She was one of the most influential singer-songwriters of her time in the late Sixties, but the industry never really got her. Fans, friends, and family tell us her remarkable story

It happened at 888 Eighth Avenue at 8 p.m. — the kind of coincidence you can’t make up. It was late 1967, and Charlie Calello had just walked into a tiny New York studio apartment with a bed, a kitch…