Post by Steve on Jul 15, 2020 3:01:14 GMT
Michael Edward Love (15 March 1941 - present)
Years Active: 1961 - present
Associated Acts: The Beach Boys
Vocal Range: D2 - C♯5
{Vocal Summary}Low harmony/co-lead singer for The Beach Boys, the only founding member still in the band. Setting aside whatever issues we may have with this insufferable cocksucker this gentleman, his low vocals were the solid foundation that the rest of the group used for their harmony parts. Not a true bass as evidenced by his tone and timbre, but could get down well into the second octave if needed. Possessed a solid, if nasally, higher register that was heard on almost all of the group's early surf singles.
Significant High Notes:
C♯5: "I Know There's an Answer" vocal insert sessions
A4: "All I Wanna Do", "All I Want to Do", "Bluebirds over the Mountain", "The Little Girl I Once Knew", "Louie Louie"
G♯4: "Bluebirds over the Mountain"
G4: "Medley: I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe" intro, "Student Demonstration Time", "Sunshine", "Vegetables"
F♯4: "All I Want to Do", "All Summer Long", "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose", "Here Today", "I'm Waiting for the Day" alternate version, "It's O.K.", "The Little Girl I Once Knew", "Little Saint Nick", "The Shift", "South Bay Surfer", "That's Not Me"
F4: "Amusement Parks U.S.A.", "Be True to Your School" album version, "Custom Machine", "Dance, Dance, Dance", "Do It Again", "Do You Remember", "Don't Hurt My Little Sister", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Hawaii", "I Get Around", "Little Honda", "Little Saint Nick", "The Man With All the Toys", "The Monkey's Uncle", "Over and Over", "Paradise Found", "Salt Lake City", "Santa's Beard", "Wendy", "When Girls Get Together"
E4: "All I Wanna Do", "Anna Lee, the Healer", "Be My Baby", "The Beaks of Eagles", "Bluebirds over the Mountain", "California Calling", "Catch a Wave", "County Fair", "Getcha Back", "Good to My Baby", "Had to Phone Ya", "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose", "H.E.L.P. Is On the Way", "Here Today", "Hully Gully", "I Get Around", "I'm Waiting for the Day" alternate version, "In the Parkin' Lot", "Louie Louie", "Merry Christmas, Baby", "Mountain of Love", "No-Go Showboat", "Rockin' the Man in the Boat", "The Shift", "South Bay Surfer", "Student Demonstration Time", "Surfin'", "Surfin' Safari", "Ten Little Indians", "That's Not Me", "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
E♭4: "Aren't You Glad", "Be True to Your School single version, "California", "California Girls", "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)", "Custom Machine", "Don't Back Down", "Drive-In", "The Girl from New York City", "Let the Wind Blow", "Little Deuce Coupe", "The Monkey's Uncle", "The Noble Surfer", "One Good Reason", "Shut Down", "Sloop John B", "Surfin' USA", "A Thing or Two", "Wake the World", "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"
Significant Low Notes:
B♭2: "Chapel of Love", "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)", "Crack at Your Love", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Don't Go Near the Water", "Don't Hurt My Little Sister", "I Just Got My Pay", "I Know There's an Answer", "Johnny Carson", "Love is a Woman", "Marcella", "The Monkey's Uncle", "Our Car Club", "Our Prayer", "Over and Over", "Pitter Patter", "Roller Skating Child", "Salt Lake City", "Santa's Beard", "Shelter", "Some of Your Love", "Still Cruisin'", "Strange Things Happen", "Surfin' USA", "A Thing or Two", "Wendy"
A2: "All This is That", "Brian's Back", "A Casual Look", "Catch a Wave", "Chug-A-Lug", "Deirdre", "Do It Again", "Finders Keepers", "Girls on the Beach", "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose", "Here Comes the Night" L.A. (Light Album) version, "Hushabye", "I Get Around", "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times", "Isn't It Time", "Little Girl (You're My Miss America)", "Louie Louie", "Mama Says", "Never Learn Not to Love", "The Shift", "Solar System", "Summer of Love", "Surfers Rule", "Surfin' Safari", "Teach Me Tonight", "Ten Little Indians", "Things We Did Last Summer", "Time to Get Alone", "Vegetables", "We Three Kings of Orient Are", "Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love", "Wild Honey", "Wind Chimes", "Winds of Change", "Wonderful"
G♯2: "Ballad of Ole' Betsy", "Big Sur", "Car Crazy Cutie", "Chapel of Love", "Daybreak Over the Ocean", "Don't Back Down", "Don't Worry Baby", "From There to Back Again", "Gee", "Happy Endings", "He Come Down", "Heroes and Villains", "Hot Fun in the Summertime", "I'm So Young", "Kiss Me Baby", "Little Deuce Coupe", "Love is a Woman", "Meant for You", "Pom Pom Playgirl", "The Private Life of Bill and Sue", "Problem Child", "Remember (Walking in the Sand)", "Shut Down", "Sloop John B", "Spirit of America", "Spring Vacation", "Surf's Up", "Surfin'", "That's Not Me", "We'll Run Away", "When a Man Needs a Woman", "Wipeout"
G2: "409", "Airplane", "And Your Dream Comes True", "Break Away", "Celebrate the News", "Cherry Cherry Coupe", "Cool, Cool Water", "Crack at Your Love", "Funky Pretty", "Good to My Baby", "Got to Know the Woman", "H.E.L.P. Is On the Way", "Here Comes the Night" L.A. (Light Album) version, "Hey Little Tomboy", "It's Just a Matter of Time", "In the Still of the Night", "Keepin' the Summer Alive", "Leaving This Town", "Lonely Sea", "Make It Big", "The Noble Surfer", "Radio King Dom", "Santa's Got an Airplane", "Somewhere Near Japan", "Surfer Girl", "'Til I Die", "Time to Get Alone", "The Warmth of the Sun", "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"
F♯2: "Add Some Music (To Your Day)", "Belles of Paris", "Calendar Girl", "California", "Crocodile Rock", "Cuckoo Clock", "Disney Girls (1957", "Don't Hurt My Little Sister", "Forever" Summer in Paradise version, "Gettin' Hungry", "Good Vibrations", "In My Room", "Island Girl", "It's Gettin' Late", "Keep An Eye on Summer", "Lahaina Aloha", "Male Ego", "Marcella", "Runnin' Around the World", "She's Goin' Bald", "Slip On Through", "Soulful Old Man Sunshine", "Vegetables", "Where I Belong", "With Me Tonight", "(Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again", "You Still Believe in Me"
F2: "Cool, Cool Water", "Don't Go Near the Water", "Forever", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "I Can Hear Music", "I Just Got My Pay", "Island Fever", "Kiss Me Baby", "Lady Lynda", "On and On and On", "Our Car Club", "Paradise Found", "Roller Skating Child", "Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night)", "Spirit of America", "Surf's Up", "This Whole World"
E2: "Add Some Music (To Your Day)", "All This is That", "Anna Lee, the Healer", "Auld Lang Syne", "Isn't It Time", "Melekalikimaka", "Mountain of Love", "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)", "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring", "Under the Boardwalk", "A Young Man's Gone"
E♭2: "California Calling", "Here Comes the Night" L.A. (Light Album) version
D2: "Hot Fun in the Summertime", "Soul Searchin'" Made in California version, "Steamboat", "Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love"
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*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.
*Underlines mark notes found in backing vocals.
{Questionable Notes}C6: "All I Want to Do"
B♭5: "Bluebirds over the Mountain"
A5: "All I Want to Do"
E5: "Hully Gully"
B4: "Do You Wanna Dance"
G♯4: "Little Honda"
C♯2: "Xmas Carol Medley"
B♭5: "Bluebirds over the Mountain"
A5: "All I Want to Do"
E5: "Hully Gully"
B4: "Do You Wanna Dance"
G♯4: "Little Honda"
C♯2: "Xmas Carol Medley"
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