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. Behind Angelou's voice, studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco and percussionist Al Bello created an exotic mood. Angelou toured in support of the album, performing calypso songs in nightclubs. The album was a modest success but Angelou did not make any further records as a singer.
Angelou later gained fame as an author and a poet, most notably her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In her fourth autobiography, The Heart of a Woman, she downplays her singing career and assigns little importance to Miss Calypso. In 1995, the album was re-released as a CD during a period of customer interest in 1950s exotica. Its artistry was re-examined in light of Angelou's later fame; it was said to exemplify the calypso music of the period, spiced with a feeling for the tradition's roots.
MissCalypso 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...
Calypso is a style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean...
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languages. In 1957, riding on the popularity of calypso, Angelou recorded her first album, MissCalypso, which was reissued as a CD in 1996. She appeared...
her first album, MissCalypso, was released; it was reissued as a CD in 1995. According to Als, Angelou sang and performed calypso music because it was...
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The list of calypsos with sociopolitical influences is sectioned by main topics. Calypso music is a worldwide phenomenon. "Base (The)" (1958), Mighty Sparrow...
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the feel of her calypso dance performances. In 1957, Angelou recorded her first album, MissCalypso, which captured her focus on calypso music, popular...
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known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. Known as the "Calypso King of the World", he is one of the best-known...
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v t e Works by Maya Angelou Albums MissCalypso Autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin'...
v t e Works by Maya Angelou Albums MissCalypso Autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin'...
v t e Works by Maya Angelou Albums MissCalypso Autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin'...
and lyrics with Jean Kerr and Joan Ford (lyrics) and directed Other MissCalypso – a Maya Angelou album that Kerr produced Stardust (1946) wrote (comedy)...
v t e Works by Maya Angelou Albums MissCalypso Autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin'...
v t e Works by Maya Angelou Albums MissCalypso Autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin'...
v t e Works by Maya Angelou Albums MissCalypso Autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin'...
Party Monarch and Calypso Monarch competitions of Calypsonians, the Panorama steel band competition, the Parade of Bands, the Miss Antigua Pageant, and...
v t e Works by Maya Angelou Albums MissCalypso Autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin'...
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