Tatsuro Yamashita (4,850 views)

[Gatr]

山下 達郎 (Tatsurō Yamashita) (4 February 1953)
Years Active: 1972 - present
Associated Acts: Sugar Babe (1973 - 1976)
Vocal Range: D2 - G5

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{Album Ranges}Solo
(1972) Add Some Music to Your Day - (B2 - B4 - D5)
(1976) Circus Town - (C♯3 - B4)
(1977) Spacy - (A2 - B♭4 - C5)
(1978) It's a Poppin' Time
(1978) Go Ahead! - (F♯2 - C5 - E5)
(1979) Moonglow - (E2 - B4 - G5)
(1980) Ride On Time - (A2 - D5 - F♯5)
(1980) On the Street Corner - (D2 - A4 - E5)
(1982) For You - (G2 - B4 - E5)
(1983) Melodies - (F♯2 - A4 - E5)
(1984) Big Wave - (E2 - B♭4 - D5)
(1986) Pocket Music - (F2 - A4 - E5)
(1986) On the Street Corner 2
(1988) Boku no Naka no Shounen
(1991) Artisan
(1993) Season's Greetings
(1998) Cozy
(1999) On the Street Corner 3
(2005) Sonorite
(2011) Ray of Hope

Sugar Babe
(1975) Songs

Collaborations
(1976) Niagara Triangle Vol.1 (with Eiichi Ohtaki and Ginji Ito)
(1978) Pacific (with Haruomi Hosono and Shigeru Suzuki)

Significant High Notes:

G5 ("Sunshine")
F♯5 ("Ride on Time")
F5 ("Full Moon", "My Sugar Babe", "That's My Desire")
E5 ("Christmas Eve", "High Pressure Girl", "Let's Kiss the Sun", "Melody, Kimi No Tameni", "Monday Blue", "Night-Fly", "Overture", "Sparkle", "Touch Me Lightly", "You Belong to Me")
E♭5 ("Clouds", "Girls on the Beach", "Hot Shot", "Rainy Walk", "Remember Me Baby", "Storm", "That's My Desire")
D5 ("Blue Velvet", "Drip Drop", "Follow Me Along", "Funky Flushin'", "Kanashimi no Jody", "Kissing Goodnight", "Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)", "Loveland, Island", "Rainy Day", "Silent Screamer", "This Could Be the Night", "Why Do Fools Fall in Love")
C♯5 ("Alone", "Ashioto", "Christmas Eve" Key in D, "Don't Worry Baby", "Doyōbi No Koibito", "Drip Drop", "Magic Ways", "Morning Glory", "Rainy Walk")
C5 ("2000t of Rain", "And Your Dreams Come True", "Bomber", "Candy", "Close Your Eyes", "Dancer", "Daydream", "Doyōbi No Koibito", "Futari", "Hot Shot", "Jūjiro", "Lady Blue", "Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)", "Melody, Kimi No Tameni", "Mermaid", "Monday Blue", "Most of All", "My Sugar Babe", "Night-Fly", "Nightwing", "Only With You", "Please Let Me Wonder", "Pocket Music", "Solid Slider", "Suteki na Gogo Wa", "Wendy", "The Wind", "Wind Corridor", "Your Eyes")
B4 ("Alone", "Asa no Youna Yuugure", "Follow Me Along", "High Pressure Girl", "I Love You (Part I)", "Kanashimi no Jody", "Kinu Zure", "Love Celebration", "Love Space", "Loveland, Island", "Merry Go Round", "Moonlight", "Morning Glory", "Natsu No Yō", "Rainy Day", "Remember Me Baby", "Ride on Time", "Silent Screamer", "Silhouette", "Sincerely", "Solid Slider", "Sparkle", "Storm", "Touch Me Lightly", "The Theme from Big Wave", "Tsubasa ni Nosete", "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", "Wind Corridor", "Windy Lady", "You Belong to Me")
B♭4 ("Asa no Youna Yuugure", "Ashioto", "Circus Town", "Clouds", "Darlin'", "Full Moon", "Guess I'm Dumb", "Lady Blue", "Let's Dance Baby", "Magic Ways", "Music Book", "Overture", "Rainy Walk", "This Could Be the Night")
A4 ("2000t of Rain", "Blue Velvet", "Bomber", "Christmas Eve", "Close Your Eyes", "Crazy World's Crazy Tune", "Don't Worry Baby", "Drip Drop", "Funky Flushin'", "Futari", "Ienakatta Kotoba O", "Interlude A" For You, "I Love You (Part II)", "Interlude B" For You, "Kinu Zure", "Lady Blue", "Last Step", "Let's Kiss the Sun", "Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)", "Mayoikonda Machi To", "Melody, Kimi No Tameni", "Mermaid", "Minnie", "Moment", "Moonlight", "My Sugar Babe", "Natsu No Yō", "Night-Fly", "Nightwing", "Ride on Time", "Shampoo", "Silent Screamer", "Solid Slider", "Someday", "Spanish Harlem", "Sunshine", "Suteki na Gogo Wa", "Tsubasa ni Nosete", "The War Song", "The Wind", "Windy Lady", "Yellow Cab")
G♯4 ("Alone", "Ashioto", "Blue Midnight", "Christmas Eve", "Clouds", "Darlin'", "Doyōbi No Koibito", "Hey Reporter!", "Let's Dance Baby", "Love Celebration", "Love Space", "Magic Ways", "Merry Go Round", "Minnie", "Morning Glory", "Most of All", "Only With You", "Pocket Music", "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James", "Sparkle", "Storm", "Tsubasa ni Nosete", "Wind Corridor", "You Belong to Me")
G4 ("2000t of Rain", "Bomber", "Candy", "Circus Town", "City Way", "Daydream", "Follow Me Along", "Full Moon", "Funky Flushin'", "Futari", "Gee", "Hot Shot", "Let's Kiss the Sun", "Loveland, Island", "I Love You (Part II)", "Ienakatta Kotoba O", "Mayoikonda Machi To", "Mermaid", "Moment", "Music Book", "Remember Me Baby", "Silent Screamer", "Silhouette", "Sunshine", "The Theme from Big Wave", "This Could Be the Night", "Umbrella", "The War Song", "Wind Corridor", "Your Eyes")


Significant Low Notes:

F3 ("Blue Velvet", "Bomber", "Close Your Eyes", "Full Moon", "Hot Shot", "Magic Ways", "Most of All", "Music Book", "Only With You", "Please Let Me Wonder", "Silhouette", "This Could Be the Night", "Wendy", "The Wind")
E3 ("Christmas Eve", "Circus Town", "Crazy World's Crazy Tune", "Devoted to You", "Follow Me", "Kinu Zure", "Last Step", "Minnie", "Moonlight", "Morning Glory", "Nightwing", "Remember Me Baby", "Shampoo", "Solid Slider", "Someday", "Umbrella", "The Whispering Sea", "Windy Lady")
E♭3 ("Blue Midnight", "The Door into Summer", "Eternally", "Gee", "Hey Reporter", "Magic Ways", "Moment", "Most of All", "Pocket Music", "That's My Desire", "Tsubasa ni Nosete", "You Belong to Me")
D3 ("City Way", "Daydream", "Eternally", "Follow Me Along", "Full Moon", "Ienakatta Kotoba O", "Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)", "Loveland, Island", "Natsu No Yō", "Paper Doll", "Rainy Day", "Spanish Harlem", "Your Eyes")
C♯3 ("Ashioto", "The Door into Summer", "Doyōbi No Koibito", "Minnie", "Rainy Walk", "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James", "Sparkle", "You Belong to Me")
C3 ("Blue Velvet", "Close Your Eyes", "Daydream", "Hey Reporter!", "I Love You (Part II)", "Ienakatta Kotoba O", "Kissing Goodnight", "Lady Blue", "Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)", "Mayoikonda Machi To", "Solid Slider", "Yellow Cab")
B2 ("Rainy Day", "Sincerely")
B♭2 ("Clouds", "Girls on the Beach")
A2 ("Asa no Youna Yuugure", "Christmas Eve", "High Pressure Girl", "Interlude B" For You, "Nightwing", "Ride on Time", "Spanish Harlem")
G♯2 ("Alone", "Don't Worry Baby", "That's My Desire", "Your Eyes")
G2 ("Drip Drop", "Futari", "I Love You (Part I)", "Lady Blue", "Melody, Kimi No Tameni", "Remember Me Baby", "This Could Be the Night")
F♯2 ("Blue Midnight", "Overture")
F2 ("Blue Velvet", "Close Your Eyes", "Gee", "Melody, Kimi No Tameni", "Most of All", "The Wind", "Wind Corridor", "You Belong to Me")
E2 ("I Love You (Part I)", "I Love You (Part II)", "Nightwing")
E♭2 ("Gee", "Remember Me Baby", "That's My Desire")
D2 ("Spanish Harlem")

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{Questionable Notes}
F♯5 ("Lady Blue"^[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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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.

[Brenda]

I'm prepared to throw fists if this B4 is not included and bolded.

[Gatr]

Yeah that's a great B4, I'm just slow haha

[Brenda]

Hey!
I noticed that some of the links to the boldfaced notes are currently down, it'd be my pleasure to help with that. But also, if needed, I could post these clips on 4shared so it's less likely to be taken down.

I tried to find the F♯5 from Ride on Time which currently redirects to nothing, but I couldn't find it and I assume it's from a live performance, I don't know which one though. ):

B4 from Love Space is this one I assume: youtu.be/HNQic9N2I7c?t=83
B4 from Sparkle: youtu.be/7ijMDQgvW0o?t=230
B♭4 from Lady Blue: youtu.be/VWc97cLaZ7k?t=146
G4 from Futari I'm not sure, however I thought this A4 was freaky good, maybe you meant it instead, not sure, because it's a slide from G4 to A4: youtu.be/rA_nTcod6WQ?t=300

[Gatr]

To be honest, I wasn't sure how exactly to handle the bold situation in a more future-proof fashion, as his songs are notoriously really hard to keep up on YouTube for any significant length of time. My original idea was to just leave a list of timestamps in a spoiler so people could go and search for them themselves, but I realize that's not the most user-friendly solution either. I'm not sure how different 4shared is to YouTube in this regard, but if you think they might last longer over there, then I'd greatly appreciate the help.

The F#5 in Ride on Time is in the album version specifically, there's an extended outro bit that isn't in the single version. As for the link, looking in my doc I think I just genuinely forgot to add a link there haha. I'll get that fixed up as soon as I can, along with the rest of the links you posted. For the G4 in Futari I believe I was just referring to the note in the chorus, but in hindsight yeah I think I agree that the slide to A4 is a better candidate.

Edit: Also thanks for getting me to look up Ride on Time again because I forgot how great this album was

['S]

Oh ye reminds me, the note here I unironically would bold.
And btw I do have the live double-album that song's taken from, JOY, I'd be happy to notewatch that one for ya if you'd like me to.
Also I'd sooner bold the A4 on JOY version of Ride on Time (at the 6:40 mark) rather than the F♯5 yes.