Calypso John Denver Jacques Cousteau Calypso (John Denver song) Calypso" is a song written by John Denver in 1975 as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship, the Calypso. It was featured on Denver's 1975 album Windsong. This song features the sounds of ship bells, which are heard in the instrumental introductions before both two verses, in which Milton Okun's orchestral arrangement, featuring strings and winds, is heard impersonating the sounds of the oceans and seas.. to list "