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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 1954, she moved to the United States. 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. She was a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1960.

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. ^ 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. ^ 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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