Norm Lewis (2,701 views)

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Norm Lewis (2 June 1963)
Voice Type: Baritone
Vocal Range: F2-A5

Significant High Notes:

A5 ("Learning to Let Go")
G♯5 (“Warming Up with Norm”)
F♯5 (“Warming Up with Norm”)
D5 (“What’s Going On” Live at Elsie Fest 2017)
C♯5 (“What’s Going On”)
C5 (“Fever”, “Look Down/The Robbery/Javert's Intervention”, “Phantom Of The Opera”, “This Is the Life”, “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?”)
B4 (“Go the Distance”, “Precious Moments”, “What’s Going On” Live at Elsie Fest 2017)
B♭4 (”Ave Maria/O Holy Night”, “Before the Parade Passes By”, “Deep In The Darkest Night”, “Eddie & Mae”, “Home”, “Javert's Suicide”, “Mary, Did You Know?”, “Music of the Night” various live performances, “My Favorite Things”, “My Hero”, “The Birthday of a King”, “Why Couldn’t It Be Christmas Every Day?”)
A4 (“Alan Menken Medley”, “Bring Him Home”, “Eddie & Mae”, “Heart and Music”, “I Got Plenty of Nothing”, “Infinite Joy (Reprise)”, “Javert's Suicide”, “Learning to Let Go”, “Make Them Hear You”, “Mary, Did You Know?”, “Night Letter”, “Oh Lord, I'm On My Way”, “Party, Party”, “Peace on Earth”, “The Devil You Know”, “We Live On Borrowed Time”, “When I First Saw You”, “You'll Never Walk Alone”)
G♯4 (“All the Things You Are”, “Anything You Can Do”, “Apple Jack”, ”Ave Maria/O Holy Night”, “Go the Distance”, “It’s Not Unusual”, “Learning to Let Go”, “Look Down/The Robbery/Javert's Intervention”, “Music of the Night”, “My Hero”, “No One Is Alone”, “Phantom Of The Opera”, “Precious Moments”, “Rain”, “The Final Lair”, “The Point of No Return”, “There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York”, “Warming Up with Norm”, “What’s Going On”, “Why Couldn’t It Be Christmas Every Day?”, “Ya Got Trouble”, “You Raise Me Up”)
G4 (“Alan Menken Medley”, “All I Ask of You (reprise)”, “All the Things You Are”, “Anything You Can Do”, “Before the Parade Passes By”, “Being Alive”, “Cadillac Car”, “Falcon in the Dive”, “Fantine's Arrest”, “Heart and Music”, “Home”, “I Got Plenty of Nothing”, “Impossible Dream”, “Infinite Joy (Reprise)”, “Learning to Let Go”, “Make Them Hear You”, “Mary, Did You Know?”, “Misty”, “My Favorite Things”, “My Hero”, “O Come All Ye Faithful”, “Oh Lord, I'm On My Way”, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”, “One Day More”, “Part of a Painting”, “Phantom Of The Opera”, “Porgy's Entrance”,“Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “Stars” Live at Ham4Ham, “Steppin' to the Bad Side”, “The Birthday of a King”“The Birthday of a King”, “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”, “The Devil You Know”, “There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York”, “This Is the Life”, “Vogue Sequence”, “We Live On Borrowed Time”, “What’s Going On”, “Wild Grass”, “Ya Got Trouble”, “You'll Never Walk Alone”, “You Should Be Loved”)
F♯4 (“Anytime (I Am There)”, “Bring Him Home”, “Building the Barricade”, “Di Provenza”, “Falcon in the Dive”, “Go the Distance”, “Go to the Mirror/Listening to You”, “How Did I End Up Here”, “If Only (Quartet)“, “I Got Plenty of Nothing”, “I Remember/Stranger Than You Dreamt It”, “It's All Over”, “Painter's Song”, “Precious Moments”, “Rain”, “Sailing”, “The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)”, “The Gift of Love”, “The Point of No Return”, “The Trial”, “This Is the Life”, “Why Couldn’t It Be Christmas Every Day?”, “Why So Silent”, “Wild Grass”, “You Raise Me Up”)
F4 (“Alan Menken Medley”, “All the Things You Are”, “Apple Jack”, ”Ave Maria/O Holy Night”, “Before the Parade Passes By”, “Being Alive”, “Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?”, “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”, “Cadillac Car”, “Deep In The Darkest Night”, “Di Provenza”, “Dry”, “Eddie & Mae”, “Heart and Music”, “Home”, “How Did I End Up Here”, “I Loves You, Porgy”, “Impossible Dream”, “Infinite Joy (Reprise)”, “Is This What You Call Love?”, “It's All Over”, “It’s Not Unusual”, “Javert's Suicide”, “Learning to Let Go”, “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, “Life Is”, “Look Down/The Robbery/Javert's Intervention”, “Make Them Hear You”, “Mary, Did You Know?”, “Misty”, “My Hero”, “Night Letter”, “No One Is Alone”, “Oh Lord, I'm On My Way”, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”, “One Day More”, “One Night Only (Disco Version)”, “Part of a Painting”, “Phantom Of The Opera”, “Porgy's Entrance”, “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)”, “Steppin' to the Bad Side”, “The Birthday of a King”, “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”, “The Confrontation”, “The Devil You Know”, “The Final Lair”, “There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York”, “The World Above (Reprise)”, “This Is the Life”, “This Jesus Must Die”, “Time”, “Vogue Sequence”, ”What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”, “What’s Going On”, “Why Couldn’t It Be Christmas Every Day?”, “Work Song”, “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?”, “Ya Got Trouble”, “You'll Never Walk Alone”, “You Raise Me Up”, “You Should Be Loved”)

Significant Low Notes:

E♭3 (“Apple Jack”, “At The Barricade”, “Don't Give In”, “Eddie & Mae”, “It’s Not Unusual”, “Javert's Suicide”, “Look Down/The Robbery/Javert's Intervention”, “New Year's Day”, “Porgy's Entrance”, “Rain”, “Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)”, “The Devil You Know”, “The World Above (Reprise)”, ”What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”, “What’s Going On”, “Why So Silent”, “You Boys Are Gonna Get Me in Such Trouble/Sailing (Reprise)”)
D3 (“Brain Dead”, “Damned For All Time/Blood Money”, “Family”, “Flying Down to Rio”, “Heart and Music”, “I Got Plenty of Nothing”, “Impossible Dream”, “I Thank You For Your Love”, “Judas’ Death”, “Mary, Did You Know?”, “Misty”, “My Favorite Things”, “Part of a Painting”, “Party, Party”, “Press Conference”, “Sailing”, “Santa Baby”, “Sitting Becalmed In The Lee Of Cuttyhunk”, ”Thank You for Your Love”, “The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)”, “The Homeless Lady's Revenge”, “There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York”, “The Runaway Cart”, “This Is the Life”, “We Live On Borrowed Time”, “When I First Saw You”, “Where Is Love?”, “White Christmas”, “Why Couldn’t It Be Christmas Every Day?”, “You'll Never Walk Alone”)
C♯3 (“All the Things You Are”, ”Ave Maria/O Holy Night”, “Di Provenza”, “Falcon in the Dive”, “Oh Lord, I'm On My Way”, “Peace on Earth”, “Stars”, “The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened”, “The Mirror”)
C3 (“Before the Parade Passes By”, “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”, “Fever”, “I'm Gonna Find Out”, "I was powerful sick...", “Learning to Let Go”, “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, “Moon River”, “Ol' Man River”, “Part of a Painting”, “Seeing Stars”, “The Birthday of a King”, “The Confrontation”, “The Devil You Know”, “The Latest News”, “The Point of No Return”, “Time”, “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?”, “You Boys Are Gonna Get Me in Such Trouble/Sailing (Reprise)”, “You Should Be Loved”)
B2 (“A Really Lousy Day In The Universe”, “Be Aware”, “Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?”, “Go the Distance”, “Is This What You Call Love?”, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”, “Phantom Of The Opera”, “Stars”, “Wild Grass”)
B♭2 (“Home”, “How Did I End Up Here”, “If Only (Quartet)“, “I'm Gonna Find Out”, “Merry Christmas Darling/What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?”, “Misty”, “No One Is Alone”, “Painter's Song”, “Seeing Stars”, “You Are There”, “You Raise Me Up”)
A2 (“A Whole New World”, “Deep In The Darkest Night”, “Golden Boy”, “I Remember/Stranger Than You Dreamt It”, “My Hero”, “Sailing”, “So Many People”, “Something Just Broke”, “The Trial”)
G♯2 (“If Only (Reprise)”, “Music of the Night”, “The Final Lair”, “Wheels of a Dream”)
G2 (“A Special Place”, “Damned For All Time/Blood Money”, “Fever”, “Judas’ Death”, “Ol' Man River”, “Steppin' to the Bad Side”)
F♯2 (“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”)
F2 (“Hosanna”, “The Confrontation”, “This Jesus Must Die”, “Trial Before Pilate”, Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?”)
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Underlines marks notes found in harmonies and backing vocals.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
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{Questionable Notes }
E♭2 (“Home” ^[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 }
The Who’s Tommy (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1992) - G♯3-F♯4
Side Show (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1997) - C3-A4
A New Brain (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) (1998) - A2-A4
The Wild Party (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2000) - A2-B♭4
Dreamgirls In Concert (2001) - G2-A4
Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens (2001) - C3-A5
Amour (Broadway Premiere Recording) (2003) - A2-F♯4
Hair (2004) - D3-F♯4
Dracula: The Musical (2006) - A2-B♭4
The Little Mermaid (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2008) - G♯2-F♯4
This Is the Life (2008) - F2-C5
Sondheim on Sondheim (2010) - A2-G4
Les Misérables (25th Anniversary Concert) (2010) - F2-C5
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (New Broadway Cast Recording) (2012) - B2-A4
Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert (2018) - F2-F4
The Norm Lewis Christmas Album (2018) - F♯2-C♯5