# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victoria-spivey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:00:42.781Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victoria-spivey"
name: "Victoria Spivey"
slug: "victoria-spivey"
description: "Victoria Regina Spivey, sometimes known as Queen Victoria, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and record company founder. During a recording career that spanned 40 years, from 1926 to the mid-1960s, she worked with Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Clarence Williams, Luis Russell, Lonnie Johnson, and Bob Dylan. She also performed in vaudeville and clubs, sometimes with her sisters Addie \"Sweet Peas\" Spivey and Elton Island Spivey. Among her compositions are \"Black Snake Blues\" (1926), \"Dope Head Blues\" (1927), and \"Organ Grinder Blues\" (1928). In 1961, she co-founded Spivey Records with one of her husbands, Len Kunstadt. Her recordings are considered important examples of classic female blues, and scholars note that her music reflected the themes and performance styles that were common among major women blues artists of the 1920s and 1930s."
tagline: "American blues singer and songwriter (1906–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VictoriaSpivey1929.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1906-10-15"
deathDate: "1976-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.82
  momentum:             4.843750000000002
  historical:           15.36324933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819237/"
    handle:    "nm0819237"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ڤيكتوريا سپيڤى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویکتوریا اسپیوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Victoria Spivey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spivey"
    title: "Victoria Spivey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spivey"
    title: "Victoria Spivey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spivey"
    title: "Victoria Spivey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spivey"
    title: "Victoria Spivey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Victoria Spivey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spivey"
    title: "Victoria Spivey"
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    title: "ヴィクトリア・スピヴィー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Victoria Spivey"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spivey"
    title: "Victoria Spivey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktorija_Spivi"
    title: "Viktorija Spivi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spivey"
    title: "Victoria Spivey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вікторія Спайві"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump