Rita Reys

Dutch jazz singer (1924-2013) Date Of Birth : 1924-12-21T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 2013-07-28T00:00:00Z

Rita Reys (born Maria Everdina Reijs; 21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. She was promoted as “Europe’s First Lady of Jazz”.

In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as Memories of You with the Lex Jasper orchestra. She died in Breukelen, the Netherlands, on 28 July 2013.

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