Les Baxter
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Leslie Thompson Baxter was an American composer, conductor, and musician. After working as an arranger and composer for swing bands, he developed his own style of easy listening music, known as exotic
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Yma Sumac
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Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo, known as Yma Sumac, was a Peruvian-born vocalist, actress, model, musical composer and producer. She won a Guinness World Record for the Greatest Range of Musical V
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…and conducting for Capitol Records in 1950 and conducted the orchestra in two early Nat King Cole hits, "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young". He also recorded Yma Sumac's first album: Voice of the Xtabay, which can be considered one of the first recordings of exotica. In 1951, he made the original recording of "Quiet…
Sumac in 1954
Mai Zetterling, Danny Kaye and Yma Sumac during the 1950s
Sumac (right) with Vivanco and Rivero, 1947
Yma Sumac Square at Hollywood