Mambo! (album)

For the Azúcar Moreno album, see Mambo (album).

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]

Mambo!
Studio album by Yma Sumac
Released	1954
Recorded	August 1954[1]
Genre	Exotica, world, mambo
Length	30:37
Label	Capitol
Yma Sumac chronology
Inca Taqui (1953) Mambo! (1954) Legend of the Jivaro (1957)

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Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bo Mambo"	Billy May, Moisés Vivanco	3:17
2.	"Taki Rari"	Vivanco	1:47
3.	"Gopher"	Vivanco	2:14
4.	"Chicken Talk"	Vivanco	3:03
5.	"Goomba Boomba"	May	4:12
6.	"Malambo No. 1"	Vivanco	2:53
7.	"Five Bottles of Mambo"	May, Vivanco	2:49
8.	"Indian Carnival"	Vivanco	2:04
9.	"Cha Cha Gitano"	Vivanco	3:48
10.	"Jungla"	May	2:25
11.	"Carnavalito Boliviano"	Vivanco	2:05

The original 10" edition had eight tracks.^[3] "Goomba Boomba", "Cha Cha Gitano" and "Carnavalito Boliviano" were added for the 1955 LP edition.^[4]

Legacy

"Gopher" is featured prominently in the 1998 black comedy film Dead Husbands.^[5] "Malambo No. 1" was featured on season 5 of the reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race.^[6]