Vikki Moss
{{short description|Canadian singer (born 1962)}}
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Vikki Moss (born Victoria Moss;{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/59598283/|title=Vikki|author=Scott McKeen|date=June 1, 1997|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=Edmonton Journal|accessdate=May 20, 2023}} 1962) is a Canadian singer.
Career
Moss' first appearance on the Canadian music scene was a 1983 duet with Tim Feehan entitled "Never Say Die", that hit No. 1 on the Canadian A/C charts. Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, she has had a long-time association with famed producer David Foster. She sang lead vocal for "Love at Second Sight", a song from his first solo album The Best of Me, and most notably on a track on the St. Elmo's Fire{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-SQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT97|title=Inside Track|last=Sippel|first=John|date=15 June 1985|magazine=Billboard|page=80}} soundtrack entitled "If I Turn You Away", co-written by Foster and Richard Marx. She has also appeared on various Japanese TV soundtracks, including "Whispers at Night" from Abunai Deka.
Personal life
Moss dated NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky when he played for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s.{{cite news |url=https://www.chatelaine.com/living/growing-up-gretzky/ |title=Growing up Gretzky |first=Craig |last=Offman |work=Chatelaine |date= 13 July 2016}} In February 1982, Moss received a Ford Mustang convertible from Edmonton Oilers (and Ford dealership) owner Peter Pocklington, when Gretzky broke the NHL single season goal scoring record.{{cite news |url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/peter-pocklington-edmonton-oilers-nhl-hockey-a-salesman-tries-for-one-last-score/article35315788/ |title=A salesman tries for one last score |first=Marty |last=Klinkenberg |work=The Globe and Mail |date=12 November 2017}}
Moss is the sister of the Edmonton Oilers and Edmonton Eskimos locker room attendant and personality Joey Moss, who died in 2020.
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|2706082}}
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050830151405/http://home.earthlink.net/~directordp/index.html Vikki Moss video] – clip of "Life Without You"
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Category:Musicians from Edmonton
Category:20th-century Canadian women singers
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