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     See Maya Angelou's early Calypso performances in the Bay Area

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     Maya Angelou in Calypso Heat Wave (1957)

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     Maya Angelou, Singing. Miss Calypso remembered May 2014

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Miss_CalypsoMiss Calypso - Wikipedia

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   Miss Calypso is the debut and only studio album by American writer and poet Maya Angelou, released in 1957. The album was released during a craze for calypso music catalyzed by Harry Belafonte the previous year. Angelou sings every song on the album, and she composed five of them.

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4. www.youtube.com › watchMaya Angelou - Miss Calypso [Full Album] - YouTube

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   Sep 22, 2019 · Maya Angelou - Miss Calypso [Full Album] King Devereaux. 1.91K subscribers. Subscribed. 232. 9.6K views 4 years ago. ENJOY.. ...more.

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5. www.youtube.com › watchMaya Angelou - ''Run Joe'' (Miss Calypso) - YouTube

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   Apr 30, 2011 · 'Miss Calypso' - Maya Angelou (1957) -- I don't own this song!No Copyright infringement intended. (c) Maya Angelou, Scamp Records/Rev-Ola.Buy 'Miss Calypso' ...

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6. slate.com › culture › 2014Maya Angelou’s music: Miss Calypso, songs for B.B. King, and ...

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   May 28, 2014 · Maya Angelou singing in Calypso Heat Wave (1957). Still from YouTube. “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness,” the revered poet and...

7. www.allmusic.com › album › miss-calypso-mw0000182218Miss Calypso - Maya Angelou | Album | AllMusic

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   Miss Calypso by Maya Angelou released in 1957. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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8. www.largeup.com › 2014/05/28 › maya-angelouMiss Calypso: Maya Angelou's Caribbean Roots - LargeUp

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   May 28, 2014 · A look into Maya Angelou's 1950s-era career as a calypso singer and dancer, including her 1957 album Miss Calypso and a subsequent film, Calypso Heat Wave

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   What music did Maya Angelou write?

   • Maya Angelou’s music: Miss Calypso, songs for B.B. King, and more. Maya Angelou singing in Calypso Heat Wave (1957). “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness,” the revered poet and activist, Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at age 86, once described her relationship with songwriting.

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   How many calypso songs does Angelou sing?

   • The album was released during a craze for calypso music catalyzed by Harry Belafonte the previous year. Angelou sings every song on the album, and she composed five of them. Behind Angelou's voice, studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco and percussionist Al Bello created an exotic mood.

   Miss Calypso - Wikipedia

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   How did Maya Angelou become famous?

   • Maya Angelou had modest success as a singer, dancer, and performer beginning in 1954, when her marriage to her first husband, Tosh Angelos, ended. She performed in clubs around San Francisco, including the Purple Onion, where she sang and danced calypso music. [1]

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   When was Miss Calypso recorded?

   • And in 1957, at the height of the calypso movement—a style popularized by Harry Belafonte—Angelou recorded her first and only album, Miss Calypso. In it, she covers Nat King Cole’s “Calypso Blues” and Louis Jordan’s “Run Joe,” using her deep vibrato to create a simmering fusion of jazz and Afro-Caribbean rhythms.

   Maya Angelou’s Life in Music - Slate Magazine

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10. www.washingtonpost.com › news › arts-andBefore Maya Angelou, there was Miss Calypso - The Washington Post

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    May 28, 2014 · It’s now a name long forgotten, but before Maya Angelou chose the pen name inspired by her brother (who called her Maya), she sang, danced and composed lyrics as Miss Calypso.