Mambo! | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Yma Sumac |
Cover: | Mambo-Yma-Sumac.jpg |
Released: | 1954 |
Recorded: | August 1954[1] |
Genre: | Exotica, world, mambo |
Label: | Capitol |
Prev Title: | Inca Taqui |
Prev Year: | 1953 |
Next Title: | Legend of the Jivaro |
Next Year: | 1957 |
Mambo! is the fifth studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac. It was released in 1954 by Capitol Records. Most of the tracks were composed by her husband Moisés Vivanco.[2]
The original 10" edition had eight tracks.[3] "Goomba Boomba", "Cha Cha Gitano" and "Carnavalito Boliviano" were added for the 1955 LP edition.[4]
"Gopher" is featured prominently in the 1998 Canadian-American made-for-television black comedy film Dead Husbands."Malambo No. 1" was featured on season 5 of the American reality competition television series, RuPaul's Drag Race.