ArtistInfo
Rita Reys
voc, 1924-2013 NL, Rotterdam
Singer of Jazz
A.k.a. Rita Maria Everdina Reys
Dutch jazz singer. Born: 21 December 1924 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Died: 28 July 2013 in Breukelen, Netherlands. Married to Wes Ilcken who died in 1957 and married Pim Jacobs in 1960 The Jazz-diva has played with artists like Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Dizzy Gillespie, Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Smith, Zoot Sims, and many others. In 1960 she was dubbed "Europe's first lady of jazz" at the Juan Les Pins Jazzfestival, France. In 1969, became the first Dutch jazz singer to perform at the New Orleans festival. She represented Holland in the V Festival Internacional da Canção in Rio with the song Just Be You in 1970.
Genres
Plays With
| The Pim Jacobs Orchestra |
Popular Tracks 
Ask Yourself Why on Rita Reys Sings Michel Legrand by Rita Reys What a Difference a Day Makes on The American Songbook by Rita Reys Lullaby in Rhythm on The Cool Voice of Rita Reys by Rita Reys My Funny Valentine on Relax With Rita & Pim by Rita Reys, Pim Jacobs Combo & Trio Pim Jacobs Zon In Scheveningen on Relax With Rita & Pim by Rita Reys, Pim Jacobs Combo & Trio Pim Jacobs Goody-Goody on Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby by Dutch Swing College Band & Rita Reys September In the Rain on The American Songbook by Rita Reys I Will Wait For You (Les Parapluies De Cherbourg) on Rita Reys Sings Michel Legrand by Rita Reys The Shadow of Your Smile on Memories of You by Rita Reys Desafinado on Relax With Rita & Pim by Rita Reys, Pim Jacobs Combo & Trio Pim JacobsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rita Reys Collection | Rita Reys | 2017 | Compil. |
| The Real... Rita Reys | Rita Reys | 2017 | Compil. |
| Young At Heart | Rita Reys | 2010 | Album |
| Summertime | Rita Reys | 2007 | Single |
| Jazz Behind The Dikes 4 | The Wessel Ilcken Combo Featuring Rita Reys | 2007 | Album |
| Songbooks | Rita Reys | 2006 | Compil. |
| Het Mooiste Van | Rita Reys | 2006 | Compil. |
| The Song Is I | Rita Reys | 2005 | Single |
| Beautiful Love | Rita Reys | 2004 | Album |
| The Rita Reys Story (Songs Of A Lifetime) | Rita Reys | 2004 | Compil. |
| Summertime | Rita Reys | 2000 | Compil. |
| Louis Van Dijk & Friends Collage | Louis van Dijk, Dick Bakker, Rogier Van Otterloo, Thijs Van Leer, Rita Reys | 1999 | Compil. |
| Once Upon A Summertine | Rita Reys, Metropole Orchestra | 1999 | Album |
| The Lady Strikes Again | Rita Reys | 1999 | Album |
| Anthology | Rita Reys | 1999 | Compil. |
| Loss Of Love - Rita Reys Sings Henry Mancini | Rita Reys | 1998 | Album |
| Tenderly | Rita Reys | 1992 | Album |
| The American Songbook Volume 2 | Rita Reys | 1992 | Album |
| The American Songbook Volume 1 | Rita Reys | 1992 | Album |
| Swing & Sweet | Rita Reys | 1990 | Album |
| Relax With Rita & Pim | Rita Reys With Pim Jacobs Combo | 1989 | Album |
| Two For Tea | Rita Reys | 1987 | Album |
| Live At The Concertgebouw | Rita Reys, The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1986 | Album |
| Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Rita Reys | 1986 | Album |
| Memories Of You | Rita Reys With The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1983 | Album |
| Rita Reys | Rita Reys | 1982 | Compil. |
| Sings Antonio Carlos Jobim | Rita Reys | 1981 | Album |
| Collage | Rita Reys / Pim Jacobs | 1981 | Album |
| Collage | Rita Reys | 1980 | Compil. |
| That Old Feeling | Rita Reys With The Pim Jacobs Trio Featuring Johnny Griffin | 1979 | Album |
| Rita Reys Sings The George Gershwin Songbook | Rita Reys, Rogier Van Otterloo | 1975 | Album |
| The Best Of Michel Legrand | Louis van Dijk / Rita Reys / Wim Overgaauw | 1974 | Album |
| Our Favorite Songs | Rita Reys & The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1973 | Album |
| The Best Of Burt Bacharach | Rita Reys / Wim Overgaauw / Chris Hinze | 1972 | Compil. |
| Rita Reys Sings Michel Legrand | Rita Reys | 1972 | Album |
| Do You Know The Way To San José | Rita Reys | 1971 | Single |
| Sings Burt Bacharach | Rita Reys | 1971 | Album |
| Just Be You | Rita Reys | 1970 | Single |
| Today (Recorded In London) | Rita Reys | 1969 | Album |
| Wives And Lovers / Satin Doll | Rita Reys Meets Oliver Nelson | 1969 | Single |
| Come To Scheveningen | Rita Reys | 1968 | Single |
| Rita A Go-go | Rita Reys and The Pim Jacobs Orchestra | 1967 | Album |
| I Don't Want To Play (Jequibaú) / The Shadow Of Your Smile | Rita Reys With The Pim Jacobs Combo | 1966 | Single |
| Rita Reys Canta Hits De Los Beatles | Rita Reys | 1966 | Single |
| Fly Me To The Moon | Rita Reys | 1965 | Single |
| Yesterday / Little Boat | Rita Reys | 1965 | Single |
| Congratulations In Jazz | Rita Reys | 1965 | Album |
| The Boy From Ipanema | Rita Reys, The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1965 | Single |
| Rita Reys Meets Oliver Nelson | Rita Reys | 1965 | Album |
| Bluesette | Rita Reys and Pim Jacobs Combo | 1964 | Single |
| Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby -3 | Rita Reys With The Dutch Swing College Band | 1964 | Single |
| Exactly Like You | Rita Reys, The Dutch Swing College Band | 1963 | Single |
| Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby | Rita Reys And The Dutch Swing College Band | 1963 | Album |
| Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby -1 | Rita Reys And The Dutch Swing College Band | 1963 | Single |
| Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby -2 | Rita Reys And The Dutch Swing College Band | 1963 | Single |
| More Bossa Nova By Rita Reys | Rita Reys With The Pim Jacobs Combo Featuring Toon van Vliet | 1963 | Single |
| Rita Reys At The Golden Circle Club, Stockholm | Rita Reys And The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1963 | Album |
| Rita Reys At The Golden Circle Club, Stockholm - 1 | Rita Reys And The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1963 | Single |
| Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby -1 | Rita Reys And The Dutch Swing College Band | 1963 | Single |
| Can't Buy Me Love | Rita Reys, The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1963 | Single |
| Rita Reys At The Golden Circle Club, Stockholm - 2 | Rita Reys And The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1963 | Single |
| Rita Reys Sings Bossa Nova | Rita Reys | 1962 | Single |
| Desafinado | Rita Reys With The Pim Jacobs Combo | 1962 | Single |
| The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys | Rita Reys With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Album |
| Jazz Pictures At An Exhibition-2 | Rita Reys And The The Pim Jacobs Trio Featuring Kenny Clarke | 1961 | Single |
| Jazz Pictures At An Exhibition | Rita Reys And The The Pim Jacobs Trio Featuring Kenny Clarke | 1961 | Album |
| Jazz Pictures At An Exhibition-1 | Rita Reys And The The Pim Jacobs Trio Featuring Kenny Clarke | 1961 | Single |
| Yes Sir That's My Baby | Rita Reys, The Dutch Swing College Band | 1961 | Single |
| Summertime | Rita Reys And The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1960 | Single |
| Summertime / Too Close For Comfort | Rita Reys And The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1960 | Single |
| Zon In Scheveningen / Venus Bespied | Rita Reys Met Het The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1960 | Single |
| Marriage In Modern Jazz 1 | Rita Reys, The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1960 | Single |
| Marriage In Modern Jazz | Rita Reys and The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1960 | Album |
| Marriage In Modern Jazz 2 | Rita Reys, The Pim Jacobs Trio | 1960 | Single |
| That Old Black Magic | Rita Reys | 1959 | Single |
| Two Jazzy People | Bengt Hallberg / Rita Reys | 1959 | Album |
| The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys No. 2 | Rita Reys | 1957 | Album |
| My Funny Valentine / Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most | Rita Reys With The Wessel Ilcken Combo With Tom Dissevelt Orchestra | 1957 | Single |
| Rita Reys with the wessel ilcken trio | Rita Reys | 1957 | Single |
| New Voices | Rita Reys, Sylvia Pierce & Peggy Serra | 1957 | Album |
| There Is No Greater Love | Rita Reys | 1957 | Single |
| Rita Reys Avec Les Jazz Messengers | Rita Reys Avec Les Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1957 | Single |
| Taking A Chance On Love | Rita Reys | 1956 | Album |
| The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys | Rita Reys | 1956 | Single |
| The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys | Rita Reys | 1956 | Album |
| Waiting For Weelink | The Wessel Ilcken Combo With Rita Reys | 1955 | Single |
| Rita Reys With The Wessel Ilcken Combo | Rita Reys, The Wessel Ilcken Combo | 1955 | Single |
| Rita's Requests | Rita Reys, The Pim Jacobs Trio | Compil. | |
| When the blues come on | Rita Reys | Single | |
| Love For sale | Rita Reys, Bengt Hallberg | Single | |
| Rita Reys En Pim Jacobs | Rita Reys, Pim Jacobs | Compil. |
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