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

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   May 28, 2014 · Advertisement. “Neighbor, Neighbor” (1957, Miss Calypso) “You Put It on Me” (recorded by B. B. King, written by Angelou, 1968, For Love of Ivy soundtrack) “The B.B. Jones” (recorded by ...

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   Maya Angelou (/ ˈændʒəloʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; [ 1 ][ 2 ] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning ...

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4. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk › entry › 16-little-known16 Little-Known Facts About The Legendary Maya Angelou

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   Feb 21, 2017 · She was later invited to sing Calypso at local venues and became known as Ms. Calpyso, performing in venues at a time when stars like Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr. hit their peak. 9.

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5. www.billboard.com › music › music-newsMaya Angelou in Music: Ashford & Simpson Collab, Calypso ...

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   May 28, 2014 · Maya Angelou, who passed away today at age 86, not only began as a songwriter, singer & dancer, but carried on a life-long love affair with and involvement in music that included a calypso album ...

6. genius.com › artists › Maya-angelouMaya Angelou Lyrics, Songs, and Albums - Genius

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   Y. Z. #. Hot songs: Thick Of It Die With A Smile She Knows Sailor Song Mockingbird View All. Maya Angelou has published several books of poetry as well as many works inside of those books. One of ...

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   Enjoy Maya Angelou's debut album "Miss Calypso" featuring calypso music released in 1957.

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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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   Did Maya Angelou have lyrics?

   • Maya Angelou performs a special Valentines Day concert with Valerie Simpson and Nick Ashford of the legendary R&B group Ashford and Simpson in New York's Paramount Theater on Feb. 14, 1996. AP Photo/Risasi Dais Even though they weren’t lyrics, Dr. Maya Angelou’s poems were always musical — full of rhythm, melody, cadence buoying her powerful words.

   Maya Angelou in Music: Ashford & Simpson Collab, Calypso ... - Billboard

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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.

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   What happened to Maya Angelou?

   • Maya Angelou, who passed away today at age 86, not only began as a songwriter, singer & dancer, but carried on a life-long love affair with and involvement in music that included a calypso album, a…

   Maya Angelou in Music: Ashford & Simpson Collab, Calypso ... - Billboard

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   How many books did Maya Angelou write?

   • Maya Angelou (/ ˈændʒəloʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.

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   Did you know Angelou won a Grammy for 'Poetic Justice'?

   • Other musicians and celebs certainly honored Angelou after that point: the verses Janet Jackson recites in the 1993 film “Poetic Justice” are Angelou’s, and famously, Angelou won her first of three Grammy for “On the Pulse of the Morning,” the poem she performed at President Bill Clinton’s 1993 inauguration.

   Maya Angelou in Music: Ashford & Simpson Collab, Calypso ... - Billboard

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

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