack (Capitol Records later changed the spelling). And here all this time I thought she was born Amy Camus and had just spelled her name backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 RIP. Somebody told me that she made a psych record with Les Baxter. I am afraid... but curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 And here all this time I thought she was born Amy Camus and had just spelled her name backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 she did, for london records: Miracles (1971) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 (edited) And here all this time I thought she was born Amy Camus and had just spelled her name backwards. Actually that story was circulated often - with the spelling being AIMEE CAMUS and some French links in her genealogy. Sorry to say this but somehow I am inclined to agree there is some truth in there, with this "ancient inca heritage" being a giant put-on and/or a clever marketing gag on the part of the producers and wishful thinking on the part of the fans. Edited November 3, 2008 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 well, her friends nicknamed her "Poison" - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 The Amy Camus story was made up as a joke by a couple of musicians who were on bill with her. It became and urban myth, and was entirely debunked decades ago. The psych record "Miracles" is better than you may expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Read a funny story about her in the newspaper yesterday. On her last gig to Montreal as she was in her eighties, whe she bowed to salute the fans, she ended up stuck in the bowing position, they had to carry her backstage to put her straight so she could resume the gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ker24VSMImo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Oh jeez - due to my removal I missed that news. I literally grew up with the sound of her voice, as my mother had a 78 of her in her collection. Never forgot that sound. I have all the reissues of the Capitol albums - a virtual Latin sound world of its own. One of the great voices of the century, I'd say - forget Jacko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 HAPPY BIRTHDAY YMA! I am spinning "Miracles" now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Edited November 12, 2014 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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