SPIVY (Bertha Levine)
(September 30, 1906 - January 7, 1971)
Major Engagements:
Spivy's Yacht, N.Y.C. (early 1930s)
Le Boeuf Sur La Toit, Paris (mid-30's)
Tony's nightclub, N.Y.C. (1936-1940)
Spivy's Roof, N.Y.C. (1940-1951)
Spivy's East Side, Paris (1953)
Café De Paris, London (mid-50's)
The Blue Angel, N.Y.C. (1957)
1939
Seven Gay Sophisticated Songs By Spivy, General Records album (Spivy, piano and voice), containing:
78/Exclusive S 101 (I Brought Culture To Buffalo In The 90's; Alley Cat; Tarantella) [also 78/Commodore 51]
78/Exclusive S 102 (Why Don't You?; The Last Of The Fleur De Levy) [also 78/Commodore 52]
78/Exclusive S 103 (I Love Town; A Tropical Fish) [also 78/Commodore 53]
Note: Recorded October 1939, N.Y.C.
1947
An Evening With Spivy, 78/Gala album 50 (Spivy, piano and voice), containing:
78/Gala 5001 V-1/5002 V-1 (Surrealist; I Didn't Do A Thing Last Night)
Note: Alternate takes denominated V-3 of both songs exist.
78/Gala 5003 V-1/5004 V-1 (Madame's Lament; Auntie's Face)
Note: Alternate takes denominated V-3 of both songs exist.
78/Gala 5005 V-1/5006 V-1 (100% American Girls; Wife Of An Acrobat)
Note: Alternate takes denominated V-3 of both songs exist.
Note: Recorded Fall 1947, N.Y.C.
Late 1940's
78/Sound Apparatus I/II (Fool In The Moonligh with Robert Bates, piano; The Last Of The Fleur De Levy)
78/Sound Apparatus III/IV (Fashion Of The Two-By-Two; Penelope's Tarantella)
Note: All of the above performed by Spivy, piano and voice, unless otherwise noted.