Amy Camus.
She reinvented herself, spelled her name backwards
And Voila, She became Peruvian princess. Yma Sumac*
*No, it's not Paul Camuso in drag looking at his name in the mirror, but it sure is close. Anyway, Yma can sing and she looked good in the '60s.
Heck, why go through all that trouble when you
Can put on a dress and become Madam Knight
Or Peruvian Reprobate Luap A. Osumac.
Her cousin by marriage.....
RIP YMA
Yma Sumac (/ˈiːmə ˈsuːmæk/; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008) was a Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yma_Sumac
Hey, someone on eBay is using my review of Sumac's Miracles LP
"Tree of Life has keyboards licks from a Monkees album track ("(Look Out) Here Comes Tomorrow"), while "Azure Sands" on side two emulates "Music to Watch Girls By," the Bob Crewe hit from 1967, with an on-key Yoko Ono, that being Sumac. The similarity to Ono is worth noting. Where she is all over the map, Sumac is controlled, passionate. Ten tracks is a bit much of vocal exercises, chirps, and incessant styling, but the music on this album with bandleader Les Baxter has merit. ~ Joe Viglione
Check it out:
http://geb.ebay.com/ImportHubViewItem?itemid=221241469816&Yma-Sumac-Miracles-70s-Weird-Exotica-Psych-LP-NEW
I didn't write this, it must be the new record label's promo:
Rumoured to be an Incan Princess (or a Jewish housewife from Brooklyn) there is one thing about Yma Sumac of which there is no doubt: her voice - an astounding instrument both emotive and playful that captured the imagination of millions during the height of her 1950s “Voice Of The Xtabay” exotica-fame
If Luap A. Osumac married Yma Sumac she could just go up 8 octaves and slam him against the wall with her voice...think about it!
Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo was born on September 13, 1922,[9] in Callao, a seacoast city in Peru.[1][10][11]
Her parents were Sixto Chavarri, who was born in Cajamarca and Emilia Castillo, born in Pallasca, Ancash.
Stories published in the 1950s claimed that she was an Incan princess, directly descended from Atahualpa. The government of Peru in 1946 formally supported her claim to be descended from Atahualpa, the last Incan emperor".[7]
