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  2. Denyse Plummer - Wikipedia

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    Denyse Burnadette Kirline Plummer HBM (8 November 1953 – 27 August 2023) [1] was a Trinidadian calypsonian and gospel singer. The child of a white father and a black mother, she initially faced significant prejudice in a genre traditionally seen as Afro-Caribbean, but was eventually recognised as a leading calypso performer.

  3. RV Calypso - Wikipedia

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    The Captain's yacht of the USS Enterprise-D, on Star Trek: The Next Generation, was named Calypso by actor Patrick Stewart. He also gave the name Cousteau to the captain's yacht of the USS Enterprise-E in homage to the Calypso ' s famous former captain. Wes Anderson directed a film homage of Jacques Cousteau's life called The Life Aquatic with ...

  4. List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences - Wikipedia

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  5. Lord Nelson (calypsonian) - Wikipedia

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    Nelson's personal style derived from calypso, but also from the American music he heard every day, adding some funk to his Caribbean hits like "La La Jam Back" and "King Liar". While he was not the first to make soca music, he found a great deal of popularity, and won the title of Uncrowned King in a competition for off-island artists at ...

  6. Chalkdust - Wikipedia

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    He is a nine-time winner of Trinidad's Calypso Monarch competition, most recently in 2017. Chalkdust's winning song performances for these most acclaimed Calypso Crowns are: 1976 *("No Smut For Me" and "Ah Put On Meh Guns Again"); 1977 ("My Way Of Protest" and "Shango Vision"); 1981 ("Ah Can't Make" and "My Kind of Worry"); 1989 ("Chauffeur Wanted" and "Carnival Is The Answer"); 1993 ("Kaiso ...

  7. David Rudder - Wikipedia

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    The Honourable David Michael Rudder OCC (born 6 May 1953) is a Trinidadian calypsonian, known to be one of the most successful calypsonians of all time.He performed as lead singer for the brass band Charlie's Roots. [1]

  8. Harry Belafonte - Wikipedia

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    Harry Belafonte (/ ˌ b ɛ l ə ˈ f ɒ n t i / BEL-ə-FON-tee; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s.

  9. Ogygia - Wikipedia

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    Calypso Cave in Xagħra, Gozo.According to Maltese tradition this was the cave of Calypso and Odysseus. A long-standing tradition begun by Euhemerus in the late 4th century BC and supported by Callimachus, [2] endorsed by modern Maltese tradition, identifies Ogygia with the island of Gozo, the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago.