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Barbara Cook (25 October 1927 - 8 August 2017)
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: E3-E♭6
Significant High Notes:
E♭6 (“Glitter and be Gay”)
C6 (“Finale (Candide)”, “Finale (Flahooey)”, “Glitter and be Gay”, “It's Better With A Band”, “Make Our Garden Grow”, “Sing a Song with Me”, “Sing a Song with Me (Reprise)”, “The Venice Gavotte”)
B5 ("Dear Friend/Will He Like Me? Tonight At Eight/Ice Cream", “Ice Cream”, “One Long Last Look”)
B♭5 (“Finale (Candide)”, “Yellow Drum”, “You Are Love”)
A5 (“Finale (Plain And Fancy)”, “How Do You Raise A Barn”, “Magic Moment”, “Oh, Happy We”, “Oh, Mein Liebchen”, “The Best Of All Possible Worlds”, “What a Charming Couple”, “You Were Dead, You Know”)
G♯5 (“Glitter and be Gay”, “I Feel Like New Year's Eve”, “It Takes Nothing Away from Me”, “Make Our Garden Grow”, “My White Knight”, “This Is All Very New To Me”, “When a Wooer Goes a-Wooing”)
G5 (“Chain of Love”, “Finale (Candide)”, “Finaletto”, “Follow Your Heart”, “Here’s to Your Illusions”, “I Wouldn't Marry You”, “Mister Snow”, “No Questions”, “Oh, Happy We”, “Oh, Mein Liebchen”, “Salute to Vienna”, “Social Note”, “Something Wonderful (Reprise)”, “Something You Never Had Before”, “Sweet Georgia Brown”, “The Label on the Bottom”, “Till There Was You”, “Wait Till You See Him”, “You Are Love”, “You Were Dead, You Know”)
F♯5 (“A Song for You”, “A Very Short Song”, “Bernstein Medley”, “Candlelight”, “Carolina in the Morning”, “Finale (Follies)”, “Finaletto”, “He’s Only Wonderful”, “Ice Cream”, “I Love A Piano”, "I Will Do Nothing", “I Wouldn't Marry You”, “Make Believe”, “Sing a Song with Me”, “Something You Never Had Before”, “The Ingenue”, “The Label on the Bottom”, “They Part”, “Too Many Mornings”, “Ultimatum”, “When a Wooer Goes a-Wooing”, “Who Says There Ain’t No Santa Claus”, “Wisdom”)
F5 (“After the Ball”, “Another Mr. Right Left”, “Bernstein Medley”, “Chant For Dark Hours”, “Coda”, “Comment”, “Dancing in the Dark”, “Dear Friend”, “Finale (Hansel and Gretel)”, “Finale: Yellow Drum”, “Glitter and be Gay”, “I Feel Like New Year's Eve”, “I’ll Show Him”, "In Between Goodbyes", “In Buddy's Eyes”, “I Never Meant To Hurt You/I Never Knew That Men Cried”, “It's Better With A Band”, “Magic Moment”, “Make Our Garden Grow”, “Marianne”, “Men”, “My Love”, “My White Knight”, “No Questions”, “One Perfect Rose”, “Quiet”, “Sing a Song With Me/Let Me Sing and I'm Happy”, “Sing a Song with Me (Reprise)”, “Social Note”, "Something Special", “Something Wonderful (Reprise)”, “Sweet Georgia Brown”, “Take Your Time And Take Your Pick”, “This Is All Very New To Me”, “This Kind of a Girl”, “Till There Was You”, “Time Heals Everything”, “Who Are You Now?”, “Who Can? You Can!”, “Who Says There Ain’t No Santa Claus”, "Why Did I Choose You?", “Why Do I Love You?”, “Will He Like Me?”, "With a Smile and a Song", “You And I”, “You Are Love”, “You'll Be The Prettiest Girl At The Party”)
E5 (“A House Is Not a Home”, “A Song for You”, “A Very Short Song”, “Beauty Secrets”, “Bernstein Medley”, “Better All the Time”, “Blue Danube Blues”, "Bojangles Of Harlem", “Candlelight”, "Castle in Spain", “Chain of Love”, “Chant La Vie/Sing a Song with Me”, “Come Back, Little Genie”, "Come Rain Or Come Shine", “Comment”, “Dancing in the Dark”, "Dear Friend/Will He Like Me? Tonight At Eight/Ice Cream", “Dropsy Cure Weather”, “Finale (Flahooey)”, “Finale (The Music Man)”, “Finaletto”, “Follow Your Heart”, “Glad Rag Doll Medley”, “Goodnight My Someone”, “Here’s to Your Illusions”, "If I Loved You", "I'm Late", "In Between Goodbyes", “Indian Summer”, “In the Heart of the Dark”, “It's Better With A Band”, "I Won't Dance", “I Wouldn't Marry You”, “Love Song”, “Lullaby In Ragtime”, “Make Believe”, “Make Way For Tomorrow”, “Many a New Day”, “Men”, “Mineola”, “Mister Snow”, "New Sun In The Sky/On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", “No More Candy”, “Now at Liberty”, “Oh, Happy We”, “One Long Last Look”, "Pink Elephants on Parade", “Remember/Come In From The Rain”, “Renunciation”, “Salute to Vienna”, “Scandal Walk”, “Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?”, “Sing a Song with Me”, “Sing a Song with Me (Reprise)”, "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Something Special", “Something You Never Had Before”, "Somewhere", “Song Of One Of The Girls”, “Song of Perfect Propriety”, “The Best Of All Possible Worlds”, “The False Friends”, “The Label on the Bottom”, “The Trusting Heart”, “They Part”, “Three Letters”, “Time Heals Everything”, “Ultimatum”, “What a Charming Couple”, "What's The Use Of Wond'rin'", "When You Wish Upon a Star", “Where's My Shoe?”, "Wings", “Wisdom”, “You Were Dead, You Know”)
E♭5 (“After the Ball”, “Another Mr. Right Left”, “Any Wednesday”, "Before You Know It's Summer", “Better All the Time”, “Changing My Tune”, “Chant La Vie/Sing a Song with Me”, “Coda”, “Dear Friend”, "Exactly Like You", “Evening Song (Soft Through the Woodland)”, “Finale (Hansel and Gretel)”, "Give a Little Whistle", "Glad Rag Doll", “Glad Rag Doll Medley”, “Glitter and be Gay”, “He’s Only Wonderful”, “He Was Too Good To Me”, “Ice Cream”, “I Don't Know His Name”, “I Feel Like New Year's Eve”, "I Got Lost In His Arms/Time Heals Everything", “I Have a Song to Sing, O”, “I’ll Show Him”, “I Love A Piano”, "I'm Beginning To See The Light", “In Buddy's Eyes”, “I Never Meant To Hurt You/I Never Knew That Men Cried”, “Inside”, "I See Your Face Before Me/Change Partners", "It's A Grand Night For Singing", “It's Better With A Band”, “It Takes Nothing Away from Me”, "Let's Face The Music And Dance/The Song Is You", “Losing My Mind”, “Lullaby”, “Lullaby In Ragtime”, “Magic Moment”, “Make Our Garden Grow”, “Marianne”, “Morning Song”, “My Funny Valentine”, “My Love”, “My White Knight”, "New Sun In The Sky/On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", "Not While I'm Around", "O Holy Night", "One Patch of Blue", "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", “Quiet”, "Secret Garden (Right Before Your Eyes)", "Ship In A Bottle", “Ship Without A Sail”, “Sing a Song with Me”, “Song of Perfect Propriety”, “Sweet Georgia Brown”, “Symptom Recital”, “Take Your Time And Take Your Pick”, “The Choice”, "The Gentleman Is A Dope", “The Hansel and Gretel Song (Much Too Happy Dancing)”, “The Ingenue”, “Them There Eyes”, "The World Must Be Bigger Than An Avenue", “This Is All Very New To Me”, “Till There Was You”, “Tra-la-la”, “Wait Till You See Him”, “When a Wooer Goes a-Wooing”, "When I See an Elephant Fly", "When You Wish Upon a Star", “Where Or When”, “Where's My Shoe?”, “Will He Like Me?”, "With a Smile and a Song", “Yellow Drum”, "You Could Drive A Person Crazy", “You Have Cast Your Shadow On The Sea”)
D5 ("About A Quarter To Nine", "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", “After the Ball”, "All I Ask Of You", "April Fooled Me/I'm Way Ahead", "April Snow", “A Song for You”, "Baby Mine", “Back Bay Polka (But Not in Boston)”, "Beauty and the Beast/Never, Never Land", "Before The Parade Passes By (Reprise)", “Bernstein Medley”, "Bojangles Of Harlem", “Bric-a-Brac”, "Can You Read My Mind", “Carolina in the Morning”, "Castle in Spain", “Chain of Love”, “Chant For Dark Hours”, “Come Back, Little Genie”, "Come Rain Or Come Shine", “Dancing On The Ceiling”, "Dear Friend/Will He Like Me? Tonight At Eight/Ice Cream", "Don't Ever Leave Me/All The Things You Are", “Don't Look at Me”, “Drifting Along With the Tide”, “Dropsy Cure Weather”, “Evening Song (Soft Through the Woodland)”, "Everyone Says Don't", “Finale (Candide)”, "From The Happy Time/Among My Yesterdays", "Give a Little Whistle", “Glad Rag Doll Medley”, “Glad To Be Unhappy”, “Goodnight My Someone”, "Happiness", “Hello, Young Lovers”, "He Loves Me", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", “I Didn't Know What Time It Was”, "If I Loved You", "I Got Lost in His Arms", "I Got Lost In His Arms/Time Heals Everything", "I Got The Sun In The Morning", "I Had Myself A True Love", “I’ll Show Him”, “I Love A Piano”, "I'm Beginning To See The Light", "I'm In The Mood For Love", "I'm Late", "In Between Goodbyes", “In Buddy's Eyes”, “I Never Meant To Hurt You/I Never Knew That Men Cried”, “In the Heart of the Dark”, "I See Your Face Before Me/Change Partners", “It Never Entered My Mind”, "It's A Grand Night For Singing", "It's Not Where You Start (It's Where You Finish)", “It Was”, “I Whistle a Happy Tune”, "I Will Do Nothing", "I Wonder What Became Of Me", “I Wouldn't Marry You”, "Lavender Blue", “Little Girl Blue”, "Look to the Rainbow", "Lover, Come Back To Me", “Love Song”, “Make Believe”, "Make The Man Love Me", “Many a New Day”, “Mister Snow”, “My Funny Valentine”, “Nobody's Heart Belongs To Me”, “No Questions”, "Not While I'm Around", “Now at Liberty”, “Oh, Happy We”, “One More Love Song/What'll I Do”, “One Perfect Rose”, “Remember/Come In From The Rain”, “Renunciation”, “Salute to Vienna”, “Scandal Walk”, "Second Star to the Right", “Ship Without A Sail”, “Sing a Song with Me (Reprise)”, “Sing a Song With Me/Let Me Sing and I'm Happy”, “Somebody's Song”, "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Someone's Waiting for You", "Something Special", "Somewhere" "Song Of One Of The Girls”, "Sooner or Later", "The Eagle And Me", "The Gentleman Is A Dope", “The Label on the Bottom”, “Them There Eyes”, “There's A Small Hotel”, “The Trusting Heart”, "The Very Next Man", “They Part”, “This Kind of a Girl”, “Three Letters”, “Ultimatum”, “Under a One Man Top”, “Waiting”, “What a Charming Couple”, “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”, "What's The Use Of Wond'rin'", “Where Or When”, “Where's My Shoe?”, “Who Are You Now?”, “Who Can? You Can!”, "Why Did I Choose You?", “Why Did You Promise Me The World?”, "Wings", "With a Smile and a Song", “You And I”, “You Are Love”, "You Could Drive A Person Crazy", “You Have Cast Your Shadow On The Sea”, “You Never Knew About Me”, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah")
C♯5 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", “A House Is Not a Home”, “Any Wednesday”, "Baby Mine", “Beauty Secrets”, "Before You Know It's Summer", “Better All the Time”, “Bric-a-Brac”, “Candlelight”, "Can't Help Lovin' That Man/Bill", "Can You Read My Mind", “Changing My Tune”, "Come Rain Or Come Shine", “Dancing in the Dark”, “Dear Friend”, “Dropsy Cure Weather”, "Everyone Says Don't", "Exactly Like You", “Finaletto”, "Give a Little Whistle", "Glad Rag Doll", "Hard Hearted Hannah/Waiting For the Robert E. Lee/San Francisco", “Hello, Young Lovers”, "He Loves Me", "Her (His) Face", “He Was Too Good To Me”, “Ice Cream”, “Ice Cream (Reprise)”, “I Don't Know His Name”, “If Love Were All”, “Inside”, “Inventory”, "I See Your Face Before Me/Change Partners", "It's Not Where You Start (It's Where You Finish)", “It Takes Nothing Away from Me”, "I Won't Dance", “Losing My Mind”, "Lover, Come Back To Me", "Loving You", “Lullaby”, “Lullaby In Ragtime”, “Make Our Garden Grow”, "Make The Man Love Me", “Make Way For Tomorrow”, “Men”, “Morning Song”, "Move On", “My White Knight”, "New Sun In The Sky/On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", “No More Candy”, "Not a Day Goes By/Losing My Mind", “One Long Last Look”, "One Patch of Blue", “Quiet”, "Secret Garden (Right Before Your Eyes)", “Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?”, "Silent Night", “Sing a Song with Me”, "Someday My Prince Will Come", “Something Wonderful (Reprise)”, "Sweet Dreams", “The Choice”, "The Eagle And Me", “The Ingenue”, "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", "The Very Next Man", “Time Heals Everything”, “Tra-la-la”, “Waiting”, "We Love You Conrad/Before The Parade Passes By/It Only", "When I See an Elephant Fly", "When You Wish Upon a Star", “Will He Like Me?”, "With a Smile and a Song", “You'll Be The Prettiest Girl At The Party”, "You're A Builder Upper")
C5 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", “Ain't Love Easy”, “Another Mr. Right Left”, "April Fooled Me/I'm Way Ahead", “A Very Short Song”, "A Wonderful Guy", “Back Bay Polka (But Not in Boston)”, "Beauty and the Beast/Never, Never Land", "Before The Parade Passes By (Reprise)", “Blue Danube Blues”, "Bojangles Of Harlem", “Carolina in the Morning”, “Chain of Love”, “Changing My Tune”, "Close As Pages In A Book", “Coda”, “Dancing On The Ceiling”, "Dear Friend/Will He Like Me? Tonight At Eight/Ice Cream", "Don't Blame Me", "Don't Ever Leave Me/All The Things You Are", “Drifting Along With the Tide”, "Exactly Like You", “Evening Song (Soft Through the Woodland)”, “Finale (Flahooey)”, “Glad To Be Unhappy”, “Good Morning, Dearie!”, “Goodnight My Someone”, "Happiness", "Hard Hearted Hannah/Waiting For the Robert E. Lee/San Francisco", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "He Loves Me", “Here’s to Your Illusions”, "Her (His) Face", “He’s Only Wonderful”, “He Was Too Good To Me”, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", “I Feel Like New Year's Eve”, “If Love Were All”, "I Got Lost in His Arms", "I Got Lost In His Arms/Time Heals Everything", "I Got The Sun In The Morning", "I Had Myself A True Love", “I Love A Piano”, "I'm Beginning To See The Light", "I'm In The Mood For Love", "I'm Late", "I Must Have That Man!", “In Buddy's Eyes”, “Indian Summer”, "It Might As Well Be Spring", “It Never Entered My Mind”, "It's A Grand Night For Singing", "It's Not Where You Start (It's Where You Finish)", “It Was”, “I Whistle a Happy Tune”, "I Wonder What Became Of Me?", "Lavender Blue", “Little Girl Blue”, "Look to the Rainbow", "Look What Happened To Mabel", "Love Don't Need A Reason", “Lullaby”, “Magic Moment”, "Make The Man Love Me", "May You Always", “My Father”, “My Funny Valentine”, "Nobody Else But Me", "Not While I'm Around", "O Holy Night", "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "Pink Elephants on Parade", “Quiet”, “Salute to Vienna”, “Shall We Dance?”, “Sing a Song With Me/Let Me Sing and I'm Happy”, “Somebody's Song”, "Someone's Waiting for You", "Something Special", "Sooner or Later", “Stars”, “Sweet Georgia Brown”, “Symptom Recital”, “Take Your Time And Take Your Pick”, "The Eagle And Me", “The False Friends”, "The Gentleman Is A Dope", “The Hansel and Gretel Song (Much Too Happy Dancing)”, “The Label on the Bottom”, “Them There Eyes”, “There is More to the Kiss Than the XXX”, “There's A Small Hotel”, "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", "The Trolley Song", "The Way You Look Tonight", “The World Is Your Balloon”, "The World Must Be Bigger Than An Avenue", "They Say It's Wonderful", "They Were You", “This Is All Very New To Me, "This Nearly Was Mine", “Too Many Mornings”, “Ultimatum”, “Under a One Man Top”, “Waiting”, “Waiting for the Girls Upstairs”, “Wait Till You See Him”, "We Love You Conrad/Before The Parade Passes By/It Only", “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”, “Where Or When”, “Where's My Shoe?”, "White Christmas", “Who Are You Now?”, “Who Says There Ain’t No Santa Claus”, “Yellow Drum”, “You And I”, "You Could Drive A Person Crazy", “You Have Cast Your Shadow On The Sea”, “You'll Be The Prettiest Girl At The Party”, “You Never Knew About Me”, "You're A Builder Upper", "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah")
Significant Low Notes:
B3 (“A Song for You”, "Away In A Manger", "A Wonderful Guy", “Blue Danube Blues”, "Bojangles Of Harlem", "Breath Of Heaven", “Bric-a-Brac”, “Chant La Vie/Sing a Song with Me”, "Come Rain Or Come Shine", “Dropsy Cure Weather”, “Evening Song (Soft Through the Woodland)”, “Finale (The Music Man)”, "From The Happy Time/Among My Yesterdays", “Glitter and be Gay”, “Goodnight My Someone”, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "I Got Lost In His Arms/Time Heals Everything", “I Never Meant To Hurt You/I Never Knew That Men Cried”, “It's Better With A Band”, "I Won't Dance", “Marianne”, “Men”, “One Long Last Look”, “Somebody's Song”, “Song Of One Of The Girls”, “Symptom Recital”, “The Best Of All Possible Worlds”, "There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas", “There's A Small Hotel”, "The Very Next Man", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Winter Wonderland", “You Have Cast Your Shadow On The Sea”)
B♭3 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", “A House Is Not a Home”, “Any Wednesday”, "Before The Parade Passes By (Reprise)", "Buds Won't Bud", "Don't Blame Me", "Don't Ever Leave Me/All The Things You Are", "Errol Flynn", “Evening Song (Soft Through the Woodland)”, "Exactly Like You", “Good Morning, Dearie!”, "Her (His) Face", “I’ll Show Him”, "I'm In The Mood For Love", “Inside”, "I Wonder What Became Of Me", "Let's Face The Music And Dance/The Song Is You", "Look What Happened To Mabel", “Losing My Mind”, "Love Don't Need A Reason", "New Sun In The Sky/On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", "Nobody Else But Me", "Not While I'm Around", "One Patch of Blue", "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", “Remember/Come In From The Rain”, "Second Star to the Right", "Ship In A Bottle", “Something You Never Had Before”, “Sweet Georgia Brown”, “Take Your Time And Take Your Pick”, "The World Must Be Bigger Than An Avenue", "They Say It's Wonderful", “This Is All Very New To Me”, "We'll Be Together Again", "When I See an Elephant Fly", “Where Or When”, "White Christmas", “You And I”)
A3 (“Ain't Love Easy”, "Away In A Manger", "Beauty and the Beast/Never, Never Land", “Bernstein Medley”, "Breath Of Heaven", “Candlelight”, "Can You Read My Mind", "Close As Pages In A Book", “Come Back, Little Genie”, "Dear Friend/Will He Like Me? Tonight At Eight/Ice Cream", "Give a Little Whistle", "Happiness", “Hello, Young Lovers”, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "I'm Beginning To See The Light", “In Buddy's Eyes”, "I See Your Face Before Me/Change Partners", “It Was”, "I Wonder What Became Of Me", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "Loving You", "Make The Man Love Me", “Make Way For Tomorrow”, “Marianne”, "Not a Day Goes By/Losing My Mind", "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'", "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", “Piano Lesson”, "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Somewhere", "Sooner or Later", "The Eagle And Me", "There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas", "They Were You", "The Very Next Man", "This Nearly Was Mine", “Wait Till You See Him”, "We Love You Conrad/Before The Parade Passes By/It Only", "Winter Wonderland")
G♯3 ("Beauty and the Beast/Never, Never Land", "Count Your Blessings", "Exactly Like You", "From The Happy Time/Among My Yesterdays", "Glad Rag Doll", “Good Morning, Dearie!”, "Hard Hearted Hannah/Waiting For the Robert E. Lee/San Francisco", "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands", "It's Not Where You Start (It's Where You Finish)", "I Won't Dance", "Lover, Come Back To Me", "May You Always", "Move On", "O Holy Night", "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "Secret Garden (Right Before Your Eyes)", "Send In The Clowns", "Silent Night", “Somebody's Song”, "The Christmas Song", "The Eagle And Me", "The Very Next Man", "When You Wish Upon a Star", "You're A Builder Upper")
G3 ("About A Quarter To Nine", "All I Ask Of You", "Anyone Can Whistle", "Bojangles Of Harlem", "Buds Won't Bud", "Close As Pages In A Book", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "I Had Myself A True Love", "It Might As Well Be Spring", “It Was”, "Lavender Blue", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", “Piano Lesson”, "Something Special", "Sooner or Later", "Sweet Dreams", "The Christmas Song", "We Love You Conrad/Before The Parade Passes By/It Only", “Why Did You Promise Me The World?”, "Winter Wonderland")
F♯3 ("Can't Help Lovin' That Man/Bill", "In Buddy's Eyes" All I Ask Of You version, "I Wonder As I Wander", "I Wonder What Became Of Me?", "Look to the Rainbow", "Look What Happened To Mabel", "Why Do I Love You?" Oscar Winners: The Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II version)
F3 ("Everyone Says Don't", "I Got The Sun In The Morning", "I Had Myself A True Love" Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim version, "I'm In The Mood For Love", "I Must Have That Man!", "It's Not Where You Start (It's Where You Finish)", "I Wonder As I Wander", "I Wonder What Became Of Me", "Love Don't Need A Reason", "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top")
E3 (“Ain't Love Easy”, "He Loves Me")
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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.
{Questionable Notes }
B5 (“Finale Act I (Showboat)” [2])
B♭5 (“Finale (The Gay Life)” [2], “Finale (The Music Man)” [2])
G♯3 (“Any Wednesday” [1])
G3 ("In Between Goodbyes" [1])
F♯3 ("The Eagle And Me" [1], "The Very Next Man" [1])
E3 ("Sooner or Later" [1])
D3 ("Bojangles Of Harlem" [1], "White Christmas" [1])
C♯3 ("Make The Man Love Me" [1], "Pink Elephants on Parade" [3])
C3 ("On The Sunny Side Of The Street" [1], "Sooner or Later" [1])
B2 ("Dear Friend/Will He Like Me? Tonight At Eight/Ice Cream" [3])
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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.
B5 (“Finale Act I (Showboat)” [2])
B♭5 (“Finale (The Gay Life)” [2], “Finale (The Music Man)” [2])
G♯3 (“Any Wednesday” [1])
G3 ("In Between Goodbyes" [1])
F♯3 ("The Eagle And Me" [1], "The Very Next Man" [1])
E3 ("Sooner or Later" [1])
D3 ("Bojangles Of Harlem" [1], "White Christmas" [1])
C♯3 ("Make The Man Love Me" [1], "Pink Elephants on Parade" [3])
C3 ("On The Sunny Side Of The Street" [1], "Sooner or Later" [1])
B2 ("Dear Friend/Will He Like Me? Tonight At Eight/Ice Cream" [3])
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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.
{Album Ranges }
Flahooley (Original Broadway Cast) (1951) - A3-C6
Plain and Fancy (Original Broadway Cast) (1955) - B♭3-A5
Candide (Original Cast Recording) (1956) - B3-E♭6
The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast) (1957) - G3-G♯5
Songs Of Perfect Propriety (1958) - G♯3-G5
Hansel And Gretel (1958) - B♭3-F5
Barbara Cook Sings From The Heart: The Best of Rodgers and Hart (1959) - B♭3-E♭5
The King and I (1960) - A3-G5
The Gay Life (Original Broadway Cast) (1961) - B♭3-A5
Show Boat (1962) - C4-B♭5
She Loves Me (Original Broadway Cast) (1963) - C♯4-B5
Something More! (Original Broadway Cast) (1964) - B3-B5 (incomplete)
Jerome Kern Revisited (1965) - G♯3-E5
George Gershwin Revisited (1966) - C4-E5
Show Boat (Lincoln Center Cast Recording) (1966) - C4-A5
The Grass Harp (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1971) - B3-B♭5
Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall (1975) - A3-C6
As of Today (1977) - E3-F♯5
It's Better With a Band (1980) - A3-C6
Follies in Concert (1985) - A3-F♯5
The Secret Garden (World Premiere Recording (1986) - G3-F♯5
Carousel (1987) - C4-E5 (incomplete)
The Disney Album (1987) - G3-F5
Close as Pages in a Book (1993) - F3-E5
Live from London (1994) - F3-G5
Oscar Winners: The Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II (1997) - F3-E5
All I Ask Of You (1998) - E3-B5
The Champion Season: Live at the Cafe Carlyle (1999) - F3-E♭5
Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (2001) - F3-B5
Count Your Blessings (2003) - F3-E♭5
Flahooley (Original Broadway Cast) (1951) - A3-C6
Plain and Fancy (Original Broadway Cast) (1955) - B♭3-A5
Candide (Original Cast Recording) (1956) - B3-E♭6
The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast) (1957) - G3-G♯5
Songs Of Perfect Propriety (1958) - G♯3-G5
Hansel And Gretel (1958) - B♭3-F5
Barbara Cook Sings From The Heart: The Best of Rodgers and Hart (1959) - B♭3-E♭5
The King and I (1960) - A3-G5
The Gay Life (Original Broadway Cast) (1961) - B♭3-A5
Show Boat (1962) - C4-B♭5
She Loves Me (Original Broadway Cast) (1963) - C♯4-B5
Something More! (Original Broadway Cast) (1964) - B3-B5 (incomplete)
Jerome Kern Revisited (1965) - G♯3-E5
George Gershwin Revisited (1966) - C4-E5
Show Boat (Lincoln Center Cast Recording) (1966) - C4-A5
The Grass Harp (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1971) - B3-B♭5
Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall (1975) - A3-C6
As of Today (1977) - E3-F♯5
It's Better With a Band (1980) - A3-C6
Follies in Concert (1985) - A3-F♯5
The Secret Garden (World Premiere Recording (1986) - G3-F♯5
Carousel (1987) - C4-E5 (incomplete)
The Disney Album (1987) - G3-F5
Close as Pages in a Book (1993) - F3-E5
Live from London (1994) - F3-G5
Oscar Winners: The Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II (1997) - F3-E5
All I Ask Of You (1998) - E3-B5
The Champion Season: Live at the Cafe Carlyle (1999) - F3-E♭5
Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (2001) - F3-B5
Count Your Blessings (2003) - F3-E♭5