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Calypso Heat Wave is a 1957 American film starring Merry Anders, Meg Myles and, as herself, Maya Angelou.It was an attempt by producer Sam Katzman to repeat ...
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Try to find Joel Grey a decade before his Broadway breakout in CABARET and even Maya Angelou. It's amazing the talent that Katzman could pick up on the cheap -- even when he couldn't think of what to do with it.
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- Drama, Musical
- Fred F. Sears
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Calypso Heat Wave is a 1957 American drama musical film directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders and Meg Myles. It was an attempt by producer Sam Katzman to repeat the success of Rock Around the Clock with calypso music. It was originally known as Juke Box Jamboree.
Jan 27, 2010 · Calypso Heat Wave marked the screen debut of actress and noted poet Maya Angelou, Johnny Desmond and disc jockey Dick Whittinghill.
- Fred F. Sears, Leonard Katzman
- Johnny Desmond
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...
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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.
