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1957 studio album by Maya Angelou

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.

The poet and author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' constantly tackled new roles, including streetcar conductor, dancer and journalist.

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.

Born as Marguerite Johnson in , Maya Angelou is a 20th Century renaissance woman who was catapulted into international fame with her.

Did you know Maya Angelou sang calypso?

Life Story Of Maya Angelou.

Directed by Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack, the film is the remarkable story of the iconic writer, poet, performer and activist who.

Singer, mentor, teacher and mother.

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-ex