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Ray Charles Robinson (23.09.1930 - 10.06.2004)
Years Active: 1947 – 2004
Vocal Range: D2 - B♭5
Significant High Notes:
B♭5 ("Everybody Sing", "Feel so Bad" Several live performances, "No Time To Waste Time")
A5 ("All She Wants To Do Is Love Me", "One Drop of Love")
G♯5 ("Blues In The Night", "Go On Home", "It Hurts To Be In Love", "Tell the Truth", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "Your Love Keeps Me Satisfied")
G5 ("Child Support, Alimony", "Don't You Know", "Every Saturday Night", "I Can't Get Enough", "I'm Movin' On", "I'm Ready", "The Jealous Kind", "Ophelia", "People", "Still Crazy After All These Years", "We Are the World" Recording session, "What'd I Say" live Copenhagen 1973)
F♯5 ("The Fever", "For Mama" live 1991(?), "Hit the Road Jack" Saturday Live 1996, "How Long Has This Been Going On?", "I Chose to Sing the Blues", "I Don't Need No Doctor" live 1968, "Let Me Take Over", "Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)", "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" live Japan 1982, "Some Enchanted Evening" live 1979)
F5 ("All She Wants To Do Is Love Me", "Am I Blue?" live Yokohama 1975, "Baby, Don't You Cry", "The Cincinnati Kid", "Compared to What", "Don't Change On Me", "Drown in My Own Tears" live Atlanta 1959, "Hallelujah I Love Her So" live Copenhagen 1973, "Hey Good Lookin'", "How Did You Feel The Morning After", "I Can See Clearly Now", "I Got a Woman" live with Glen Campbell 1970, "I Love You More Than I Ever Have", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I've Got News for You", "Let the Good Times Roll" live World of Jazz 1980, "Let Your Love Flow", "The Little Drummer Boy" , "Louise", "Margie", "My World", "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)" live 1977, "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!", "A Peace That We Never Before Could Enjoy", "She Knows", "Somebody", "Something Inside Me", "Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It", "Take Me Home, Country Roads" live Yokohama 1975, "There'll Be No Peace Without All Men As One", "Tired of My Tears", "We Are the World", "We're Gonna Make It", "What'll I Do" live 80s(?), "Yes Indeed!" live Atlanta 1959, "You Are My Sunshine")
E5 ("By The Light of The Silvery Moon", "Bye Bye Love", "Game Number Nine", "Georgia on My Mind" live Copenhagen 1973, "I Don't Need No Doctor", "I Got a Woman", "I'm Gonna Keep On Singin'", "Indian Love Call" live Copenhagen 1973, "Let's Go Get Stoned", "Love Makes The Change", "Love Walked In", "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)", "No Achievement Showing", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)", "Tell the Truth", "The Train", "We Had It All", "What I'd Say", "You're Just About To Lose Your Clown")
E♭5 ("America The Beautiful", "Basin Street Blues", "The Bright Lights and You Girl", "Caught A Touch Of Your Love", "Claudie Mae", "Come Back Baby", "Early In The Mornin’", "Feel So Bad", "Heavenly Love", "Hit the Road Jack", "I Can't Stop Loving You Baby", "I Won't Leave", "I'll Be Your Servant", "I'm Ready", "If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck", "It Had To Be You", "Jumpin' in the Morning", "Love's Gonna Bite You Back", "Love's Gonna Live Here (Swingola)", "Marie", "Move It On Over", "My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)", "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", "Please Say You're Fooling", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "The Right Time", "Ring Of Fire", "Sail Away", "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong", "Smack Dab In The Middle", "The Sun's Gonna Shine Again", "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)" live Newport 1958, "Teardrops From My Eyes", "Tell Me How You Feel", "That's All I Am to You", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", "Understanding", "We Can Make It", "Wheel of Fortune", "Yesterday" live Copenhagen 1972, "You 20th Century Fox", "You Feel Good All Over", "You've Got A Problem")
D5 ("Eleanor Rigby" live Copenhagen 1973, "Every Saturday Night", "A Fool For You", "Georgia on My Mind" live Yokohama 1975, "Heaven Help Us All", "Hey Mister", "I Can't Change It", "I Like To Hear It Sometime", "I Told You So", "If You Wouldn't Be My Lady" Flip show 1973, "I'll Be Good to You", "I'll Be There", "I'm Movin' On", "I'm Satisfied", "Is There Anyone Out There", "The Jealous Kind", "Just a Man" live Newport 1973, "Let Me Love You", "Let The Good Times Roll", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "Living In The City", "Love Is Here To Stay", "Love Walked In", "My God and I", "My World", "None of Us Are Free", "Questions", "Riding Thumb", "Shake Your Tailfeather", "So Help Me God", "A Sweet Young Thing Like You", "Tell All the World About You", "Tell Me What You Want Me To Do", "That Thing Called Love", "What Have They Done To My Song, Ma", "When My Dreamboat Comes Home", "Yes Indeed!" live Atlanta 1959, "Your Love Is So Doggone Good")
C♯5 ("All I Want For Christmas", "America The Beautiful", "Anonymous Love", "Blues In The Night", "The Brightest Smile in Town", "Claudie Mae", "Come Live With Me", "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles", "Don't You Think I Ought To Know", "Drown In My Own Tears", "Everybody's Handsome Child", "The Fever", "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers", "Hallelujah I Love Her So" live Copenhagen 1973, "How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)", "How Long Has This Been Going On?", "I Chose to Sing the Blues", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "I Don't Need No Doctor", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'll Take Care Of You", "I Got A Woman" live Newport 1958, "I'm Going To Drown Myself", "I'm Gonna Keep On Singin'", "If You Give Me Your Heart", "Imagine", "In the Heat of the Night", "Let Me Take Over", "Lift Every Voice And Sing", "Lonely Avenue", "My Bonnie", "Never Ending Song Of Love", "Never Say Naw", "No One", "No Time To Waste Time", "People", "A Poor Man's Song", "Show Me The Sunshine", "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)", "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Take Off That Dress", "That's a Lie", "Together Again", "Two Ton Tessie", "We Can Make It")
C5 ("(All I Wanna Do Is) Lay Around And Love On You", "All She Wants To Do Is Love Me", "Am I Blue" A Portrait Of Ray version, "Angelina", "Baby Please", "By The Light of The Silvery Moon", "Can You Love Me Like That", "Come Back Baby", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Compared to What", "Fresh Out Of Tears", "Half as Much", "Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)", "Heaven Help Us All", "Heavenly Love", "Hey Mister", "I Can't Get Enough", "I Don't Want No One But You", "I Got a Woman", "I Like To Hear It Sometime", "I Will Be There", "I'll Be Your Servant", "I'm Movin' On", "I'm Ready", "In a Little Spanish Town" live Newport 1958, "Indian Love Call" live Copenhagen 1973, "Jumpin' in the Morning", "Let It Be", "Lift Every Voice And Sing", "Love Makes The Change", "Love Walked In", "Margie", "My God and I", "No Achievement Showing", "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!", "Ol' Man River", "One Drop of Love", "One Of These Days", "Over And Over (Again)", "Peace Of Mind", "A Peace That We Never Before Could Enjoy", "Problems, Problems", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "Really Got A Hold On Me", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)", "Shout", "Show Me The Sunshine", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Something's Got to Change", "A Song For You", "Strong Love Affair", "Sunshine", "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)" live Newport 1958, "Take Off That Dress", "That's All I Am to You", "Then We'll Be Home", "Touch", "We Can Make It", "We're Gonna Make It", "What Have They Done To My Song, Ma", "Wheel of Fortune", "Who You Gonna Love", "Without Love (There Is Nothing)", "Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Yesterday" live Copenhagen 1972, "You Ought To Change Your Ways")
B4 ("Big Bad Love", "Blue Moon Of Kentucky", "Caught A Touch Of Your Love", "Cherry", "Come and Get It", "Crazy Love", "Eleanor Rigby", "Ellie, My Love", "Georgia on My Mind", "Give The Poor Man A Break", "Heartbreaker", "I Can Make It Through The Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "I Had a Dream", "I Told You So", "I'll Be Good to You", "I'm Gonna Keep On Singin'", "If You Were Mine", "If You Wouldn't Be My Lady" Flip show 1973, "It Hurts To Be In Love", "Just Because", "Leave My Woman Alone", "Let Me Love You", "Love's Gonna Bite You Back", "My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)", "My First Night Alone Without You", "Never Had Enough Of Nothing Yet", "One Drop of Love", "Please (You Got That ...)", "A Poor Man's Song", "Riding Thumb", "The Right Time", "Shake Your Tailfeather", "So Help Me God", "That Spirit Of Christmas", "This Old Heart (Is Gonna Rise Again)", "The Train", "We Had It All", "What I'd Say", "Where Was He", "Where's The Stairs?", "You Are My Sunshine")
B♭4 ("Alexander's Ragtime Band", "America The Beautiful", "Anonymous Love", "Anybody With The Blues", "Anyway You Want To", "Baby, Don't You Cry", "Be My Love", "Blue Hawaii", "Blues In The Night", "Born to Lose" live Austin 1980, "The Bright Lights and You Girl", "Bye Bye Love", "Claudie Mae", "Come Back Baby", "Crab Man", "Diane", "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles", "Don't You Know", "Early In The Mornin’", "Every Saturday Night", "Everybody Sing", "Everybody's Handsome Child", "Feel So Bad", "Feelin’ Sad", "A Fool For You", "For Mama", "Going Down Slow", "Greenbacks", "Heaven Help Us All", "Hopelessly", "How Long Has This Been Going On?", "I Can See Clearly Now", "I Can't Stop Loving You Baby", "I Just Can't Get Enough of You", "I Never See Maggie Alone", "I Wonder Who", "I Won't Leave", "If I Could", "If You Were Mine", "I'll Be Your Servant", "I'm Going To Drown Myself", "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town", "If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck", "Imagine", "In a Little Spanish Town" live Newport 1958, "In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)", "Isn't It Wonderful", "It Ain't Easy Being Green", "It Takes So Little Time", "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", "I've Got News for You", "Just a Man" live Newport 1973, "Kissa Me Baby", "Laughin and Clownin", "Leave Him!", "Let Your Love Flow", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "Let's Go Get Stoned", "A Little Beat Of Heaven", "The Long And Winding Road", "Love Is Here To Stay", "Love Makes The Change", "Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)", "Mess Around", "Mr. Charles' Blues", "My Baby Don't Dig Me", "My Bonnie", "My God and I", "Never Ending Song Of Love", "New Orleans", "New York's My Home", "No Time To Waste Time", "Nobody Cares", "Now That We Found Each Other", "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", "Over The Rainbow" Genius Loves Company version, "Peace Of Mind", "A Peace That We Never Before Could Enjoy", "Please Say You're Fooling", "Problems, Problems", "Questions", "Really Got A Hold On Me", "Ring Of Fire", "Sail Away", "The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make You Cry)", "Save Your Lovin' Just For Me", "Say No More" live Miami 1999, "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong", "She Knows", "Show Me The Sunshine", "Sinner's Prayer", "Smack Dab In The Middle", "Some Enchanted Evening" live 1979, "Somebody", "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)", "Sticks and Stones", "Still Crazy After All These Years", "The Sun's Gonna Shine Again", "Sweet Memories", "Take Off That Dress", "Talkin' Bout You", "Tell All the World About You", "That Thing Called Love", "That's a Lie", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "This Little Girl of Mine", "Till I Can't Take It Anymore", "Tired of My Tears", "Touch", "(Turn Out The Lights) Love Me Tonight", "Walkin' & Talkin'", "We Can Make It", "What Am I Living For", "Wheel of Fortune", "When I Stop Dreaming", "Who You Gonna Love", "You 20th Century Fox", "You Feel Good All Over", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Wanna Do It)", "You Ought To Change Your Ways", "Your Love Is So Doggone Good")
A4 ("Abraham, Martin And John", "Ain't That Love", "All Night Long", "Baby Please", "Beaucoup Love", "Blackjack", "Blue Moon Of Kentucky", "By The Light of The Silvery Moon", "Christmas In My Heart", "Deed I Do", "Dixie Moon", "Don't Change On Me", "Eleanor Rigby", "Ellie, My Love", "Everybody Has the Blues", "Friendship", "Heavenly Love", "Hey Girl", "Hey Mister", "I Can't Change It", "I Can't Get Enough", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I Don't Want No One But You", "I Got a Woman", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "I Keep It Hid", "I Will Be There", "I Wish You Were Here Tonight", "I'll Be There", "I'm Satisfied", "Is There Anyone Out There", "It All Goes By So Fast", "It Should Have Been Me", "The Jealous Kind", "Just Because", "Let It Be", "Listen, They're Playing My Song", "Mary Ann", "My World", "Never Had Enough Of Nothing Yet", "None of Us Are Free", "Ophelia", "Over the Top", "Riding Thumb", "Shake Your Tailfeather", "She's Gone", "Sinner's Prayer", "Something", "Something Inside Me", "So Help Me God", "Still Crazy After All These Years", "Surrender To Love", "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Tell Me What You Want Me To Do", "Tell the Truth", "Then I'll Be Over You" live Newport 1993, "Till There Was You", "Two Old Cats Like Us", "We Are the World", "We're Gonna Make It", "Where's The Stairs?", "Why Me Lord?", "Yesterday" live Copenhagen 1972, "Yesterdays", "You Are My Sunshine", "You Be My Baby", "You Ought To Change Your Ways", "You're Just About To Lose Your Clown")
G♯4 ("After My Laughter Came Tears", "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "All I Ever Need Is You", "(All I Wanna Do Is) Lay Around And Love On You", "All I Want To Do", "All She Wants To Do Is Love Me", "Am I Blue", "Amazing Grace", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Blame It On The Sun", "Blues Before Sunrise", "Blues In The Night", "The Brightest Smile in Town", "Careless Love", "Caught A Touch Of Your Love", "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", "Come and Get It", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Compared to What", "Crab Man", "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind", "Don't Set Me Free" live 1964, "Don't You Love Me Anymore?", "Don't You Think I Ought To Know", "Drown In My Own Tears", "Everybody Sing", "Everybody's Handsome Child", "Feudin' And Fightin'", "The Fever", "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers", "Fresh Out Of Tears", "Get on the Right Track Baby", "Give The Poor Man A Break", "Go On Home", "Hardhearted Hannah", "Heartbreaker", "Hey Now", "Hide Nor Hair", "Hit the Road Jack", "How Did You Feel The Morning After", "I Believe To My Soul", "I Cried For You", "I Don't Need No Doctor", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "I Had a Dream", "I Love You More Than I Ever Have", "I Need a Good Woman Bad", "I Want a Little Girl", "I Want To Know", "I Wonder Who", "If That's What'Cha Want", "If You Give Me Your Heart", "If You Were Mine", "I'll Take Care Of You", "I'm Gonna Keep On Singin'", "Imagine", "I've Had My Fun", "It Hurts To Be In Love", "Just For A Thrill", "Laughin and Clownin", "Let Me Take Over", "Let's Go Get Stoned", "Lift Every Voice And Sing", "Living Without You", "Lonely Avenue", "Louise", "Love's Gonna Live Here (Swingola)", "Love Has a Mind of Its Own", "Love Is Worth The Pain", "Love's Gonna Bite You Back", "Mother", "My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)", "Never Say Naw", "New York's My Home", "Now That We Found Each Other", "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!", "One Drop of Love", "Over And Over (Again)", "People", "Please Say You're Fooling", "A Poor Man's Song", "Problems, Problems", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "Rock And Roll Shoes", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", "Sail Away", "Say No More", "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong", "Separate Ways", "Seven Spanish Angels", "Somebody", "Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It", "Something's Got to Change", "Something's Wrong", "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word", "St. Pete Florida Blues", "Sticks and Stones", "The Sun Died", "Sunshine", "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)", "Takes Two to Tango", "A Tear Fell", "Teardrops From My Eyes", "That Lucky Old Sun", "That's Enough", "There'll Be No Peace Without All Men As One", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "This Little Girl of Mine", "This Old Heart (Is Gonna Rise Again)", "Till I Can't Take It Anymore", "Tired of My Tears", "Unchain My Heart", "We Didn't See a Thing", "We Had It All", "What Would I Do Without You", "What'll I Do" live 80s(?), "Where Was He", "Wichita Lineman", "Without a Song", "You Don't Know Me", "You Feel Good All Over", "You Were There", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Your Love Keeps Me Satisfied", "You've Got A Problem")
G4 ("Ain't That Love", "All I Ever Need Is You", "All Night Long", "Am I Blue", "America The Beautiful", "Angelina", "Anonymous Love", "Anybody With The Blues", "Anyway You Want To", "Baby, Don't You Cry", "Baby Grand", "Basin Street Blues", "Be My Love", "Big Bad Love", "The Bright Lights and You Girl", "Bye Bye Love", "Can You Love Me Like That", "Carrying That Load", "Child Support, Alimony", "Christmas In My Heart", "Class Reunion", "Come Live With Me", "Crazy Love", "Crazy Old Soldier", "Cry", "Cry Me A River", "Deed I Do", "Diane", "Did You Cry Blues", Diet Pepsi Superbowl Commercial, "Don't You Know", "Feelin’ Sad", "A Fool For You", "Friendship", "Get on the Right Track Baby", "Gloomy Sunday", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry", "Half as Much", "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)", "Here We Go Again", "Hey Girl", "Hey Good Lookin'", "I Can Make It Through The Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)", "I Can See Clearly Now", "I Can't Change It", "I Don't Want No One But You", "I Just Can't Get Enough of You", "I Like To Hear It Sometime", "I Never See Maggie Alone", "I Told You So", "I Will Be There", "I'll Be There", "I'm Movin' On", "I'm Ready", "I'm Satisfied", "If You Go Away", "In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)", "In the Heat of the Night", "Indian Love Call", "Is There Anyone Out There", "Isn't It Wonderful", "It Ain't Easy Being Green", "It Should Have Been Me", "It's All Right", "Jumpin' in the Morning", "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)", "Kissa Me Baby", "Leave My Woman Alone", "Let The Good Times Roll", "Let Your Love Flow", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "Let's Get Back Where We Left Off", "Leave Him!", "Listen, They're Playing My Song", "A Little Beat Of Heaven", "A Little Bitty Tear", "The Little Drummer Boy" , "Losing Hand", "Love Is Here To Stay", "Love Is Worth The Pain", "Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)", "Marie", "Memories of You", "Mr. Charles' Blues", "My Bonnie", "My Heart Cries for You", "New Orleans", "No Achievement Showing", "No One To Cry To", "Nobody Cares", "None of Us Are Free", "Nothing Like A Hundred Miles", "Ol' Man River", "One Of These Days", "Ophelia", "Out Of My Life", "Over And Over (Again)", "Over The Rainbow", "Over the Top", "The Pages Of My Mind", "A Peace That We Never Before Could Enjoy", "Questions", "Really Got A Hold On Me", "The Right Time", "Rosetta", "The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make You Cry)", "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town", "Save Your Lovin' Just For Me", "Separate Ways", "She Knows", "She's Gone", "Shout", "Side By Side", "Smack Dab In The Middle", "So Soon" live Copenhagen 1973, "Some Day Baby", "Some Enchanted Evening" live 1979, "Someday", "Something", "Something Inside Me", "A Song For You", "Strong Love Affair", "Surrender To Love", "Sweet Memories", "Sweet Potato Pie", "A Sweet Young Thing Like You", "Take These Chains from My Heart", "Tell All the World About You", "Tell Me What You Want Me To Do", "That Spirit Of Christmas", "Then I'll Be Over You" live Newport 1993, "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", "This Old Heart (Is Gonna Rise Again)", "Till The Next... Somewhere", "Touch", "Two Old Cats Like Us", "Understanding", "What Am I Living For", "What Have They Done To My Song, Ma", "What I'd Say", "When I Stop Dreaming", "When My Dreamboat Comes Home", "Who You Gonna Love", "Why Me Lord?", "Without Love (There Is Nothing)", "Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Worried Life Blues", "Yes Indeed!", "Yesterday", "Yesterdays", "You and I", "You Don't Know Me", "Your Cheating Heart", "Your Love Is So Doggone Good", "You're Just About To Lose Your Clown")
Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("After My Laughter Came Tears", "Alabamy Bound", "All I Ever Need Is You", "Am I Blue", "America The Beautiful" Genius & Friends version, "Anyway You Want To", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Basin Street Blues", "Blame It On The Sun", "Born To Be Blue", "Born to Lose", "The Brightest Smile in Town", "Busted", "Can You Love Me Like That", "Careless Love", "Class Reunion", "Come Back Baby", "Come Live With Me", "Compared to What", "Deep In The Heart of Texas", "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind", "Early In The Mornin’", "Every Time We Say Goodbye", "Feel So Bad", "Feelin’ Sad", "Feudin' And Fightin'", "For All We Know", "For Mama", "Funny (But I Still Love You)", "Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You", "Greenbacks", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry", "Hardhearted Hannah", "Heavenly Love", "Hide Nor Hair", "How Did You Feel The Morning After", "I Believe To My Soul", "I Can See Clearly Now", "I Can't Change It", "I Can't Stop Loving You Baby", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "I Don't Need No Doctor" live 1968, "I Want a Little Girl", "I Wonder Who", "If I Could", "If That's What'Cha Want", "If You Give Me Your Heart", "If You Were Mine", "I'll Be Your Servant", "I'll Never Stand in Your Way", "I'll Take Care Of You", "I'm Ready", "I'm Satisfied", "In the Heat of the Night", "Indian Love Call", "It Ain't Easy Being Green", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "It Had To Be You", "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", "Just For A Thrill", "Late In The Evening Blues", "Laughin and Clownin", "Let Your Love Flow", "Lift Every Voice And Sing", "A Little Beat Of Heaven", "Lonely Boy", "The Long And Winding Road", "Louise", "Love's Gonna Bite You Back", "Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)", "Making Believe", "My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)", "My God and I", "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane", "New Orleans", "No Letter Today", "No One To Cry To", "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", "One Of These Days", "Over And Over (Again)", "Over The Rainbow", "The Pages Of My Mind", "The Right Time", "Ring Of Fire", "Sail Away", "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town", "Save Your Lovin' Just For Me", "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong", "Separate Ways", "She Knows", "She's on the Ball", "Shout", "Show Me The Sunshine", "Some Enchanted Evening" live 1979, "A Song For You", "St. Pete Florida Blues", "Strong Love Affair", "The Sun Died", "Sunshine", "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "A Tear Fell", "Teardrops in My Heart", "Tell Me How You Feel", "That Lucky Old Sun", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", "This Old Heart (Is Gonna Rise Again)", "This Time Of The Year", "The Three Bells", "Touch", "(Turn Out The Lights) Love Me Tonight", "Unchain My Heart", "Understanding", "We Can Make It", "We Didn't See a Thing", "What Would I Do Without You", "When My Dreamboat Comes Home", "Who Cares (For Me)", "Wichita Lineman", "Winter Wonderland", "Without a Song", "Worried Mind", "You 20th Century Fox", "You Feel Good All Over", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "You've Got A Problem")
D3 ("3/4 Time", "Ain't That Love", "All For You", "All To Myself Alone", "Baby, Don't You Cry", "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Be My Love", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Blackjack", "Blue Hawaii", "Born to Lose", "Busted" live Montreux 1997, "Christmas Time", "Class Reunion", "Crazy Love", "Cry", Ellie, My Love", "Dixie Moon", "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?" Genius Loves Company version, "Don't Change On Me", "Ensemble", "Everybody Sing", "Hey Girl", "I Can Make It Through The Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)", "I Can't Get Enough", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "I Love You More Than I Ever Have", "I Never See Maggie Alone", "I Will Be There", "I'll Be Good to You", "If You Wouldn't Be My Lady" Flip show 1973, "I've Had My Fun", "It Takes So Little Time", "It Was A Very Good Year", "The Jealous Kind", "Just Because", "Let's Get Back Where We Left Off", "Let The Good Times Roll", "Listen, They're Playing My Song", "A Little Beat Of Heaven", "The Little Drummer Boy" , "Little Hotel Room", "Living For The City", "Love Is Worth The Pain", "Love Makes The Change", "Midnight", "Mississippi Mud", "Moon Over Miami", "Moonlight In Vermont", "My Baby Don't Dig Me", "My World", "New York's My Home", "No Use Cryin'", "None of Us Are Free", "Oh, Lonesome Me", "Over the Top", "Roll With My Baby", "The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make You Cry)", "So Help Me God", "Someday", "Something's Got to Change", "Still Crazy After All These Years", "Sweet Potato Pie", "That Spirit Of Christmas", "Then I'll Be Over You" live Newport 1993, "Till The Next... Somewhere", "Till There Was You", "What Have They Done To My Song, Ma", "Wheel of Fortune", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Where's The Stairs?", "Who Cares", "Winter Wonderland", "Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Worried Mind", "You Win Again", "You'll Never Miss The Water (Until The Well's Gone Dry)", "Your Cheating Heart")
C♯3 ("Abraham, Martin And John", "All Alone Again", "All I Want To Do", "Anonymous Love", "At the Club", "Blues In The Night", "Born To Love Me", "Carrying That Load", "Game Number Nine", "Cherry", "Crab Man", "Cry Me A River", "Don't Cry, Baby", "Don't Set Me Free", "Don't You Love Me Anymore?", "Don't You Think I Ought To Know", "Drifting Blues", "Everybody's Handsome Child", "For Mama", "Hallelujah I Love Her So" live Copenhagen 1973, "Hang Your Head in Shame", "Here I Am, Let's Have a Ball", "Honey Honey", "How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)", "How Long Has This Been Going On?", "I Can See Clearly Now", "I Cried For You", "I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do)", "I Had a Dream", "I Need a Good Woman Bad", "I Want To Know", "I Was On Georgia Time", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town", "If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck", "Imagine", "It All Goes By So Fast", "Just a Man" live Newport 1973, "Leave Him!", "Let It Be", "Let Me Take Over", "Love Has a Mind of Its Own", "The Midnight Hour", "My Baby Don't Dig Me", "Never Ending Song Of Love", "Never Say Naw", "No Achievement Showing", "Now She's Gone", "Ol' Man River", "Out Of My Life", "A Peace That We Never Before Could Enjoy", "People", "Please Say You're Fooling", "A Poor Man's Song", "Problems, Problems", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", "Smack Dab In The Middle", "Somebody" live Paris 1972, "A Stranger In Town", "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Take Off That Dress", "Talkin' Bout You", "That Spirit Of Christmas", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "Together Again", "The Train", "We Had It All", "We'll Be Together Again", "Where Can I Go?", "Without a Song", "You Are My Sunshine" Genius & Friends version, "You'll Never Walk Alone")
C3 ("All For You", "(All I Wanna Do Is) Lay Around And Love On You", "Alone In This City", "Angelina", "Baby Grand", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Born To Love Me", "California, Here I Come", "Candy", "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", "The Cincinnati Kid", "Cocktails for Two", "Compared to What", "Dixie Moon", "Don't Change On Me", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'", "Ellie, My Love", "Everybody Has the Blues", "Fresh Out Of Tears", "Gloomy Sunday", "Half as Much", "Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)", "Hopelessly", "How Did You Feel The Morning After", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I Can't Stop Loving You Baby", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "I Keep It Hid", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I Will Be There", "I Wish You Were Here Tonight", "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now", "If You Go Away", "Is There Anyone Out There", "I've Got News for You", "It Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind", "It Makes No Difference Now", "It Takes So Little Time", "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)", "A Little Bitty Tear", "Living Without You", "The Man With the Weird Beard", "Mississippi Mud", "Mother", "My God and I", "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)", "New Orleans", "New York's My Home", "No Use Cryin'", "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?", "One Of These Days", "Over The Rainbow", "Peace Of Mind", "Rock And Roll Shoes", "Rosetta", "Ruby", "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town", "Separate Ways", "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)", "She's Gone", "She's on the Ball", "Shout", "Some Day Baby", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Something's Got to Change", "A Song For You", "Strong Love Affair", "Summertime", "Takes Two to Tango", "Tell Me You'll Wait For Me", "Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Then I'll Be Over You" live Newport 1993, "The Thing", "This Old Heart (Is Gonna Rise Again)", "The Three Bells", "Till There Was You", "Together", "Touch", "Two Years Of Torture", "We're Gonna Make It", "What Child Is This", "When My Dreamboat Comes Home", "Wichita Lineman", "Winter Wonderland", "Worried Life Blues", "Yesterday", "Yesterdays", "You and I", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Wanna Do It)", "You Win Again")
B2 ("All I Want For Christmas", "Amazing Grace", "Anyway You Want To", "Buzzard Song", "Careless Love", "Come Live With Me" live Philadelphia 1976, "Cry Me A River", "Don't Set Me Free" live 1964, "Ensemble", "Give The Poor Man A Break", "Go On Home", "Hang Your Head in Shame", "Hit the Road Jack" Saturday live 1996, "I Cried For You", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I Never See Maggie Alone", "It Hurts To Be In Love", "The Jealous Kind", "Leave My Woman Alone", "Let's Get Back Where We Left Off", "Little Hotel Room", "Love's Gonna Bite You Back", "Moon Over Miami", "Moonlight In Vermont", "A Sentimental Blues", "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)" live Newport 1958, "This Love of Mine", "You Feel Good All Over")
B♭2 ("Alone Together", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Blue Moon Of Kentucky", "Born To Be Blue", "Born to Lose", "Can Anyone Ask For More", "Cherry", "Child Support, Alimony", "Crazy Old Soldier", "Diane", "Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket", "Don't You Love Me Anymore?", "Every Saturday Night", "Every Time We Say Goodbye", "A Fool For You", "For All We Know", "Greenbacks", "Here We Go Again", "Hopelessly", "How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)", "How Long Blues", "I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do)", "I Like To Hear It Sometime", "I Wonder Who", "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now", "I'll Be Seeing You", "If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck", "In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)", "Indian Love Call", "The Long And Winding Road", "Love Is Worth The Pain", "The Man With the Weird Beard", "Margie", "Marie", "Memories of You", "Midnight", "My Heart Cries for You", "Love Makes The Change", "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)", "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane", "No Time To Waste Time", "Nothing Like A Hundred Miles", "Now She's Gone", "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", "Ol' Man River", "Ol' Man Time", "Over The Rainbow" Genius Loves Company version, "The Pages Of My Mind", "Out Of My Life", "People", "People Will Say We're in Love", "Questions", "Ring Of Fire", "Rockin' Chair Blues", "Something's Wrong", "Stella by Starlight", "A Stranger In Town", "Sweet Memories", "Take Me Home, Country Roads" live Yokohama 1975, "Tell the Truth" live Atlanta 1959, "Two Years Of Torture", "When I Stop Dreaming", "Without Love (There Is Nothing)", "You and I", "You Don't Know Me", "You Won't Let Me Go", "Your Love Is So Doggone Good")
A2 ("All I Want For Christmas", "Candy", "Fever", "Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You", "How Long Has This Been Going On?", "I Got A Woman" live Newport 1958, "It Takes So Little Time", "It Was A Very Good Year", "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)", "Love Is Here To Stay", "My Heart Cries for You", "People Will Say We're in Love", "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)", "She Knows", "Surrender To Love", "Worried Life Blues", "You'll Never Miss The Water (Until The Well's Gone Dry)")
G♯2 ("Am I Blue?" live Yokohama 1975, "The Bright Lights and You Girl" live Madrid 1975, "Can't You See Darling?", "Give The Poor Man A Break", "Gloomy Sunday", "Half as Much", "I'm Glad For Your Sake", "If I Give You My Love", "It Ain't Easy Being Green", "Just a Man" live Newport 1973, "Louise", "Margie", "A Poor Man's Song", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "Rockin' Chair Blues", "Th' Ego Song", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", "This Love of Mine", "We'll Be Together Again", "You Won't Let Me Go", "You Are My Sunshine" live Sao Paulo 1963, "Your Love Keeps Me Satisfied", "Yours")
G2 ("Eleanor Rigby" live Copenhagen 1973, "Game Number Nine", "Georgia on My Mind" Several live performances, "If You Go Away", "Is There Anyone Out There", "It Should Have Been Me", "No Achievement Showing", "Ruby", "Sweet Memories", "The Train", "Yesterdays", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Wanna Do It)")
F♯2 ("Drifting Blues", "I Need a Good Woman Bad", "Late In The Evening Blues", "Shake" live Copenhagen 1973)
F2 ("Ain't That Fine", "Can Anyone Ask For More", "Don't You Love Me Anymore?", "I Keep It Hid", "A Little Bitty Tear", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "Yesterday" live Copenhagen 1972)
E2 ("Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Eleanor Rigby" live Copenhagen 1973, "Georgia on My Mind" live Yokohama + Madrid 1975)
E♭2 ("Feel So Bad" live Yokohama + Madrid 1975 + Stuttgart 1976)
D2 ("Feel So Bad" live Yokohama 1975)
{Questionable Notes}D6 ("Don't You Know" [1])
B♭5 ("I'm Going To Drown Myself" [5])
A5 ("Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)" [1], "Take Me Home, Country Roads" [2])
G♯5 ("Lift Every Voice And Sing" [1])
G5 ("Heavenly Love" [1])
F♯5 ("I Never See Maggie Alone" [1], "Then We'll Be Home" [1])
F5 ("Friendship" [2], "Sweet Potato Pie" [1])
E♭5 ("A Little Beat Of Heaven" [2])
B♭4 ("You'll Never Walk Alone" [5])
A2 ("Riding Thumb" [1])
F2 ("Wichita Lineman" [5])
E♭2 ("Crazy Old Soldier" [1], "Sweet Memories" [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
B♭5 ("I'm Going To Drown Myself" [5])
A5 ("Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)" [1], "Take Me Home, Country Roads" [2])
G♯5 ("Lift Every Voice And Sing" [1])
G5 ("Heavenly Love" [1])
F♯5 ("I Never See Maggie Alone" [1], "Then We'll Be Home" [1])
F5 ("Friendship" [2], "Sweet Potato Pie" [1])
E♭5 ("A Little Beat Of Heaven" [2])
B♭4 ("You'll Never Walk Alone" [5])
A2 ("Riding Thumb" [1])
F2 ("Wichita Lineman" [5])
E♭2 ("Crazy Old Soldier" [1], "Sweet Memories" [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Album Ranges}Ray Charles (1957): B♭2 - D5 - G5
Yes Indeed! (1958): C♯3 - B4 - E♭5
What'd I Say (1959): D3 - E5
The Genius Of Ray Charles (1959): G♯2 - D5 - E♭5
Ray Charles In Person (1960): N/A
The Genius Hits The Road (1960): B2 - B♭4 - E♭5
The Genius After Hours (1961): N/A
The Genius Sings The Blues (1961): B♭2 - G5
...Dedicated To You (1961): G2 - F5
Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961): G♯2 - G♯4
Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961): N/A
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1962): G♯2 - C5 - F5
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume Two (1962): B♭2 - F5
Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963): G♯2 - G♯4 - C5
Sweet & Sour Tears (1964): B2 - F5
Have A Smile With Me (1964): B♭2 - E♭5 - F♯5
Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (1965): B♭2 - D5 [Missing tracks [4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12]]
Crying Time (1966): F♯2 - E5 [[Missing tracks [6, 8, 9]]
Invites You To Listen (1967): G2 - B♭4 - G5
A Portrait Of Ray (1968): G2 - E♭5
Doing His Thing (1969): B♭2 - E♭5 - G5
I'm All Yours-Baby! (1969): G♯2 - D5
My Kind Of Jazz (1970): N/A
Love Country Style (1970): F2 - F5 [Missing tracks [6, 9]
Volcanic Action Of My Soul (1971): B♭2 - E♭5 [Missing tracks [1, 9, 10]
Jazz Number II (1972): N/A
Through The Eyes Of Love (1972): F2 - E♭5 [Missing tracks [4, 6]
A Message From The People (1972): B♭2 - G5
Come Live With Me (1974): G2 - F5 - B♭5
Renaissance (1975): G♯2 - E♭5 - F5
Porgy & Bess (1976): G♯2 - E♭5 - F5
True To Life (1977): G2 - F5 - G5
Love & Peace (1978): G2 - F5
Ain't It So (1979): C3 - C♯5 - G♯5 [Missing tracks [1, 4, 6 & 7]
Brother Ray Is At It Again! (1980): F2 - F5 - G5
Wish You Were Here Tonight (1982): B2 - B♭4 - F5 [Missing tracks [3, 5, 8, 9 & 10]
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (1984): C3 - C5 [Missing tracks [1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9]
Friendship (1984): B♭2 - B4
The Spirit Of Christmas (1985): A2 - B4 - F5
From The Pages Of My Mind (1986): B♭2 - B4 - E♭5 [Missing track [2]
Just Between Us (1988): B♭2 - B♭4 - D5 [Missing tracks [3, 4, 6 & 8]
Would You Believe? (1990): G♯2 - B♭4 - G♯5
My World (1993): C3 - D5 - A5
Strong Love Affair (1995): F♯2 - B♭2 - D5 - F♯5 - B♭5
Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again (2002): A2 - C5 - F5
Genius Loves Company (2004): A2 - B♭4 - B4
Genius & Friends (2005): A2 - E♭5 - F5
Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters (2010): F2 - C♯5 - G♯5
Yes Indeed! (1958): C♯3 - B4 - E♭5
What'd I Say (1959): D3 - E5
The Genius Of Ray Charles (1959): G♯2 - D5 - E♭5
Ray Charles In Person (1960): N/A
The Genius Hits The Road (1960): B2 - B♭4 - E♭5
The Genius After Hours (1961): N/A
The Genius Sings The Blues (1961): B♭2 - G5
...Dedicated To You (1961): G2 - F5
Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961): G♯2 - G♯4
Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961): N/A
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1962): G♯2 - C5 - F5
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume Two (1962): B♭2 - F5
Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963): G♯2 - G♯4 - C5
Sweet & Sour Tears (1964): B2 - F5
Have A Smile With Me (1964): B♭2 - E♭5 - F♯5
Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (1965): B♭2 - D5 [Missing tracks [4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12]]
Crying Time (1966): F♯2 - E5 [[Missing tracks [6, 8, 9]]
Invites You To Listen (1967): G2 - B♭4 - G5
A Portrait Of Ray (1968): G2 - E♭5
Doing His Thing (1969): B♭2 - E♭5 - G5
I'm All Yours-Baby! (1969): G♯2 - D5
My Kind Of Jazz (1970): N/A
Love Country Style (1970): F2 - F5 [Missing tracks [6, 9]
Volcanic Action Of My Soul (1971): B♭2 - E♭5 [Missing tracks [1, 9, 10]
Jazz Number II (1972): N/A
Through The Eyes Of Love (1972): F2 - E♭5 [Missing tracks [4, 6]
A Message From The People (1972): B♭2 - G5
Come Live With Me (1974): G2 - F5 - B♭5
Renaissance (1975): G♯2 - E♭5 - F5
Porgy & Bess (1976): G♯2 - E♭5 - F5
True To Life (1977): G2 - F5 - G5
Love & Peace (1978): G2 - F5
Ain't It So (1979): C3 - C♯5 - G♯5 [Missing tracks [1, 4, 6 & 7]
Brother Ray Is At It Again! (1980): F2 - F5 - G5
Wish You Were Here Tonight (1982): B2 - B♭4 - F5 [Missing tracks [3, 5, 8, 9 & 10]
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (1984): C3 - C5 [Missing tracks [1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9]
Friendship (1984): B♭2 - B4
The Spirit Of Christmas (1985): A2 - B4 - F5
From The Pages Of My Mind (1986): B♭2 - B4 - E♭5 [Missing track [2]
Just Between Us (1988): B♭2 - B♭4 - D5 [Missing tracks [3, 4, 6 & 8]
Would You Believe? (1990): G♯2 - B♭4 - G♯5
My World (1993): C3 - D5 - A5
Strong Love Affair (1995): F♯2 - B♭2 - D5 - F♯5 - B♭5
Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again (2002): A2 - C5 - F5
Genius Loves Company (2004): A2 - B♭4 - B4
Genius & Friends (2005): A2 - E♭5 - F5
Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters (2010): F2 - C♯5 - G♯5
