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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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