Victoria Spivey was born in Houston, Texas in 1906. A member of the Thomas family -- and Sippie Wallace's cousin- she, of course, sang, played piano, and wrote songs like the rest of them. She moved to New York in the 20s, and remained active in music for years; by the 1960s, she was performing, recording blues singers for her own Spivey record label, and writing a column for Record Research magazine, and running rings around the younger folks, until her death in 1976.
Victoria Spivey, vocal; Porter Grainger, piano; Lonnie Johnson, guitar.
New York NY 11/1/27 OKeh 8565
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