Isaac Hayes (6,249 views)

[Platypus]

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (20.08.1942 - 10.08.2008)
Years Active: 1963 - 2008
Vocal Range: B♭1 - E♭6

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{Vocal Summary}
Written by Platypus .

Significant High Notes:
E♭6 ("Chocolate Chip" live A Man and a Woman, "Joy")
D6 ("Ain't No Sunshine" live Wattstax 1972, "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)", "Love Me or Lose Me")
C♯6 ("Chocolate Chip" live A Man and a Woman, "Ike's Rap VII / This Time I'll Be Sweeter")
C6 ("Feel Like Makin' Love", "I Stand Accused" live Wattstax 1972, "Love Me or Lose Me", "Rock Me Easy Baby")
B5 ("Chocolate Chip" live A Man and a Woman, "Use Me")
B♭5 ("Feelin Alright" live Sahara Tahoe 1973)
A5 ("Feel Like Makin' Love", "I Stand Accused" live Wattstax 1972, "I'm Gonna Make It (Without You)")
G♯5 ("The Look of Love" live Atlanta 1973)
G5 ("Ain't No Sunshine" Several live performances, "Need to Belong to Someone")
F♯5 ("Rolling Down A Mountainside" Live at Wattstax 1973)
F5 ("(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right")
E5 ("Make Love, Even When I'm Dead", "Stranger In Paradise", "Use Me")
E♭5 ("Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)", "I'm Gonna Make Love to You Woman", "Need to Belong to Someone", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "No Substitute", "Unity" live A Man and a Woman)
D5 ("Feel Like Makin' Love", "For the Good Times", "Good Love 6-9969", "I Stand Accused", "I'm So Proud", "Simultaneous", "We've Got a Whole Lot of Love")
C♯5 ("Don't Take Your Love Away", "Make a Little Love to Me", "Medley: I Just Want to Make Love to You / Rock Me Baby", "Moonlight Lovin' (Mènage a Trois)")
C5 ("By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Good Love 6-9969", "It's Heaven to Me", "Man's Temptation", "She's Got A Way", "Simultaneous", "Thanks to the Fool")
B4 ("It's Too Late (She's Gone)" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "No Substitute")
B♭4 ("If You Want My Lovin', Do Me Right", "Joy", "Just The Way You Are", "Let Me Be Your Everything", "Medley: Ike's Rap IV / A Brand New Me", "Need to Belong to Someone", "(They Long to Be) Close to You")
A4 ("Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", "Fragile", "If We Ever Needed Peace", "Love Won't Let Me Wait", "Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love", "Medley: Ike's Rap III / Your Love is So Doggone Good", "Nothing Takes the Place of You", "One Big Unhappy Family", "We've Got a Whole Lot of Love")
G♯4 ("Chocolate Chip", "Hey Girl", "Ike's Rap VII / This Time I'll Be Sweeter", "Let's Don't Ever Blow Our Thing", "Music To Make Love By", "Rock Me Easy Baby", "Runnin' Out of Fools", "Type Thang", "Walk On By")
G4 ("Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Fever", "I Can't Turn Around", "I Changed My Mind", "If I Had a Hammer" live Wattstax 1972, "If We Ever Needed Peace", "Just Be My Lady", "Medley: I'm Going to Chicago Blues / Misty", "The Mistletoe and Me", "Need to Belong to Someone", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "One Woman", "Simultaneous", "Stranger In Paradise", "The Ten Commandments of Love", "Thanks to the Fool", "Thing for You", "Use Me", "You Never Cross My Mind", "Your Loving Is Much Too Strong")
F♯4 ("Branded", "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)", "Do You Wanna Make Love", "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", "Don't Take Your Love Away", "Feels Like The First Time", "For the Good Times", "Fugitive", "Hot Lava", "I Can't Turn Around", "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", "It's Heaven to Me", "Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)", "Let Me Be Your Everything", "Light My Fire" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Love Has Been Good to Us", "Medley: I Just Want to Make Love to You / Rock Me Baby", "Music To Make Love By", "No Substitute", "Out of the Ghetto", "The Prostitute Song", "Sweet Music, Soft Light And You", "What Does It Take", "Windows of the World" live Sahara Tahoe 1973)
F4 ("Believe In Me", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Come Live With Me", "Dark And Lovely (You Over There)", "Do Your Thing" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Don't Let Go", "Feel Like Makin' Love", "Feelin Alright" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Fever", "Fragile", "Good Love 6-9969", "Hey Girl", "I Ain't Never", "I Loved You In Memphis", "I Stand Accused", "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", "If You Want My Lovin', Do Me Right", "Ike's Rap VII / This Time I'll Be Sweeter", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "I'm Gonna Have To Tell Her", "I'm Gonna Make It (Without You)", "It's All in the Game", "Joy", "Just Be My Lady", "Just Play It Cool", "Just The Way You Are", "Lay Lady Lay", "Let's Don't Ever Blow Our Thing", "Love Changes", "Love Me or Lose Me", "Love Won't Let Me Wait", "A Man Will Be a Man", "Man's Temptation", "Medley: Ike's Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love", "Medley: Ike's Rap III / Your Love is So Doggone Good", "Medley: I'm Going to Chicago Blues / Misty", "Moonlight Lovin' (Mènage a Trois)", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Nothing Takes the Place of You", "One Big Unhappy Family", "One Woman", "Part-Time Love", "Rock Me Baby" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Rock Me Easy Baby", "She's Got A Way", "Simultaneous", "Someone Who Will Take The Place of You", "Soulsville" live Wattstax 1972, "The Storm Is Over", "Stormy Monday Blues" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Stranger In Paradise", "Summer in the City", "Thank God for Love", "Thank You Love", "Thanks to the Fool", "Three Times a Lady", "Tonight Is Right for Love", "Type Thang", "Unity" live A Man and a Woman, "Waitin' On a Woman", "We've Got a Whole Lot of Love", "What the Hell Child is This?", "You Turn Me On", "Your Loving Is Much Too Strong")
E4 ("Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)", "Doesn't Rain in London", "Flash Backs", "For the Good Times", "Fugitive", "I Can't Turn Around", "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" live Atlanta 1973, "If I Had a Hammer" live Wattstax 1972, "If We Ever Needed Peace", "Ike's Rap VII / This Time I'll Be Sweeter", "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)", "The Look of Love" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Medley: I'm Going to Chicago Blues / Misty", "Music To Make Love By", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Rolling Down A Mountainside", "Something", "Stranger In Paradise", "Sweet Music, Soft Light And You", "Three Tough Guys (Title Theme)", "Three Times a Lady", "Use Me", "We've Got a Whole Lot of Love", "Wherever You Are", "Windows of the World" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "You Needed Me", "You Never Cross My Mind")
E♭4 ("Baby I'm-A Want You", "Branded", "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)", "Do You Wanna Make Love", "Do Your Thing", "Don't Take Your Love Away", "Feelin Alright" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Hey Girl", "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)", "I Changed My Mind", "I Want to Make Love to You So Bad", "If I Had My Way", "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", "I'm Gonna Make Love to You Woman", "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", "Just Be My Lady", "Just Play It Cool", "Let Me Be Your Everything", "Light My Fire" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Love Has Been Good to Us", "Love Me or Lose Me", "Medley: I Just Want to Make Love to You / Rock Me Baby", "Love Won't Let Me Wait", "Medley: Ike's Rap IV / A Brand New Me", "The Mistletoe and Me", "Moonlight Lovin' (Mènage a Trois)", "One Big Unhappy Family", "Part-Time Love", "Precious, Precious" long version, "Runnin' Out of Fools", "Showdown", "Someone Made You For Me", "The Storm Is Over", "Summer", "Summer in the City", "The Ten Commandments of Love", "Thank You Love", "Thing for You", "Unity" live A Man and a Woman, "Walk On By", "We're All Special", "What Does It Take", "What the Hell Child is This?", "Wish You Were Here (You Ought To Be Here)", "Wonderful")
D4 ("Ain't No Sunshine" live Wattstax 1972, "Believe In Me", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Doesn't Rain in London", "Don't Let Go", "Falling", "Feel Like Makin' Love", "Feels Like The First Time", "Going in Circles", "Good Love 6-9969", "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself", "I Loved You In Memphis", "I Stand Accused", "I'm Gonna Have To Tell Her", "I'm Gonna Make It (Without You)", "It's All in the Game", "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Just The Way You Are", "Let's Don't Ever Blow Our Thing", "Lifetime Thing", "Love Changes", "A Man Will Be a Man", "Man's Temptation", "Medley: Ike's Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love", "Medley: Ike's Rap III / Your Love is So Doggone Good", "The Mistletoe and Me", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Nothing Takes the Place of You", "One Woman", "Our Day Will Come", "Rock Me Baby" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "She's Got A Way", "Something", "Soulsville", "Thank God for Love", "(They Long to Be) Close to You", "Wherever You Are", "You Can't Hold Your Woman", "You Needed Me", "You Never Cross My Mind")

Significant Low Notes:
B♭2 ("Baby I'm-A Want You", "Believe In Me", "Branded", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)", "Don't Take Your Love Away", "Eye of the Storm", "The Feeling Keeps On Coming", "Flash Backs", "Going in Circles", "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "Just The Way You Are", "Love Attack", "Love Has Been Good to Us", "Medley: I Just Want to Make Love to You / Rock Me Baby", "Medley: Ike's Rap IV / A Brand New Me", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "One Woman", "Our Day Will Come", "Rock Me Baby" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Someone Made You For Me", "Someone Who Will Take The Place of You", "Soulsville", "Summer in the City", "Thank God for Love", "Walk On By", "What Does It Take", "Winter Snow", "Wish You Were Here (You Ought To Be Here)", "Wonderful", "Your Loving Is Much Too Strong")
A2 ("Body Language", "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)" live Glastonbury 2002, "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", "Fragile", "Good Love 6-9969", "Groove-A-Thon", "I Stand Accused", "I'm Gonna Make It (Without You)", "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Lady of the Night", "Lifetime Thing", "Let's Don't Ever Blow Our Thing", "Love Changes", "Love Me or Lose Me", "Man's Temptation", "Medley: "Ike's Rap II" / "Help Me Love", "Music To Make Love By", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Nothing Takes the Place of You", "The Prostitute Song", "Rolling Down A Mountainside", "Smiling Faces Sometimes", "Stranger In Paradise", "Thanks to the Fool", "Three Tough Guys (Title Theme)", "Wherever You Are")
G♯2 ("By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Come Live With Me", "Do You Wanna Make Love", "Don't Take Your Love Away", "A Few More Kisses To Go", "Hey Girl", "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)", "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", "Joy", "Lay Lady Lay", "Let's Don't Ever Blow Our Thing", "The Look of Love", "Make a Little Love to Me", "Medley: I'm Going to Chicago Blues / Misty", "No Substitute", "Precious, Precious", "Rock Me Easy Baby", "Runnin' Out of Fools", "(They Long to Be) Close to You", "Windows of the World" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Winter Snow")
G2 ("Ain't No Sunshine" live Wattstax 1972, "Dark And Lovely (You Over There)", "Doesn't Rain in London", "Feel Like Makin' Love", "The Feeling Keeps On Coming", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" live 1973, "For the Good Times", "Going in Circles", "I Can't Turn Around", "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself", "I Loved You In Memphis", "If I Had a Hammer" live Wattstax 1972, "Ike's Rap VII / This Time I'll Be Sweeter", "I'll Do Anything (To Turn You On)", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "I'm Gonna Make It (Without You)", "I'm So Proud", "Just Be My Lady", "Lady of the Night", "A Man Will Be a Man", "Medley: Ike's Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "Medley: I'm Going to Chicago Blues / Misty", "The Mistletoe and Me", "Need to Belong to Someone", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "One Big Unhappy Family", "Part-Time Love", "Rock Me Baby" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Someone Made You For Me", "Something", "Stranger In Paradise", "That Loving Feeling", "Three Tough Guys (Title Theme)", "Use Me" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "What Does It Take", "What the Hell Child is This?", "When I Fall in Love", "Wish You Were Here (You Ought To Be Here)", "Wonderful", "Yank Me (Doodle)", "You Can't Hold Your Woman", "You Needed Me", "You Turn Me On")
F♯2 ("Body Language", "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", "Eye of the Storm", "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Light My Fire" live Sahara Tahoe 1973, "The Look of Love", "Out of the Ghetto", "Rolling Down A Mountainside", "Smiling Faces Sometimes", "Walk On By", "Wherever You Are", "Windows of the World" live Sahara Tahoe 1973)
F2 ("Ain't No Sunshine" live The Sahara Tahoe 1973, "Believe In Me", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Come Live With Me", "Dark And Lovely (You Over There)", "Do You Wanna Make Love", "Don't Let Go", "Falling", "A Few More Kisses To Go", "Flash Backs", "Fragile", "Going in Circles", "Hey Girl", "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic", "I Ain't Never", "I Can't Go to Sleep", "I Changed My Mind", "I Loved You In Memphis", "I Stand Accused '88", "I'll Do Anything (To Turn You On)", "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", "It's All in the Game", "Joy", "Just The Way You Are", "Love Gravy", "Love Won't Let Me Wait", "Make a Little Love to Me", "Man's Temptation", "Medley: Ike's Rap III / Your Love is So Doggone Good", "Moonlight Lovin' (Mènage a Trois)", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Part-Time Love", "Rock Me Easy Baby", "She's Got A Way", "Someone Who Will Take The Place of You", "Soulsville", "The Ten Commandments of Love", "Thank God for Love", "(They Long to Be) Close to You", "Three Times a Lady", "Tonight Is Right for Love", "Unity" live A Man and a Woman, "Wish You Were Here (You Ought To Be Here)")
E2 ("Body Language", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" live 1973, "It's Heaven to Me", "Lady of the Night", "Lifetime Thing", "Out of the Ghetto", "The Ten Commandments of Love", "Tonight Is Right for Love", "Truck Turner (Title Theme)", "Use Me", "You Turn Me On")
E♭2 ("Eye of the Storm", "Flash Backs", "I Can't Go to Sleep", "I Loved You In Memphis", "If I Had My Way", "If You Had Your Way", "Just Be My Lady", "Lay Lady Lay", "Love Attack", "Love Gravy", "Summer", "Waitin' On a Woman", "What the Hell Child is This?")
D2 ("Accused Rap", "Believe In Me", "Dark And Lovely (You Over There)", "Don't Let Go", "Feel Like Makin' Love", "If You Want My Lovin', Do Me Right", "It's All in the Game", "Just The Way You Are", "Love Won't Let Me Wait", "Smiling Faces Sometimes", "You Needed Me")
C♯2 ("Let Me Be Your Everything")
C2 ("Dark And Lovely (You Over There)", "I Can't Go to Sleep", "I'll Do Anything (To Turn You On)", "You Turn Me On")
B1 ("Night Vision")
B♭1 ("Don't Let Go", "Loving the Football", "Moonlight Lovin' (Mènage a Trois)", "No Substitute", "Thing for You")


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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.

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{Questionable Notes}F♯5 ("Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" ^[1])

D2 ("The Feeling Keeps On Coming" ^[5])
C♯2 ("Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)" ^[1])
B1 ("Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" ^[3])
A1 ("Flash Backs" ^[3], "Just The Way You Are" ^[3])
G♯1 ("If I Had My Way" ^[3], "Moonlight Lovin' (Mènage a Trois)" ^[3], "No Substitute" ^[3])
F1 ("Believe In Me" ^[5])
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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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{Album Ranges}Presenting Isaac Hayes (1967): G2 - F♯4 - C♯5
Hot Buttered Soul (1969): F2 - G4 - C5
The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970): G2 - F4 - D5
...To Be Continued (1970): F♯2 - F4 - G♯4
Black Moses (1971): F2 - G4 - G5
Joy (1973): F2 - F4 - E♭6
Chocolate Chip (1975): E2 - G♯4
Groove-A-Thon (1976): F2 - G4 - C6
Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) (1976): E2 - F♯4 - D6
New Horizon (1977): B♭1 - E2 - G4 - E5
Hotbed (1978): D2 - E2 - G4 - C6
For the Sake of Love (1978): D2 - F2 - G4 - B♭4
Don't Let Go (1979): B♭1 - G4
Royal Rappin's (1979): D2 - E♭2 - G4
And Once Again (1980): D2 - G♯4 - C♯6
Lifetime Thing (1981): E♭2 - F♯4 - D5
U-Turn (1986): B♭1 - C2 - F4 - B♭4
Love Attack (1988): D2 - F♯4 - C5
Branded (1995): C2 - F2 - G4 - C5

[kaji]

Wow! Those top head notes are crazy impressive!

[kaji]

He belts Bb4s in I Changed My Mind.

[Platypus]

I'm pretty sure those are Millie Jackson actually

[Deleted]

That Eb6 sounds very boldable to me.