Mavis Rivers
Mavis Chloe Rivers 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.
Discography
- Take a Number
- The Simple Life
- Hooray for Love
- Swing Along with Mavis
- Mavis
- Do It Now
- Mavis Meets Shorty with Shorty Rogers
- We Remember Mildred Bailey with Red Norvo
- ''It's a Good Day''
As guest
With Matt Catingub- My Mommy and Me
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Big Band
- High Tech Big Band
- I'm Getting Cement All Over You
- Alfred Newman, Ken Darby, Ports of Paradise
- Red Norvo, ''The Red Norvo Quintet''