Victoria Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976) was an
American blues singer and
songwriter. During a recording career that spanned forty 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 sister, Addie "Sweet Pease" Spivey. Among her compositions are "Black Snake Blues", "Dope Head Blues" and "Organ Grinder Blues". In 1962 she initiated her own recording label,
Spivey Records.