--- title: New Google Doodle Celebrates 'Peruvian Songbird' Yma Sumac description: A star was born on Sept. 13, 1922: Yma Sumac, whose vocal range astounded music lovers the world over canonical: https://time.com/4488964/googles-new-doodle-celebrates-yma-sumac-the-peruvian-songbird/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-13T06:59:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:28.226Z og:title: New Google Doodle Celebrates 'Peruvian Songbird' Yma Sumac og:description: Tuesday marks what would have been the Peruvian singer's 94th birthday og:url: https://time.com/4488964/googles-new-doodle-celebrates-yma-sumac-the-peruvian-songbird/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90a2226c807b398d/6988a5a9bc6cfc52f43de8ac/yma-sumacs-93rd-birthday-5639073181990912-hp2x.jpg?branch=production&width=782&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 782 og:image:height: 440 og:image:alt: yma-sumacs-93rd-birthday-5639073181990912-hp2x og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Google Doodle Celebrates 'Peruvian Songbird' Yma Sumac twitter:description: Tuesday marks what would have been the Peruvian singer's 94th birthday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90a2226c807b398d/6988a5a9bc6cfc52f43de8ac/yma-sumacs-93rd-birthday-5639073181990912-hp2x.jpg?branch=production&width=782&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Google’s New Doodle Celebrates Yma Sumac, the 'Peruvian Songbird' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 13, 2016 6:59 AM UTC  Google by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 13, 2016 6:59 AM UTC A star was born on Sept. 13, 1922: [Yma Sumac,](https://www.google.com/doodles/yma-sumacs-94th-birthday) whose vocal range astounded music lovers the world over. 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. During this time she was known for wearing striking, flamboyant costumes and ornate jewelry, likening her to the Incan royalty from which she is sometimes said to have been a descendant. 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