Mavis Chloe Rivers
Samoan-New Zealand singer

Mavis Chloe Rivers

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Samoan-New Zealand singer
A.K.A.
Mavis Rivers
Gender:
Female
Places:
SamoaNew Zealand
Is:
Singer
Work field:
Music
Birth:
19 May 1929(Apia, Tuamasaga, Samoa)
Death:
1992(Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
Star sign:
Taurus
Instruments:
Voice
Family:
Children:
Matt Catingub
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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)