Mambo

by Yma Sumac

Overview

Capitol got on top of two '50s fads at once by issuing an album of Sumac tackling mambo. Yma (characteristically) held nothing back, and the result was one of her more enjoyable LPs, with respectably swinging mambo grooves crafted by Billy May. "Five Bottles Mambo" is one of her most astonishing vocal workouts, dropping into guttural growls that are downright bestial, and making one wonder how exactly they got away with that in the conservative milieu of the 1950s. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	01/12/2024
Label:	Destination Moon
UPC:	8055515234213
Rank:	32013

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Yma Sumac   Primary Artist,Vocals
Billy May's Rico Mambo Orchestra   Orchestra
Billy May   Conductor

Technical Credits

Moises Vivanco   Composer
Charles Levan   Producer
Adam Varon   Producer
Valerie Skard   Producer
Bernadette Fauver   Producer
Colleen Graven   Producer
Conrad Gozzo   Composer
David McEowen   Mastering
Tom Cartwright   Reissue Producer
Terence P. Minogue   Producer
Billy May   Arranger,Composer
Chance Johnson   Producer