Denver's Calypso by oDDBall

"Calypso" is a song written by John Denver in 1975 as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship Calypso. The 45 rpm single (backed with the song "I'm Sorry") reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending September 27, 1975. The song was featured on Denver's 1975 album Windsong.
John Denver was a close friend of Jacques-Yves Cousteau; and though Denver wrote and composed another song about him, Cousteau died shortly before the song was planned to be recorded. Calypso is the name of Jacques Cousteau's famous research boat that sailed around the world for oceanic conservation; it sank and was refloated shortly before Cousteau himself died.