Sandra St. Victor hails from Dallas, Texas. She is better known as the one time lead singer of The Family Stand (Remember Ghetto Heaven?) A graduate of the world famous Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts she is a singer/songwriter/producer /arranger and talented instrumentalist who plays the piano and clarinet. During the 80's she worked as a backing singer touring with Chaka Khan, Glenn Jones, and Freddie Jackson. Her solo debut only happened in 1993 but it was not until 1996 and the release of her first official album Mack Diva Saves The World that her career got properly underway.
Moving to Europe at the start of the new millennium she formed a touring group known as the daughters of Soul whose membership included at one time or another: Nona Hendryx (of LaBelle), Joyce Kennedy, Deniece Williams, Caron Wheeler (of Soul II Soul,) Lalah Hathaway, Indira Khan (daughter of Chaka), Simone (daughter of Nina Simone), and Leah McCrae (daughter of George & Gwen McCrae).
Today's featured track is taken from a Josh Milan compilation production, Honeycomb MusiC Vol.1 (2011).
The album is still available on Amazon US.
Also from Amazon UK.
You can listen to I Am Better (2011) on youtube (video below).
You can find out more about Sandra St. Victor by visiting her site.
Hear some more choons from the lady. Click on the photo below.
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