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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou has been played on NTS in shows including SNO, featured first on 18 April 2017. Songs played include Still I Rise, A Dirge for Xmas/When I Think About Myself (Music: Black Incense) and Calypso Blues.

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her autobiographical books: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), The Heart of a Woman (1981), Singin' and Swingin' and…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Still I Rise
Maya Angelou
Smooch Music Inc.2014
Still I Rise
Maya AngelouSmooch Music Inc.2014
Discogs
A Dirge for Xmas/When I Think About Myself (Music: Black Incense)
Maya Angelou
GWP Records1969
A Dirge for Xmas/When I Think About Myself (Music: Black Incense)
Maya AngelouGWP Records1969
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Calypso Blues
Maya Angelou
London Records1956
Calypso Blues
Maya AngelouLondon Records1956
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Since Me Man Has Done Gone And Went
Maya Angelou
London Records1956
Since Me Man Has Done Gone And Went
Maya AngelouLondon Records1956
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Mambo In Africa
Maya Angelou
London Records1956
Mambo In Africa
Maya AngelouLondon Records1956
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Buckshot LeFonque feat. Maya Angelou
Columbia1994
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Buckshot LeFonque feat. Maya AngelouColumbia1994
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Love Liberates
The Freedom Affair feat. Dr. Maya Angelou
Sunflower Soul Records2021
Love Liberates
The Freedom Affair feat. Dr. Maya AngelouSunflower Soul Records2021
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