Mavis Rivers

Mavis Chloe Rivers (19 May 1929 – 29 May 1992) was a Samoan and New Zealand jazz singer. She was born in Apia, Samoa, as one of thirteen children to a musical family. In 1952, Rivers made several recordings with the Lloyd Sly Quartette at Stebbing Studios, released on Zodiac, Capitol and Stebbings labels. 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. She was a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1960. Rivers died in 1992 due to a stroke after a concert in Los Angeles, California. 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) 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) "Rivers, Mavis Chloe". Teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2021. Rivers, Shane. "Mavis Chloe Rivers". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 September 2018. Jason Birchmeier. "Mavis Rivers". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2018. 'Rivers, Mavis : Choc'late ice cream cone ; Rose Rose I love you (Z71)'. Reference: MSD10-0447. National Library of New Zealand. 'The Lloyd Sly Quartette - The Tanza, Stebbing & Zodiac Years'. Apple Music 'Lloyd Sly'. SecondHandSongs. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2098. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. "Mavis Rivers, 63; Jazz Singer". Los Angeles Times. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 17 September 2018. v t e