The Calypso Craze

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Among the many artists who worked the nightclubs were Lord Flea, Calypso Eddie, the dance team of Scoogie Brown and Leo Ryers, and the singer Maya Angelou.

Count Bernadino

Though the nationwide craze quickly faded, calypso remained a component of the American folk music revival of the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to be popular with vacationers in the Caribbean.

At the same time, it remained a major form of music within Caribbean communities in U.S. cities. Changes in immigration law in 1965 contributed to a large increase in migration from the Caribbean during the following decades. New recording companies and performance venues emerged in Brooklyn to serve this growing Caribbean-American market.

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