Victoria Spivey (15 October 1906 - 3 October 1976[LINK: http://users.efortress.com/doc-rock/1970.html] Dead Rock Stars Club website - accessed December 2007) was an American blues singer. Life and career She was born Victoria Regina Spivey in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Grant and Addie (Smith) Spivey. Her father was a part-time musician and a flagman for the railroad; her mother was a nurse. Her sisters were - Addie "Sweet Peas" Spivey, also a singer and musician, who recorded for several major record labels between 1929 and 1937; and Elton "Za-Zu" Spivey, who also followed a professional singing career. Victoria Spivey's first professional experience was in a family string band led by her father in Houston. She also played on her own at local parties and, in 1918, was hired to accompany films at the Lincoln Theater in Dallas. As a teenager, she worked i

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