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Word: sumac (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Voice of the Xtabay. By next nightfall, there was nothing too good for 28-year-old Yma (pronounced Eema) Sumac, the girl with the four-octave range (normal: two octaves). The critics were raving, movie producers were fighting over her, Capitol was rushing out an Yma Sumac album called Voice of the Xtabay, which it had recorded this spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Daughter of the Sun God | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

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