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Mavis Rivers

Samoan and New Zealand jazz singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Mavis Chloe Rivers (19 May 1929 – 29 May 1992)[1] was a Samoan and New Zealand jazz singer. She was born in Apia, Samoa, as one of thirteen children to a musical family.[2][3] In 1952, Rivers made several recordings with the Lloyd Sly Quartette at Stebbing Studios, released on Zodiac, Capitol and Stebbings labels.[4][5][6] Then in 1954 she moved to the United States where she married Glicerio Reyes "David" Catingub, a Filipino singer and bass player, and they had two sons.[7] She was a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1960.[7] Rivers died in 1992 due to a stroke after a concert in Los Angeles, California.[2][8]

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Discography

  • Take a Number (Capitol, 1959)
  • The Simple Life (Capitol, 1960)
  • Hooray for Love (Capitol, 1960)
  • Swing Along with Mavis (Reprise, 1961)
  • Mavis (Reprise, 1961)
  • Do It Now (Reprise, 1962)
  • Mavis Meets Shorty with Shorty Rogers (Reprise, 1963)
  • We Remember Mildred Bailey with Red Norvo (Vee Jay, 1965)
  • It's a Good Day (Delos, 1984)

As guest

With Matt Catingub

  • My Mommy and Me (Sea Breeze, 1983)
  • Your Friendly Neighborhood Big Band (Reference, 1984)
  • High Tech Big Band (Sea Breeze, 1985)
  • I'm Getting Cement All Over You (Ewe) (Sea Breeze, 1991)

With others

  • Alfred Newman, Ken Darby, Ports of Paradise (Capitol, 1960)
  • Red Norvo, The Red Norvo Quintet (Studio West, 1990)
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References

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