Mavis Rivers

Mavis Rivers
Birth nameMavis Chloe Rivers
Born(1929-05-19)19 May 1929
Apia, Samoa
Died29 May 1992(1992-05-29) (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresJazz
LabelsTANZA, Stebbings, Zodiac Records, Reprise Records, Capitol Records

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 1954, she moved to the United States.[4] She married Glicerio Reyes "David" Catingub, a Filipino singer and bass player, in that year, and they had two sons. She died in 1992 due to a stroke after a concert in Los Angeles, California.[2][5] She was a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1960.[4]

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)

References

  1. ^ "Rivers, Mavis Chloe". Teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Rivers, Shane. "Mavis Chloe Rivers". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ Jason Birchmeier. "Mavis Rivers". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2098. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  5. ^ "Mavis Rivers, 63; Jazz Singer". The Los Angeles Times. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 17 September 2018.


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