Yma Sumac sings Taita Inty Hymn of the Sun Virgin 1950. The Colgate Comedy Hour.

Eddie Cantor introduces Yma Sumac who sings an Inca hymn, a thousand years old, entitled “Hymn to the Sun Virgin“. Air date September 9, 1950, a live performance on the first Colgate Comedy Hour. She became an international success based on her extreme vocal range. Yma Sumac sold more than 40 million records which makes her one of the best-selling Latin Americans in history and the best-selling Peruvian in history. She was one of the most famous exponents of exotica music during the 1950s. Mastered from 16mm kinescope film.