# Mavis Rivers

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{{Short description|Samoan and New Zealand jazz singer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Mavis Rivers
| birth_name       = Mavis Chloe Rivers
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1929|05|19|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Apia](/source/Apia), [Samoa](/source/Samoa)
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1992|05|29|1929|05|19|df=y}}
| death_place      = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California, U.S.
| genre            = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| label            = [TANZA](/source/TANZA), [Stebbings](/source/Stebbing_Studios), [Zodiac Records](/source/Zodiac_Records_(New_Zealand)), [Reprise Records](/source/Reprise_Records), [Capitol Records](/source/Capitol_Records)
}}

'''Mavis Chloe Rivers''' (19 May 1929 – 29 May 1992)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5r13/rivers-mavis-chloe|title=Rivers, Mavis Chloe|website=Teara.govt.nz|access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref> was a Samoan and New Zealand [jazz](/source/jazz) singer. She was born in [Apia](/source/Apia), Samoa, as one of thirteen children to a musical family.<ref name="DNZB Rivers">{{DNZB|title=Mavis Chloe Rivers|first= Shane|last= Rivers|id=5r13|access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=AllMusicMavisRivers>{{cite web|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|title=Mavis Rivers|access-date=17 September 2018|author=Jason Birchmeier| url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mavis-rivers-mn0000394187/biography}}</ref> In 1952, Rivers made several recordings with the Lloyd Sly Quartette at [Stebbing Studios](/source/Stebbing_Studios), released on Zodiac, Capitol and Stebbings labels.<ref>[https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22687308?search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=lloyd+sly 'Rivers, Mavis : Choc'late ice cream cone ; Rose Rose I love you (Z71)']. Reference: MSD10-0447. ''[National Library of New Zealand](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand)''.</ref><ref>[https://music.apple.com/nz/artist/the-lloyd-sly-quartette/735844632 'The Lloyd Sly Quartette - The Tanza, Stebbing & Zodiac Years']. ''[Apple Music](/source/Apple_Music)''</ref><ref>[https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/102183/all 'Lloyd Sly']. ''[SecondHandSongs](/source/SecondHandSongs)''.</ref> 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.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Guinness Publishing](/source/Guinness_Publishing)|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2098}}</ref> She was a nominee for the [Grammy Award for Best New Artist](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist) in [1960](/source/1960_Grammy_Awards).<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Rivers died in 1992 due to a stroke after a concert in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California.<ref name="DNZB Rivers"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-01-mn-303-story.html|title=Mavis Rivers, 63; Jazz Singer|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=1 June 1992|access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>

==Discography==
* ''[Take a Number](/source/Take_a_Number)'' (Capitol, 1959)
* ''The Simple Life'' (Capitol, 1960)
* ''[Hooray for Love](/source/Hooray_for_Love_(album))'' (Capitol, 1960)
* ''Swing Along with Mavis'' (Reprise, 1961)
* ''Mavis'' (Reprise, 1961)
* ''Do It Now'' (Reprise, 1962)
* ''[Mavis Meets Shorty](/source/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](/source/Alfred_Newman_(composer)), Ken Darby, ''Ports of Paradise'' (Capitol, 1960)
* [Red Norvo](/source/Red_Norvo), ''The Red Norvo Quintet'' (Studio West, 1990)

==References==
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Category:1929 births
Category:1992 deaths
Category:People from Apia
Category:20th-century New Zealand women singers
Category:Samoan emigrants to New Zealand
Category:Samoan emigrants to the United States

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