Mary Stallings (born August 16, 1939) is an American jazz vocalist and mother of soul singer Adriana Evans. 　　She is perhaps best known for her 1961 collaboration with vibraphonist Cal Tjader on the album Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings on Fantasy Records. Engagements in Tokyo, Manila and Bangkok ensued, along with work up and down the West Coast. She spent a year in the late 1960s performing in Nevada with Billy Eckstine, and toured South America with Gillespie's band in 1965 and 1966. She has shared the bill with singers such as Joe Williams, Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald. From 1969–1972, she had a three-year residency as the Count Basie Orchestra "girl singer." In 1972, in semi-retirement, she gave birth to her only child, R&B singer Adriana Evans. 　　Stallings returned to full-time singing at the end of the 1980s and came to the attention of the national jazz audience with the 1994 release of I Waited for You on Concord Jazz, with pianist Gene Harris's quartet, featuring Ron Eschete (guitar), Luther Hughes (bass), and Paul Humphrey (drums). Highlights include two Benny Carter tunes, "Only Trust Your Heart," and the opener "Where or When." 　　Her album Spectrum (1995) features pianist Gerald Wiggins, Ron Eschete (guitar), Andy Simpkins (bass), and Paul Humphrey (drums). Trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison contributes to six tunes.