Bobby Kimball (3,750 views)

[Baronessa]

Robert Troy Kimball (29 March 1947)
Member of: S.S. Fools (1975 - 1976), Toto (1977 - 1984, 1997 - 2008), Far Corporation (1985 - 1987), West Coast All Stars (1997), YOSO (2009 - 2010)
Vocal Range: B2 - C♯6

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{Vocal Range Timeline}S.S. Fools:
S.S. Fools (1976): G3 - A5

Toto:
Toto (1978): G3 - A5
Hydra (1979): G3 - E5 - A5
Turn Back (1981): D3 - F♯5 - G5
IV (1982): E♭3 - G5
Mindfields (1999): B2 - B5
Through the Looking Glass (2002): TBD
Falling in Between (2006): F♯3 - E5

Far Corporation:
Division One (1986): TBD
Solitude (1994): E3 - G5

Bobby Kimball:
Rise Up (1995): D3 - G♯5
All I Ever Needed (1999): TBD
Kimball Jamison (2011): F3 - D5
We're Not in Kansas Anymore (2016): C♯3 - E5 - C6

West Coast All Stars:
California Dreamin' (1997): TBD
Naturally (1998): TBD

YOSO:
Elements (2010): G3 - F5

Significant High Notes:

C♯6 ("Let's Stay Together" Brotherly Love)
C6 ("Hey It's Me")
B5 ("Georgy Porgy" Brotherly Love, "High Price of Hate", "Hold the Line" Paris 2007)
B♭5 ("One Day", "Rosanna" Brotherly Love)
A5 ("Cruel", "Desert Dancin'", "Let's Stay Together" Brotherly Love, "White Sister", "You Are the Flower")
G♯5 ("I Just Love the Feelin'", "Shot Down Love")
G5 ("All Us Boys", "First Things First", "High Price of Hate", "I Just Love the Feelin'", "She's Back Again", "Turn Back", "We Made It", "Why Can't You Be Mine")
F♯5 ("Desert Dancin'", "English Eyes", "Girl Goodbye", "Goodbye Elenore", "Hold the Line", "Lowdown" Brotherly Love, "Make Believe", "Mysterious Ways", "You've Got a Friend")
F5 ("Annaleis", "First Things First", "Path to Your Heart", "Tearbanks", "Waiting for Your Love", "Why Can't You Be Mine", "You Are the Flower", "You've Got a Friend")
E5 ("Afraid of Love", "Africa", "English Eyes", "High Price of Hate", "I'll Supply the Love", "Immigrant Song", "Is It Over", "Lay Down Your Arms", "Let's Talk About Love", "Live in the Night", "Lorraine", "Make Believe", "Mama", "Manuela Run", "On My Feet", "One of Your Lovers", "Rockmaker", "Scam", "She's Back Again", "Sunnyridge", "Taint Your World", "Turn Back", "Walk Away", "We Made It", "Whatever Happened to America", "Who Cries Now", "Why Can't You Be Mine", "You Change My Life")
E♭5 ("Cruel", "First Things First", "I Just Love the Feelin'", "Mysterious Ways", "Rainy Days", "Some They Do", "Waiting for Your Love")
D5 ("Africa", "Better World", "Caught in the Balance", "Close the Curtain", "Come This Far", "Cruel", "Desert Dancin'", "English Eyes", "First Things First", "Flatline", "Gift With a Golden Gun", "Girl Goodbye", "Good for You", "Hey It's Me", "High Price of Hate", "Hold On", "Hooked", "I Think I Could Stand You Forever", "Lay Down Your Arms", "Live in the Night", "Long Hair Woman", "Mad About You", "Make Believe", "Mama", "The New Revolution", "On My Feet", "One Day", "One of Your Lovers", "One Road", "Only One", "Paralyzed", "Path to Your Heart", "Rise Up", "Rockmaker", "Rosanna", "Scam", "Shadows of Love", "She's Back Again", "Shot Down Love", "St. George and the Dragon", "Taint Your World", "Time to Get Up", "To Be Your Everything", "Too Far Behind", "Turn Back", "Walk Away", "Whatever Happened to America", "Where You'll Stay", "White Sister", "Why Can't You Be Mine", "Woodstock", "You Are the Flower")
C♯5 ("Afraid of Love", "Annaleis", "Can't Wait for Love", "Come This Far", "Dying on My Feet", "Goodbye Elenore", "Hold the Line", "Hydra", "I Did Everything Wrong", "I'll Supply the Love", "Immigrant Song", "Is It Over", "Kicking and Screaming", "Lovers in the Night", "Mad About You", "Manuela Run", "Met Her For"; "One Day", "Rise Up", "Selfish", "She's Back Again", "We Made It", "Who Cries Now", "Won't End Tonight", "Worth Fighting For", "You Change My Life", "You're Not Alone", "You've Got a Friend")
C5 ("All Us Boys", "Chasing Euphoria", "Cruel", "Dying on My Feet", "Falling in Between", "Flatline", "Gift With a Golden Gun", "Hey It's Me", "I Just Love the Feelin'", "Last Love", "Let's Stay Together" Brotherly Love, "Let's Talk About Love", "Lorraine", "Make Believe", "Million Miles Away", "Mindfields", "Mysterious Ways", "No End in Sight", "On My Feet", "One of Your Lovers", "Only One", "Paralyzed", "Rainy Days", "Return to Yesterday", "Rosanna", "Some They Do", "Spiritual Man", "St. George and the Dragon", "Stairway to Heaven", "Sunnyridge", "Taint Your World", "To Be Your Everything", "Waiting for Your Love", "Where You'll Stay", "White Sister", "Won't End Tonight", "Yoso", "You've Got a Friend")
B4 ("Baby's Callin' Me Home", "Desert Dancin'", "Find Another Way", "Georgy Porgy" Brotherly Love, "Get Back in the Game", "Girl Goodbye", "Goodbye Elenore", "Hearts Beat Again", "Hold On", "I Did Everything Wrong", "I Think I Could Stand You Forever", "Kicking and Screaming", "King of the World" Le Zénith, Paris 26 March 2007, "Lay Down Your Arms", "Live in the Night", "Lovers in the Night", "Mad About You", "The New Revolution", "One Road", "Rise Up", "A Secret Love", "Selfish", "Shadows of Love", "Tearbanks", "To Be Your Everything", "Too Far Behind", "Turn Back", "Walk Away", "Whatever Happened to America", "Who Cries Now", "Worth Fighting For", "You Change My Life", "Your Photograph")
B♭4 ("Annaleis", "Caught in the Balance", "Chasing Euphoria", "Close the Curtain", "Hearts Beat Again", "Hooked", "Long Hair Woman", "Only One", "Path to Your Heart", "Rainy Days", "Rosanna", "Shot Down Love", "Spiritual Man", "Tearbanks", "We Gotta Believe", "Woodstock", "You're Not Alone")
A4 ("Africa", "Can't Wait for Love", "Caught in the Balance", "Come This Far", "Falling in Between", "Find Another Way", "Get Back in the Game", "Good for You", "Hold the Line", "Is It Over", "King of the World", "Last Love", "Let's Stay Together" Brotherly Love, "Let's Talk About Love", "Million Miles Away", "Mindfields", "No End in Sight", "Paralyzed", "Return to Yesterday", "Sail Away", "Shadows of Love", "St. George and the Dragon", "Sunnyridge", "Time to Get Up", "To Seek the Truth", "Where You'll Stay", "White Sister", "Worth Fighting For", "Yoso", "You'll Be With Me", "You're Not Alone")

Significant Low Notes:

F3 ("Chasing Euphoria", "Gift With a Golden Gun", "Paralyzed", "Sail Away", "Woodstock")
E3 ("Flatline", "High Price of Hate", "Is It Over", "Lay Down Your Arms", "One Road", "Scam", "She's Back Again", "To Be Your Everything", "Too Far Behind", "You Change My Life", "Your Photograph")
E♭3 ("Annaleis", "Waiting for Your Love")
D3 ("Live in the Night", "Million Miles Away")
C♯3 ("Met Her For")
B2 ("Africa" live, "High Price of Hate")

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{Questionable Notes}D6 ("Georgy Porgy" Brotherly Love^[1a], "Let's Stay Together" Brotherly Love^[1b])
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[1] Questionable quality
a. Brief, shaky trills
b. Voice cracks

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• Blue denotes falsetto passages.
• Bold denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic passages.
• Underlines denote obscured passages.

[Henny Macc]

B2s in various live versions of "Africa" from 2008 onwards:


Some pretty sick C♯5s and E5s from this cover of "Immigrant Song".


There are also allegedly B2s in a performance of the song "Blame It on the Sun" with Glenn Hughes, though that doesn't seem to be on YouTube. There may be an mp3 of it that can be sought out however - I was at least able to find the old Picosong upload of it on Wayback Machine, though that doesn't seem to be playing for me unfortunately.

[themriron2]

B2s here in this performance. These should get as low as Bb2 in the key but the performance is very pitchy and I don't think it does, although I haven't had the heart to listen to this performance again to be sure.




Big sustained F5 (very sharp E that seems to have been corrected upwards) at 2:17, A5s at 1:25/2:44 and a sustained B5 at 3:38 too.