John Raitt (3,040 views)

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John Emmet Raitt (29 January 1917 - 20 February 2005)
Voice Type: Tenor
Vocal Range: A2-C5

Significant High Notes:

C5 (“Malaguena”, “Shadrack”)
B♭4 (“I'm a Bad, Bad Man”, “Soliloquy” various live performances, “The Army Mule Song”, “There Once Was a Man”)
A4 (“April Face”, “Because You're Mine”, “Largo al factotum”, “Lamento Gitana”, “My Heart's Darlin'”, “Oklahoma!”, “The Song Angels Sing”, “Torna A Surriento”, “Trottin' To The Fair”)
G♯4 (“April Face”, “Finale (Oklahoma!)”, “Hey There”, “I Got the Sun in the Morning”, “It's A Wishing World”, “Lady of Spain”, “Malaguena”, ”The Girl That I Court In My Mind”, “Trottin' To The Fair”)
G4 (“Amapola”, “Blow High, Blow Low”, “Goin' On A Hayride”, “Granada”, “I Love You”, “Largo al factotum”, “Lamento Gitana”, “Malaguena”, “Mattinara”, “My Heart's Darlin' (Reprise)”, “O Sole Mio”, “Sail Ho!”, “Shadrack”, “Soliloquy”, “The Army Mule Song”, “The Highest Judge of All”, “There Once Was a Man”, “There's No Business Like Show Business”, “The Song Angels Sing”, “They Call the Wind Maria”, “You Are Love”)
F♯4 (“Almost Like Being in Love”, “A New Town Is a Blue Town”, “Because You're Mine”, “Finale (Three Wishes For Jamie)”, “Goin' On A Hayride”, “Granada”, “Hey There”, “If I Loved You”, “I Love You”, “It's A Wishing World”, “Lady of Spain”, “Make Believe”, “Mattinara”, “My Defenses Are Down”, “People Will Say We're in Love”, “So in Love”, “Small Talk”, “The Girl That I Court In My Mind”, “There Once Was a Man”, “There's No Business Like Show Business”, “Trottin' To The Fair”, “Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan”, “Younger Than Springtime”)
F4 (“Almost Like Being in Love”, “Amapola”, “A New Town Is a Blue Town”, “Finale (Oklahoma!)”, “Finale (The Pajama Game)”, “Finale (Three Wishes For Jamie)”, “For Every Man There's A Woman”, “Hello, Young Lovers”, “Hey There”, “His Work and Nothing More”, “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?”, “I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You/The Gal That Got Away”, “If I Loved You”, “I Got the Sun in the Morning”, “I'm a Bad, Bad Man”, “Lamento Gitana”, “Lullaby of Broadway”, “Meditation”, “My Defenses Are Down”, “My Heart's Darlin'”, “Oklahoma!”, “Once-a-Year Day!”, “O Sole Mio”, “Shadrack”, “So in Love”, “Soliloquy”, “Strange Music”, “Stranger in Paradise”, “Sweet Little Jesus Boy”, “Tell Me That You Love Me”, “The Army Mule Song”, “The Impossible Dream”, “There Once Was a Man”, “They Call the Wind Maria”, “Torna A Surriento”, “Without A Song”, “You Are Love”)

Significant Low Notes:

D3 (“Amapola”, “Blow High, Blow Low”, “Goin' On A Hayride”, “Lamento Gitana”, “Largo al factotum”, “Loch Lomond”, “Malaguena”, “My Defenses Are Down”, “Nights of Splendour”, “Oklahoma!”, “Old Devil Moon”, “O Sole Mio”, “People Will Say We're in Love”, “Pore Jud Is Daid”, “Serenade In The Night”, “Sourwood Mountain”, “Strange Music”, “Stranger in Paradise”, “Tell Me That You Love Me”, “The Engagement Party”, “The Highest Judge of All”, “There's No Business Like Show Business”, “They Say It's Wonderful”, “Torna A Surriento”, “Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan”, “Vive L'Amour”, “Where's the Mate for Me?”)
C♯3 (“A New Town Is a Blue Town”, “Make Believe”, “People Will Say We're in Love”, “Sail Ho!”, “Small Talk”, “So in Love”, “Soliloquy”, “The Girl That I Court In My Mind”)
C3 (“Anything You Can Do”, “His Work and Nothing More”, “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?”, “I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You/The Gal That Got Away”, “I'm Goin' Away”, “I Wonder as I Wander”, “My Heart's Darlin'”, “O Sole Mio”, “Shadrack”, “Small Talk” movie version, “The Impossible Dream”, “They Call the Wind Maria”, “Without A Song”)
B2 (“Blow High, Blow Low”, “El Bandido”, “Mattinara”, “Soliloquy”, “The Girl That I Marry”)
B♭2 (“If I Loved You”, “My Heart's Darlin' (Reprise)”, “Sail Ho!”, “Without A Song”)
A2 (“Shenandoah”)
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice.
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 }
G♯5 (“There Once Was a Man” movie version ^[2][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.

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{Album Ranges }
Carousel (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1945) - B♭2-G4
Three Wishes for Jamie (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1952) - B♭2-B♭4
The Pajama Game (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1954) - C♯3-B♭4
Highlights of Broadway (1955) - B2-G♯4
Mediterranean Magic (1956) - B2-C5
Annie Get Your Gun (1957) - B2-B♭4
The Pajama Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1957) - C3-G♯4
Under Open Skies (1958) - B♭2-C5
Show Boat (1962) - C♯3-G4
Oklahoma! (Studio Cast Recording) (1964) - D3-G♯4
A Joyful Noise (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1966) (missing)
The Giant (1970) (missing)
Jekyll & Hyde: The Gothic Musical Thriller (1994) - C3-F4
Broadway Legend (1995) (missing)