Rita Reys

Rita Reys
Rita Reys
	Reys performing in Hotel De Watergeus, Noorden, the Netherlands, in 2004
Background information
Birth name	Maria Everdina Reijs
Also known as	Europe's First lady of Jazz
Born	21 December 1924; Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Died	28 July 2013 (aged 88); Breukelen, the Netherlands
Genres	Jazz, bossa nova
Occupation(s)	Vocals
Labels	Universal Music
Website	www.ritareys.eu

Rita Reys (21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. In 1960, she was given the title "Europe's first lady of jazz".^[1] She sang jazz and bossa nova.^[2]

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Reys was born in Rotterdam. She died in Breukelen at age eighty-eight.^[3]

[1]
Rita Reys @ All About Jazz; accessed 5 March 2014.
[2]
John S. Wilson "Rita Reys: First Lady of European Jazz", New York Times, 5 June 1981
[3]
Persad, Radjin (29 July 2013). "Rita Reys Dies". NL Times. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

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[1] [1]
Rita Reys @ All About Jazz; accessed 5 March 2014.

[2] [2]
John S. Wilson "Rita Reys: First Lady of European Jazz", New York Times, 5 June 1981

[3] [3]
Persad, Radjin (29 July 2013). "Rita Reys Dies". NL Times. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

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