Mavis Rivers Explained

Mavis Rivers
Birth Name:	Mavis Chloe Rivers
Birth Date:	19 May 1929
Birth Place:	Apia, Samoa
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	TANZA, 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] In 1954, she moved to the United States.^[3] 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.^[4] She was a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1960.^[3]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rivers, Mavis Chloe. Teara.govt.nz. 7 October 2021.
2. Web site: AllMusic. Mavis Rivers. 17 September 2018. Jason Birchmeier.
3. Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 2098.
4. News: Mavis Rivers, 63; Jazz Singer. The Los Angeles Times. 1 June 1992. 17 September 2018.