Google’s New Doodle Celebrates Yma Sumac, the ‘Peruvian Songbird’

[femmocrat]

Google marked what would have been the singer’s 94th birthday Tuesday with a new doodle in her honor.

Born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo, Yma grew up in the mountains of Peru, where she would sing to her surroundings and pretend she was performing for an audience. She got her big break as a teenager when she was invited to sing on an Argentine radio station. Listeners were immediately floored by her incredible vocal range; she was known to hit at least five octaves.

Yma moved to the U.S. in 1946, where she was quickly signed by Capital Records. She reached the prime of her career in the 1950s, when she graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, London’s Royal Albert Hall and other elite venues.

http://time.com/4488964/googles-new-doodle-celebrates-yma-sumac-the-peruvian-songbird/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Dear Time, it's "Capitol" Records, but more important,

I didn't get the answer "Yma" in a crossword puzzle the first time I ran across the clue for it.

[Blue_Tires]

2. How do you pronounce "Yma"?

[femmocrat]

3. I'm guessing "Ee-ma" ?

I don't speak Peruvian!