Karen Clark-Sheard (5,564 views)

[kaji]

 
Karen Valencia Clark-Sheard (15 November 1960)
Member Of: The Clark Sisters (1966-now)
Vocal Range: A2-B♭6

Significant High Notes:

B♭6 ("Unknown")
G♯6 ("Prayer" Live in Detroit, 2019)
F6 (“A Praying Spirit” Live in 1979)
E♭6 ("Name It, Claim It", "Prayer Changes Things")
D6 ("I Can Do All Things” Live with Bettye Nelson and James Moore)
C♯6 (“A Praying Spirit”, "Aretha Franklin Gospel Tribute", “Balm In Gilead” Festival of Praise Tour, 2016, "Be Still My Soul", "Christ Is Coming Back", "I Choose You", "I Go To The Rock", "I Owe", "Joy to the World", "Looking To Get There (Heaven)" various live performances, "My Words Have Power" various live performances, "Name It, Claim It", "Peace On Earth", "Praise Up", "Prayer Changes Things", “Pure Gold” unidentified live performance, "So Much He's Done For Me" Live at Ford Auditorium, 1980, “Speak Lord” Live in 1981)
C6 ("Already Looking Better" Live in 2016 with Donald Lawrence, "Anytime You Need A Friend", "Awe Of You", "Be Blessed", "For Every Mountain", "Glory & Honor", "Good Favor", "Hallelujah" various live performances, "Heaven" Live with Donald Lawrence, "I Can Do All Things”, "If God Be For Us", “Is My Living In Vain” New Jersey, September 10, 2017, "It's Not Over", "I Wanna Thank You", "Jesus Is Lord" Live at 2010 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards, "Livin'", "Look To The Hills", "My Redeemer Liveth" various live performances, "Rain", "The Battle Is The Lord's", "The Sweetest Name", "Victory", "Yet Praise", "You Showed Me")
B5 ("A Living Testimony", “Balm In Gilead”, "Be Still My Soul", "Destined To Win", "He's Working", "Hold On", "I Choose You", "Masterpiece", "My God Is Big", "Oh the Glory of His Presence" various live performances, "We Are Not Ashamed", "We Must Praise")
B♭5 ("All the Glory", "Already Looking Better", "Awe Of You",  "Be Blessed", "Broken To Minister", "Call Me", "Christ Is Coming Back", "Computers Rule the World (But God Is Still In Control)", "Crazy Praise", "Don't Change", "Fatal Attraction", "Glorious (Make the Praise)", "Good", "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" Live in 2019, "He'll Turn Your Scars Into Stars", "He's A Real Friend", "I Made A Choice", "I Owe", “Is My Living In Vain” New Jersey, September 10, 2017, "I Wanna Thank You", "I Won't Let Go", "Jesus Forevermore", "Jesus Is Lord", "Joy to the World", "Leaning on Jesus", "Livin'", "Looking To Get There (Heaven)" various live performances, "Look To The Hills", "More", "Nobody", “Nothing Without You”, "Oh the Glory of His Presence" various live performances, “Only Believe”, "Only Call On Jesus" Destined to Win version, “Praise Festival”, "Praise Up", "Prayer" Live in Detroit, 2019, "Prayers Of The Righteous", “So Good”, "So Much Joy Inside Me", "Sunday A.M.", "The Battle Is The Lord's", "We Acknowledge You", "Yet Praise", "You Loved Me", "You Shall Receive", "You Showed Me", “2nd Chance”)
A5 ("A Living Testimony", "Anytime You Need A Friend", “A Praying Spirit” Finally Karen version, "A Secret Place", “Balm In Gilead”, "Be Blessed", "Be Still/Have Thine Own Way", “Couldn't Tell It If I Tried”, "Destined To Win", "Endow Me" various live performances, "Favor", "For Every Mountain", "Good Favor", “Gotta Right...”, "He Knows", "I Choose You", "It Will All Be Worth It", "King", "Lean on Me", "Masterpiece", "Prayed Up", "Rejoice and Be Glad", “So Good”, "The Lord's Prayer/Worship Forever (Medley)", "Untitled Hidden Track (All In One)", "Victory", "Walking In The Spirit", "We Are Not Ashamed")
G♯5 ("All the Glory", "Amazing Grace", "Awe Of You", "Because Of You", “Be Sure”, "Blessed & Highly Favored", "Blessings", “Brand New Day”, "Call Me", "Cast Your Cares On Him", "Celebration", "Don't Change", "Don't Give Up", "Free Me", "Give It To Him", "Go Ahead", “Go Tell It On The Mountain”, "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", "Hallelujah", "Heaven", "He Can", "He'll Turn Your Scars Into Stars", "He's A Real Friend", "He's Working", “Higher Ground”, “If I Can't Say a Word”, "I Go To The Rock", "I Made A Choice", "I Never Will/You Brought the Sunshine (Medley)", "I Owe", “Is My Living In Vain” various live performances, "I Won't Let Go", "Jesus Forevermore", “Jesus Is A Love Song” Finally Karen version, "Jesus Is Lord", "Joy to the World", "Keep Moving", "Miracle", "My Words Have Power", "Nobody", "Oh the Glory of His Presence", “Only Call on Jesus”, “Praise Festival”, "Praise Up", "Prayer" Live in Detroit, 2019, “Silent Night”, "Sometimes", "Sunday A.M.", "Take Me Higher", "Thank You Lord", "The Battle Is The Lord's", "The Resurrection", "The Who Doesn't Matter", “The Will Of God”, "Time Out", "We Must Praise", "When I Get Home", "Work To Do", "Yet Praise", "You Shall Receive", "You Showed Me" “2nd Chance”)
G5 ("A Living Testimony", "Already Looking Better", "Are You Listening", "A Secret Place", "Authority", “Balm In Gilead”, "Broken To Minister", "Cast Your Cares On Him", "Computers Rule the World (But God Is Still In Control)", “Couldn't Tell It If I Tried”, "Crown Him Lord Of All", "Destined To Win", "Don't Change", "Endow Me", "Faithful", "Favor", "Glorious (Make the Praise)", "God Is Here", "Good", "Good Favor", “Gotta Right...”, "Have Your Way", "He Knows", "I Am Blessed", "I Can Do All Things”, "I Don't Know Why", “I'll Be Right There”, “I'm Going To”, "It's Not Over", "It Will All Be Worth It", "I've Got An Angel", "I Won't Let Go Till You Bless My Soul", "Jesus Forevermore", “Jesus Is A Love Song”, "King", "Livin'", "Masterpiece", "More", “O' Holy Night” Live in 2005, “Only Believe”, "Prayed Up", "Prayers Of The Righteous", "Rejoice and Be Glad", "Show Me Your Glory", "Smile, God Loves You", "Song Of David", "Take Me", "The Lord's Prayer/Worship Forever (Medley)", "The Worst Is Over", "Total Praise", "Tried Him And I Know Him", "Unconditional (Mad Love)", "We Acknowledge You", "Work To Do")
F♯5 (“A Praying Spirit”, "Center Of Thy Will", "Crazy Praise" “Everything's Gonna Be Alright”, "Fatal Attraction", "Give It To Him", "Go Ahead", "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", "He'll Turn Your Scars Into Stars", "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands", "He's Working", "Hold On", "Holy Will", "I Choose You", “I Found What I'm Looking For”, "I'm Encouraged", “Is My Living In Vain”, "It's Gonna Be Alright", “I've Been Changed”, "I Won't Let Go", "Jesus Forevermore", "Jesus Is Lord", "Just For Me", "Lean on Me", "Looking To Get There (Heaven)", "My God Is Big", “Now Is The Time”, "Oh Come Emmanuel", "Oh, How I Love Jesus", "Oh the Glory of His Presence", "Overdose Of The Holy Ghost", "Power", "Praise Up", "Simply Yes", "The Heavens Are Telling", "The Resurrection", "Time Out", "Unconditional (Mad Love)", "Victory", "Walking In The Spirit", "We Are Not Ashamed", "We Must Praise" "We Shall Behold Him", "You Loved Me", "You Shall Receive")
F5 ("All the Glory", "Already Looking Better", "Awe Of You", Be Sure”, "Be Blessed", "Because Of You", "Be Still My Soul", "Blessed & Highly Favored", "Blessings", “Brand New Day”, "Broken To Minister",  "Can't Take It", "Cast Your Cares On Him", “Christ Is Born Today”, "Christ Is Coming Back", "Computers Rule the World (But God Is Still In Control)", “Couldn't Tell It If I Tried”, "Crown Him Lord Of All", "Don't Change", "Don't Give Up", "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Drummer Boy", "Endow Me", "Favor", "For Every Mountain", "For The Love Of The People", "Free Me", “Get All Excited”, "Glorious (Make the Praise)", "God Is Here", “Gotta Right...”, "Hallelujah", “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!”, "Have Your Way", "Heaven", "He Can", "He Knows", "He's A Real Friend", "His Love", “Holy, Thou Art Holy”, "Holy Will", "I Am Blessed", "I Can Do All Things”, "I Don't Know Why", “If I Can't Say a Word”, "I Go To The Rock", "I Made A Choice", "I'm Encouraged", "Instrument", "I Owe", "It's Gonna Be Alright", "It's Not Over", "I Never Will/You Brought the Sunshine (Medley)", “Jesus Is A Love Song”, "Joy to the World", "Keep Moving", "King", "Leaning on Jesus", "Miracle", "More", “My Life Is So Complete with Jesus”, "My Redeemer Liveth", "My Words Have Power", "Name It, Claim It", "Nobody", "Nothing Too Hard", “Nothing Without You”, “Now Is The Time”, “O' Holy Night”, “Only Believe”, “Only Call on Jesus”, “Praise Festival”, "Prayer Changes Things", "Prayers Of The Righteous", “Pure Gold”, "Rejoice and Be Glad", "Show Me Your Glory", "Silent Night" Family Christmas version, "Simply Yes", "Smile, God Loves You", "Something New", “Speak Lord”, “So Good”, "Sometimes", "Song Association on Terrell, Part 2", “Star Spangled Banner”, "Sunday A.M.", “Sweet Little Jesus Boy”, "Take Me", "Take Me Higher", "Thank You Lord", "The Lord's Prayer/Worship Forever (Medley)", "The Who Doesn't Matter", “The Will Of God”, "The Worst Is Over", "Tried Him And I Know Him", "Trust In Him", "Untitled Hidden Track (All In One)", "We Shall Behold Him", "What He Did", "When I Get Home", "Wonderful Counselor", "You Brought The Sunshine", "You Heard My Cry", "You Showed Me", “2nd Chance”)
E5 ("A Living Testimony", "Anytime You Need A Friend", "Are You Listening", "A Secret Place", “Away In The Manger”, “Balm In Gilead”, "Celebration", “Christ Is Born Today”, “Couldn't Tell It If I Tried”, "Crazy Praise", "Destined To Win", “Determination”, "Don't Nobody Know", "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Go Ahead", "Good Favor", "He Keeps Me Company", "Hold On", “Holy, Thou Art Holy”, "Holy Will", "I Choose You", “I'm Going To Have Just What I Want”, "It's Not Over", "Just For Me", “My Cup Runneth Over”, “My Mind Is Made Up”, “Now Is The Time”, "Oh the Glory of His Presence", "Power", "Prayed Up", "Psalms 31", "Rejoice and Be Glad", “Salvation Mean More To Me”, "Simply Yes", "So Much He's Done For Me", "Song Association on Terrell, Part 1", "The Worst Is Over", "Unconditional (Mad Love)", "Untitled Hidden Track (All In One)", "Via Dolorosa", "Victory", "Walking In The Spirit", "World?")
E♭5 ("Already Looking Better", "Authority", "Awe Of You", "Because Of You", "Been So Good", “Be Sure”, "Blessed & Highly Favored", "Blessings", “Brand New Day”, "Call Me", "Cast Your Cares On Him", "Chipmunk Song", "Christ Is Coming Back", "Computers Rule the World (But God Is Still In Control)", "Do You Hear What I Hear", “Everything's Gonna Be Alright”, “Expect Your Miracle”, "Free Me", “Get All Excited”, "Give It To Him", "Glorious (Make the Praise)", “God Understands All”, "Good", "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!”, "Have Your Way", “Ha-Ya (Eternal Life)”, "Heaven", "He Can", "He'll Turn Your Scars Into Stars", "He's A Real Friend", "He's Working", “Higher Ground”, "His Love", “Holy, Thou Art Holy”, "I Am Blessed", “If I Can't Say a Word”, “I Found What I'm Looking For”, “I'll Be Right There”, "I Made A Choice", "I'm Encouraged", "I Never Will/You Brought the Sunshine (Medley)", “I've Been Changed”, "I've Got An Angel", "I've Got The Victory", "I Wanna Thank You", "I Won't Let Go", "I Won't Let Go Till You Bless My Soul", "Jesus Forevermore", "Leaning on Jesus", "Looking To Get There (Heaven)", "Look To The Hills", "Miracle", "More", “My Life Is So Complete with Jesus”, “My Mind Is Made Up”, "My Redeemer Liveth", "Never Mind", "Nobody", “Nothing Without You”, “Now Is The Time”, "Oh, How I Love Jesus", “Only Call on Jesus”, “Praise Festival”, "Praise Up", "Prayer" Live in Detroit, 2019, "Prayer Changes Things", "Pray For The U.S.A.", "Pray For The USA (Reprise)", “Pure Gold”, "Sacrifice", "Show Me Your Glory", "Silver Bells", "Something New", "Sometimes", "Song Association on Terrell, Part 1", "Song Association on Terrell, Part 2", "Song Of David", “Speak Lord”, "Take Me Higher", "The Battle Is The Lord's", "The Heavens Are Telling", "Thank You Lord“, "The Resurrection", "The Who Doesn't Matter", "The Will Of God”, “They Were Overcome (By The Word)”, "Total Praise", "Trust In Him", "We Acknowledge You", "We Are Not Ashamed", "We Must Praise", "We Shall Behold Him", "When I Get Home", "Wonderful Counselor", "Work To Do", "You Brought The Sunshine", "You Heard My Cry", "You Loved Me", "You Shall Receive", "You Showed Me", “2nd Chance”)
D5 ("Amazing Grace", "Are You Listening", “Away In The Manger”, “Balm In Gilead”, "Be Blessed", "Because Of You", "Be Still/Have Thine Own Way", "Broken To Minister", "Can't Take It", "Cast Your Cares On Him","Center Of Thy Will", “Couldn't Tell It If I Tried”, "Destined To Win", "Faithful", "For Every Mountain", “Get All Excited”, "God Is Here", “Gotta Right...”, "Hallelujah", "He Keeps Me Company", "He Knows", "Hold On", "I Can Do All Things”, "I Don't Know Why", "Instrument", "It Will All Be Worth It", "Jesus Loves You", “Keep On Looking Up”, “My Cup Runneth Over”, "My God Is Big", “My Mind Is Made Up”, "Oh Come Emmanuel", “O' Holy Night”, “Only Believe”, "Overdose Of The Holy Ghost", "Prayed Up", "Prayers Of The Righteous", "Psalms 31", “Silent Night”, "Simply Yes", “So Good”, "Song Association on Terrell, Part 2", “Sweet Little Jesus Boy”, "The Lord's Prayer/Worship Forever (Medley)", "The Worst Is Over", "Untitled Hidden Track (All In One)", "Unworthy", "Via Dolorosa", "We Shall Behold Him", "What He Did", "World?", "You Heard My Cry")
C♯5 ("All the Glory", “A Praying Spirit”, "Call Me", "Celebration", "Chipmunk Song", "Crazy Praise", "Don't Give Up", "Don't Nobody Know", "Fatal Attraction", “God Understands All”, “Go Tell It On The Mountain”, "He's A Real Friend", “If I Can't Say a Word”, “I Found What I'm Looking For”, "I Go To The Rock", "I'm Encouraged", "I Owe", “I've Been Changed”, "I've Got The Victory", “Jesus Is A Love Song”, "Jesus Is Lord", "Joy to the World", "Just For Me", "Leaning on Jesus", "Look To The Hills", "My Words Have Power", "Name It, Claim It", “Nothing Without You”, “Now Is The Time”, “O' Little Town Of Bethlehem”, “Praise Festival”, "Praise Up", "Rejoice and Be Glad", "Show Me Your Glory", "Silver Bells", “Speak Lord”, “Star Spangled Banner”, "Sunday A.M.", "Take Me Higher", "The Heavens Are Telling", "Peace On Earth", "Prayer Changes Things", "Thank You Lord", "The Lord's Prayer/Worship Forever (Medley)", "Victory", "Walking In The Spirit", "We Are Not Ashamed", "Yet Praise", "You Loved Me", “2nd Chance”)
C5 ("Already Looking Better", "Amazing Grace", "Anytime You Need A Friend", "A Secret Place", "Awe Of You", "Been So Good", "Be Still My Soul", “Be Sure”, "Blessed & Highly Favored", "Blessings", “Brand New Day”, "Can't Take It", "Chipmunk Song", "Don't Change", "Drummer Boy", "Endow Me", “Expect Your Miracle”, "Favor", "Give It To Him", "Glorious (Make the Praise)", "God Is Here", "Good", “Gotta Right...”, "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", "Have Your Way", "His Love", “I'll Be Right There”, "I Made A Choice", "Instrument", "It's Not Over", "I Wanna Thank You", "Jesus Is The Best Thing", "Just For Me", "King", "Livin'", "More" “My Cup Runneth Over”, "Never Turn Back", "Nobody", “Nothing to Lose”, “O' Holy Night” Live in 2005, "Oh the Glory of His Presence", “Only Believe”, “Only Call on Jesus”, "Sacrifice", “Salvation Mean More To Me”, “Seeking For Me”, ”Silent Night”, "Smile, God Loves You", “So Good”, "Something New", "Sometimes", "Song Association on Terrell, Part 1", "Song Of David", "The Who Doesn't Matter", “The Will Of God”, "The Worst Is Over", "Total Praise", "Tried Him And I Know Him", "Trust In Him", "We Acknowledge You", "We Shall Behold Him", "What He Did", "You Brought The Sunshine", "You Heard My Cry")

Significant Low Notes:

B♭3 ("All the Glory", "Call Me", "Faithful", "God Is Here", "Good", "Have Your Way", "His Love", “Holy, Thou Art Holy”, “I'll Be Right There”, "I Made A Choice", "Instrument", "I Wanna Thank You", "Just For Me", "Keep Moving", "King", "Leaning on Jesus", "Livin'", “Nothing Without You”, “O' Holy Night” Live in 2005, “Only Believe”, "Peace On Earth", "Prayer" Live in Detroit, 2019, "Prayers Of The Righteous", “Pure Gold”, "Silver Bells", "Smile, God Loves You", "Sometimes", "Song Association on Terrell, Part 1", "The Battle Is The Lord's", "The Heavens Are Telling", "We Acknowledge You" Destined to Win version, "We Are The Reason", "We Shall Behold Him")
A3 ("Anytime You Need A Friend", "Be Blessed", "Be Still/Have Thine Own Way", “Be Sure”, "Destined To Win", "Favor", "Good Favor", “Gotta Right...”, "He Knows", "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands", "It's Not Over", "My God Is Big", "Overdose Of The Holy Ghost", "Unconditional (Mad Love)", "Victory")
G♯3 (“Brand New Day”, "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", "He's Working", “Higher Ground”, "I'm Encouraged", "I Never Will/You Brought the Sunshine (Medley)", "I Owe", “I've Been Changed”, "Jesus Is Lord", "Joy to the World", "Oh, How I Love Jesus", “Praise Festival”, “Pure Gold”, “Speak Lord”, "Sunday A.M.", "Take Me Higher", "Thank You Lord", "The Resurrection", "The Who Doesn't Matter", “The Will Of God”, "Total Praise", "Walking In The Spirit", "You Showed Me", “2nd Chance”)
G3 ("A Secret Place", "Be Still My Soul", "Broken To Minister", "Can't Take It", “Couldn't Tell It If I Tried”, "Endow Me", "Favor", "For Every Mountain", "Glorious (Make the Praise)", “Gotta Right...”, “I'll Be Right There”, "It's Not Over" It's Not Over version, "Masterpiece", "Nothing Too Hard", “Only Call on Jesus”, "Song Association on Terrell, Part 1", "Song Association on Terrell, Part 2", “So Good”, "Take Me", "Via Dolorosa")
F♯3 ("Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Family Christmas version, “Is My Living In Vain” various live performances, “Praise Festival”, "Praise Up", "Sometimes", "We Must Praise", "You Loved Me")
F3 ("Be Blessed", "Be Still/Have Thine Own Way", "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" Live in 2019, “Jesus Is A Love Song” Finally Karen version, "Just For Me", "The Who Doesn't Matter", "Untitled Hidden Track (All In One)")
E3 ("Fatal Attraction", "Song Association on Terrell, Part 1")
E♭3 ("For Every Mountain", "Good")
B♭2 ("Prayer" Live in Detroit, 2019)
A2 ("Be Blessed")
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice or whistle register.
Underlines marks notes found in harmonies and backing vocals.
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 }
C7 ("Kierra & Karen Clark killing at her Appreciation" ^[1][3])
G♯6 ("Jesus Forevermore" Live in Memphis ^[1])
F6 ("Hallelujah" ^[2])
E♭6 ("Hallelujah" ^[2])
D3 ("Untitled Hidden Track (All In One)" ^[2])
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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 }The Clark Sisters:
Unworthy (1976) – C4-G5-C6
New Dimensions Of Christmas Carols (1978) – B♭3-G♯5-C♯6
Count It All Joy (1978) – C♯4-F♯5-C♯6
He Gave Me Nothing To Lose (But All To Gain) (1979) – B♭3-G5-B♭5
Is My Living In Vain (1980) - G♯3-F♯5
You Brought The Sunshine (1981) - G3-G5-A5
Sincerely (1982) - G3-G♯5-E♭6
Heart & Soul (1986) - B♭3-B♭5
Conqueror (1988) - G♯3-B♭5 
Bringing It Back Home (1989) - B♭3-B♭5
Miracle (1994) - B♭3-B♭5
Live - One Last Time (2007) - B♭3-C6
The Clark Family Christmas (2009) - F♯3-G♯5
The Return (2020) - G3-B5-C6

Solo:
Finally Karen (1997) – F3-B5
2nd Chance (2002) - G3-B♭5-C6
The Heavens Are Telling (2003) - F♯3-C♯6
It's Not Over (2006) - A2-C6
All In One (2010) - D3-B5
Destined To Win (2015) - F3-B5

[kaji]

Made a range video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YF9OhG2xV8

[Rodney Blazershorts]

You should be sure to mark that A2 as an obscured note.

[mitreg3797]

The C#6 in Peace On Earth wasn’t Karen it was Twinkie hitting the note.