[Dixielandjazz] Yma Sumac

[Bruce Stangeland]

Larry,

Not true. Both Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yma_S%C3%BAmac> 
and the official Yma Sumac website <http://www.sunvirgin.com/?PageID=18> 
discuss the origin of the "Amy Camus" fabrication.

Bruce Stangeland
Berkeley banjoist

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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:34:36 -0600
From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis"
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Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Yma Sumac
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They did a tribute to her on PBS radio several days ago.  What an amazing 
range especially to those of us who are limited to the same three or four 
notes.  Her range was from Baritone to above the normal Soprano.  They noted 
that her real name, age and origin were uncertain.  Her name may have been 
Amy Camus (Yma Sumac spelled backwards).  I think they said she was from 
Peru but may not really have been from there at all.

Apparently this was a woman who reinvented herself from time to time. 
True???
Larry
St. L