Rita Reys

Rita Reys
Reys performing in Hotel De Watergeus, Noorden, Netherlands, in 2004
Background information
Birth nameMaria Everdina Reijs
Born(1924-12-21)21 December 1924
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died28 July 2013(2013-07-28) (aged 88)
Breukelen
GenresJazz, bossa nova
OccupationSinger
LabelsUniversal
Websiteritareys.eu

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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