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Esther Phillips (23 December 1935 - 7 August 1984)
Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range: A2-C♯6
Significant High Notes:
C♯6 (“Mr. Melody”)
C6 (“Doing Our Thing”)
A5 (“Somewhere Along The Line”, “You're Coming Home”)
G♯5 (“Billie Holiday Tribute”, “I'll Close My Eyes”, “Unselfish Love”)
G5 (“I Feel The Same”, “Love Makes A Woman”, “My Prayer”, “Pie In The Sky”, “Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry”, “What I'd Say”)
F♯5 (“Bedtime Stories”, “Can't Trust Your Neighbor With Your Baby”, “Mr. Melody”, “Turn Around, Look at Me”, “Woman Enough”)
F5 (“All the Way Down”, “A Woman Will Do No Wrong”, “Bye Bye Blackbird”, “Candy”, “City Lights”, “Confessin' the Blues”, “Hurtin' House”, “I Can Stand a Little Rain”, “I Feel The Same”, “I'll Close My Eyes”, “I'm Getting 'Long Alright”, “I've Never Been A Woman Before”, “Justified”, “Living Alone (We're Gonna Make It)”, “Magic's In the Air”, “My Prayer”, “Native New Yorker”, “Nobody But You”, “Our Day Will Come”, “Performance”, “Philadelphia Freedom”, “Release Me” Live in Monterey 1970, “Such A Night”, “Sweet Lips”, “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry”, “Too Many Roads”, “Unselfish Love”, “Up Tempo Blues France”, “We've Got A Good Thing Going”, “You Can't See Thunder”)
E5 (“Bedtime Stories”, “Be Honest with Me”, “Better Beware”, “Brand New Day”, “Changin'”, “Cheater Man”, “Crazy”, “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “Dream”, “If I Loved You”, “I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy”, “I'm Sorry”, “I've Never Found a Man (To Love Me Like You Do)”, “I've Never Been A Woman Before”, “I've Only Known A Stranger”, “Let's Move and Groove”, “Makin' Whoopee”, “Ms.”, “Nowhere To Run”, “Oh Papa”, “Pull Yourself Together”, “Pure Natural Love”, “Reaching Out For Love With Love”, “The Chains”, “You and Me Together”, “You Can't See Thunder”, “You Could Have Had Me Baby”, “You Never Miss Your Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)”, “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher”)
E♭5 (“A Beautiful Friendship”, “Aged and Mellow”, “All the Way Down”, “Am I That Easy to Forget”, “A Woman Will Do No Wrong”, “Boy, I Really Tied One On”, “Bring My Lovin' Back to Me”, “Candy”, “Can't Trust Your Neighbor With Your Baby”, “Cherry Red” Confessin’ the Blues version, “Confessin' the Blues”, “Cry Me a River”, “Cry To Me”, “Doing Our Thing”, “Don’t Feel Rained On”, “Esther Phillips Guest Medley”, “Feel Like I Wanna Cry”, “Fever”, “Georgia Rose”, “Hello Walls”, “I Can't Help It”, “I Could Have Told You So”, “I Don't Want to Do Wrong”, “I Feel The Same”, “If I Fall In Love By Morning”, “I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good”, “I'm in Love”, “In A Soft And Subtle Way”, “In the Evenin'”, “Into The Mystic”, “It's All Right with Me”, “I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him”, “Justified”, “Just Out of Reach”, “Love Addict”, “Love Makes A Woman”, “Make Believe Dreams”, “Mister Magic”, “No Headstone on My Grave”, “People”, “Pie In The Sky”, “Please Send Me Someone to Love”, “Somebody Else Is Taking My Place”, “Somewhere Along The Line”, “That's All Right With Me”, “The Party's Over”, “There You Go Again (There She Goes Again)/Stormy Weather”, “Tomorrow Night”, “What I'd Say”, “Why Should We Try Anymore”, “Woman Enough”, “You Could Have Had Me Baby”, “You Never Miss Your Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)”, “You're Coming Home”, “Your Love Is So Doggone Good”, “You've Been A Good Ole Wagon”)
D5 (“After Loving You”, “Alone Again (Naturally)”, A Lover's Hymn”, “Am I That Easy to Forget”, “A Woman Will Do No Wrong”, “Baby, I'm For Real”, “Bedtime Stories”, “Be Honest with Me”, “Black-Eyed Blues”, “Caravan”, “C.C. Rider”, “Cheater Man”, “Cherry Red”, “City Lights”, “Disposable Society”, “Don’t Feel Rained On”, “Don't Let Me Lose This Dream”, “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “Every Time We Say Goodbye”, “Feel Like I Wanna Cry”, “Fools Rush In”, “For All We Know”, “From A Whisper To A Scream”, “God Bless the Child”, “Goin' In Circles”, “He Touched Me”, “I Can Stand a Little Rain”, “I Don't Want to Do Wrong”, “If You Love Me, Really Love Me”, “I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do”, “I'll Be There”, “I Love Paris”, “I'm Getting 'Long Alright”, “I Really Don't Want to Know”, “It Could Happen to You”, “It's All In The Game”, “I've Never Been A Woman Before”, “I Will Greatly Rejoice”, “I Wish You Love”, “Let Me In Your Life”, “Let Me Know When It's Over”, “Let's Move and Groove”, “Living Alone (We're Gonna Make It)”, “Mama Said”,“Magic's In the Air”, “Mr. Melody”, “Native New Yorker”, “Nobody But You”, “Nowhere To Run”, “People”, “Performance”, “Philadelphia Freedom”, “Pull Yourself Together”, “Reaching Out For Love With Love”, “Release Me” Burnin’ version, “Romance in the Dark”, “Somewhere Along The Line”, “S.O.S.”, “Sweet Touch Of Love”, “The Man Ain't Ready”, “'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone”, “'Tis Autumn”, “To Lay Down Beside You”, “Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry”, “Too Soon to Know”, “Try Me”, “Turn Around, Look at Me”, “We Are Through”, “We've Got A Good Thing Going”, “When Love Comes To The Human Race”, “While It Lasted”, “You and Me Together”, “Your Love Is So Doggone Good”, “You Think Of Her”)
C♯5 ("Billie Holiday Tribute", “Blow Top Blues/Jelly Jelly Blues/Long John Blues”, “Bring My Lovin' Back to Me”, “Candy”, “Can't Trust Your Neighbor With Your Baby”, “Catch Me, I'm Fallin'”, “Changin'”, “Confessin' the Blues”, “Crazy Love”, “Cry Me a River”, “Cry To Me”, “Doing Our Thing”, “Double Crossing Blues”, “Fever”, “Hound Dog”, “Hurtin' House”, “I Can't Help It”, “I'll Close My Eyes”, “I Saw Me”, “It's All Right with Me”, “Justified”, “Just Out of Reach”, “Let Me Know When It's Over”, “Love Oh Love”, “Mainliner”, “Makin' Whoopee”, “Mister Magic”, “Mojo Hanna”, “My Prayer”, “One Night Affair”, “Oo Oop Oo Oop”, “Our Day Will Come”, “Please Send Me Someone to Love”, “Release Me”, “Saturday Night Daddy”, “Scarred Knees”, “Set Me Free”, “Such A Night”, “That's All Right With Me”, “The Cryin' Blues”, “Turn The Lamp Down Low”, “Ups And Downs”, “Up Tempo Blues France”, “Use Me”, “What a Diff'rence a Day Makes”, “You Can't See Thunder”, “You Could Have Had Me Baby”)
C5 (“A Beautiful Friendship”, “All the Way Down”, “As Tears Go By”, “A Way to Say Goodbye”, “Better Beware”, “Boy, I Really Tied One On”, “Brand New Day”, “Cherry Wine”, “Crazy”, “Crazy He Calls Me”, “Cupid Boogie”, “Don't Make a Fool Out of Me”, “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “Double Crossing Blues”, “Far Away Blues (Xmas Blues)”, “Feel Like I Wanna Cry”, “Fools Rush In”, “Georgia Rose”, “Goin' Out of My Head”, “Hello Walls”, “I Can Stand a Little Rain”, “I Could Have Told You So”, “I'd Fight the World”, “I Feel The Same”, “If I Fall In Love By Morning”, “If It's the Last Thing I Do”, “If You Want It (I've Got It)”, “I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good”, “I'll Be There”, “I'm in Love”, “I'm In The Mood For Love”, “I'm Sorry”, “In the Evenin'”, “It Could Happen to You”, “I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him”, “I've Never Found a Man (To Love Me Like You Do)”, “I Wonder”, “Just Out of Reach”, “Last Laugh Blues”, “Let There Be Love”, “Lookin' for a Man to Satisfy My Soul”, “Love Addict”, “Love Makes A Woman”, “Mama Said”, “Mistrustin' Blues”, “Moonglow & Theme From Picnic”, “Mr. Bojangles”, “Mr. Melody”, “Ms.”, “Nobody But You”, “Oh Papa”, “Out of the Blue”, “People”, “Pie In The Sky”, “Please Send Me Someone to Love”, “Pure Natural Love”, “Ring-a-Ding-Doo”, “Set Me Free”, “Shake This Off”, “Somebody Else Is Taking My Place”, “Somebody New”, “Street Lights”, “Summertime”, “The Chains”, “The Cryin' Blues”, “The Deacon Moves In”, “There You Go Again (There She Goes Again)/Stormy Weather”, “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone”, “'Tis Autumn”, “Tomorrow Night”, “Too Much Of A Man (To Be Tied Down)”, “Turn The Lamp Down Low”, “Unselfish Love”, “Wedding Boogie”, “What I'd Say”, “When A Woman Loves A Man”, “When Love Comes To The Human Race”, “Why Should We Try Anymore”, “You Never Miss Your Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)”, “You're Coming Home”, “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher”, “You Think Of Her”, “You Took My Love Too Fast”, “You've Been A Good Ole Wagon”)
B4 (“After Loving You”, “A Lover's Hymn”, “Black-Eyed Blues”, “Catch Me, I'm Fallin'”, “Cry To Me”, “Disposable Society”, “Every Time We Say Goodbye”, “For All We Know”, “Goin' Out of My Head”, “Home Is Where The Hatred Is”, “Hurtin' House”, “I Can't Help It”, “If You Love Me, Really Love Me”, “I Really Don't Want to Know”, “I've Never Been A Woman Before”, “I've Only Known A Stranger”, “Just Say Goodbye”, “Let's Move and Groove”, “Mainliner”, “Misery”, “Ms.”, “Nowhere To Run”, “Other Lips, Other Arms”, “Pull Yourself Together”, “Pure Natural Love”, “Reaching Out For Love With Love”, “Somebody New”, “Some Things You Never Get Used To”, “S.O.S.”, “Sweet Touch Of Love”, “The Man Ain't Ready”, “The Storm”, “'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone”, “Too Soon to Know”, “Turn Around, Look at Me”, “Unforgettable”, “When Love Comes To The Human Race”, “Woman Enough”, “You and Me Together”, “You Can't Go Home Again”)
B♭4 (“Aged and Mellow”, “All the Way Down”, “Alone Again (Naturally)”, “Am I That Easy to Forget”, “A Taste of Honey”, “A Woman Will Do No Wrong”, “Baby, I'm For Real”, “Bedtime Stories”, “Be Honest with Me”, "Billie Holiday Tribute", “Blow Top Blues/Jelly Jelly Blues/Long John Blues”, “Bring My Lovin' Back to Me”, “Bye Bye Blackbird”, “City Lights”, “Confessin' the Blues”, “Crazy Love”, “Cryin' and Singin' the Blues”, “Deceivin' Blues”, “Doing Our Thing”, “Don’t Feel Rained On”, “Double Crossing Blues”, “Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)”, “Far Away Blues (Xmas Blues)”, “Fever”, “Flesh, Blood and Bones”, “God Bless the Child”, “Goin' In Circles”, “Heart to Heart”, “He Touched Me”, “Hollerin' and Screamin'”, “I Could Have Told You So”, “I Don't Want to Do Wrong”, “I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do”, “I'm a Bad, Bad Girl”, “I'm Getting 'Long Alright”, “In A Soft And Subtle Way”, “In the Evenin'”, “It's All In The Game”, “I Will Greatly Rejoice”, “I Wish You Love”, “I Wonder”, “Justified”, “Let Me In Your Life”, “Let There Be Love”, “Living Alone (We're Gonna Make It)”, “Lookin' for a Man to Satisfy My Soul”, “Makin' Whoopee”, “Mama Said”, “Mister Magic”, “Mistrustin' Blues”, “My Prayer”, “Native New Yorker”, “No Headstone on My Grave”, “One Night Affair”, “Oo Oop Oo Oop”, “Performance”, “Philadelphia Freedom”, “Ramblin' Blues”, “Release Me”, “Ring-a-Ding-Doo”, “Romance in the Dark”, “Saturday Night Daddy”, “Scarred Knees”, “Set Me Free”, “Shangri-La”, “Such A Night”, “Sweet Lips”, “That's All Right With Me”, “The Cryin' Blues”, “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “The Storm”, “To Lay Down Beside You”, “Too Many Roads”, “Try Me”, “Use Me”, “We Are Through”, “You Could Have Had Me Baby”, “You're Coming Home”)
Significant Low Notes:
G3 (“Aged and Mellow”, “Alone Again (Naturally)”, “As Tears Go By”, “A Taste of Honey”, “A Woman Will Do No Wrong”, “Better Beware”, "Billie Holiday Tribute", “Brand New Day”, “Caravan”, “Crazy He Calls Me”, “Don’t Feel Rained On”, “Don't Make a Fool Out of Me”, “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “Double Crossing Blues”, “Flesh, Blood and Bones”, “For All We Know”, “He Touched Me”, “Home Is Where The Hatred Is”, “If I Loved You”, “If You Want It (I've Got It)”, “I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do”, “I'm Sorry”, “I Really Don't Want to Know”, “It's All Right with Me”, “I Will Greatly Rejoice”, “Misery”, “Mr. Melody”, “No Headstone on My Grave”, “Oh Papa”, “Other Lips, Other Arms”, “Scarred Knees”, “Shangri-La”, “Somebody Else Is Taking My Place”, “Summertime”, “The Chains”, “The Man Ain't Ready”, “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “When Love Comes To The Human Race”, “You Think Of Her”)
F♯3 (“A Lover's Hymn”, “Changin'”, “Cherry Red”, “Cry To Me”, “Esther Phillips Guest Medley”, “From A Whisper To A Scream”, “Girl from Ipanema”, “If You Love Me, Really Love Me”, “I Saw Me”, “Let's Move and Groove”, “Nowhere To Run”, “Ring-a-Ding-Doo”, “Try Me”, “Woman Enough”)
F3 (“Alone Again (Naturally)”, “Am I That Easy to Forget”, “Baby, I'm For Real”, “Bedtime Stories”, "Billie Holiday Tribute", “Bring My Lovin' Back to Me”, “C.C. Rider”, “Confessin' the Blues”, “Don't Let Me Lose This Dream”, “Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)”, “God Bless the Child”, “Goin' In Circles”, “He Touched Me”, “Hurtin' House”, “I Could Have Told You So”, “I Don't Want to Do Wrong”, “If I Fall In Love By Morning”, “I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do”, “I'm a Bad, Bad Girl”, “I'm in Love”, “It's All In The Game”, “I Wish You Love”, “Let Me In Your Life”, “Living Alone (We're Gonna Make It)”, “Mainliner”, “Makin' Whoopee”, “Mama Said”, “Mistrustin' Blues”, “Native New Yorker”, “No Headstone on My Grave”, “People”, “Performance”, “Reaching Out For Love With Love”, “Set Me Free”, “Shangri-La”, “Some Things You Never Get Used To”, “Tell Him That I Need Him So”, “Tomorrow Night”, “Too Many Roads”, “Use Me”, “We Are Through”, “We've Got A Good Thing Going”, “When A Woman Loves A Man”, “While It Lasted”, “You Never Miss Your Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)”)
E3 (“Disposable Society”, “Every Time We Say Goodbye”, “Home Is Where The Hatred Is”, “I'm Sorry”, “I've Only Known A Stranger”, “Just Say Goodbye”, “Ms.”, “Oh Papa”, “Shake This Off”, “Somebody New”, “There You Go Again (There She Goes Again)/Stormy Weather”, “'Tis Autumn”, “Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry”, “Too Soon to Know”, “You and Me Together”, “You Can't Go Home Again”, “You Can't See Thunder”)
E♭3 (“A Beautiful Friendship”, “All the Way Down”, “A Way to Say Goodbye”, “Cryin' and Singin' the Blues”, “Cry Me a River”, “Doing Our Thing”, “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “Esther Phillips Guest Medley”, “Georgia Rose”, “Heart to Heart”, “Hello Walls”, “I Can't Help It”, “I'd Fight the World”, “I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good”, “I'm in Love”, “In the Evenin'”, “Just Out of Reach”, “Let There Be Love”, “Love Addict”, “Love Makes A Woman”, “Mr. Bojangles”, “Philadelphia Freedom”, “Please Send Me Someone to Love”, “Tell Him That I Need Him So”, “The Party's Over”, “To Lay Down Beside You”, “Too Much Of A Man (To Be Tied Down)”, “Ups And Downs”, “Up Tempo Blues France”, “What a Diff'rence a Day Makes”, “You Can't Go Home Again”, “You've Been A Good Ole Wagon”)
D3 (“After Loving You”, “A Lover's Hymn”, “A Taste of Honey”, “Be Honest with Me”, “Black-Eyed Blues”, “Cherry Red”, “Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)”, “Fools Rush In”, “From A Whisper To A Scream”, “Goin' Out of My Head”, “I Don't Want to Do Wrong”, “If It's the Last Thing I Do”, “I'll Close My Eyes”, “I'm In The Mood For Love”, “I've Never Been A Woman Before”, “I've Only Known A Stranger”, “Pull Yourself Together”, “Release Me” Burnin’ version, “Shake This Off”, “S.O.S.”, “Sweet Touch Of Love”, “The Man Ain't Ready”, “Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry”, “Too Soon to Know”, “Try Me”, “Turn Around, Look at Me”, “You're Coming Home”)
C♯3 (“And I Love Him”, “Blow Top Blues/Jelly Jelly Blues/Long John Blues”, “Bye Bye Blackbird”, “Crazy”, “I Love Paris”, “I Saw Me”, “Justified”, “My Prayer”, “Oo Oop Oo Oop”, “Performance”, “Scarred Knees”, “Unforgettable”, “You Could Have Had Me Baby”)
C3 (“Boy, I Really Tied One On”, “Feel Like I Wanna Cry”, “I Feel The Same”, “If You Want It (I've Got It)”, “I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy”, “It Could Happen to You”, “It's All Right with Me”, “I've Never Found a Man (To Love Me Like You Do)”, “I Wish You Love”, “Let Me Know When It's Over”, “Ms.”, “Somewhere Along The Line”, “There You Go Again (There She Goes Again)/Stormy Weather”, “Too Much Of A Man (To Be Tied Down)”, “Why Should We Try Anymore”, “Your Love Is So Doggone Good”, “You Think Of Her”)
B2 (“Can't Trust Your Neighbor With Your Baby”, “Cry To Me”, “Dream”, “From A Whisper To A Scream”, “If It's the Last Thing I Do”, “I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good”, “'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone”, “Too Soon to Know”)
B♭2 (“Blow Top Blues/Jelly Jelly Blues/Long John Blues”, “Bye Bye Blackbird”, “Candy”, “City Lights”, “Fever”, “Girl from Ipanema”, “I'm In The Mood For Love”, “In A Soft And Subtle Way”, “Into The Mystic”, “I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him”, “I Wonder”, “Makin' Whoopee” Burnin’ version, “Native New Yorker”, “Romance in the Dark”, “Shangri-La”, “Such A Night”, “The Shadow of Your Smile”)
A2 (“Every Time We Say Goodbye”, “If It's the Last Thing I Do”, “There You Go Again (There She Goes Again)/Stormy Weather”, “'Tis Autumn”)
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice and whistle register notes.
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.
{Questionable Notes}
G7 (“We've Got A Good Thing Going” [1])
E7 (“Changin'” [1])
G♯6 (“By The Way” [3],“Woman Enough” [1])
E6 (“Pull Yourself Together” [1])
E♭6 (“Native New Yorker” [1])
D6 (“Cherry Red” Live in 1970 [1], “God Bless the Child” [1], “Philadelphia Freedom” [2])
B5 (“Cry To Me” [1])
B♭5 (“Oo Oop Oo Oop” [2])
G♯5 (“Our Day Will Come” [2])
G5 (“I've Never Found a Man (To Love Me Like You Do)” Live in 1973 [1])
F5 (“Cherry Red” [1], “Fools Rush In” [2])
G3 (“Wedding Boogie” [1])
D3 (“Crazy He Calls Me” [1], “Don't Let Me Lose This Dream” [1], “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” [1], “He Touched Me” [1], “I Really Don't Want to Know” [1], “Mistrustin' Blues” [1], “The Deacon Moves In” [1])
C3 (“I Can Stand a Little Rain” [1], “I Could Have Told You So” [1], “Make Believe Dreams” [1], “Ms.” [1])
B2 (“After Loving You” [3], “If You Love Me, Really Love Me” [1], “It Could Happen to You” [1])
B♭2 (“Am I That Easy to Forget” [1], “And I Love Him” Burnin’ version [1], “Don’t Feel Rained On” [1], “I'd Fight the World” [1], “I Wish You Love” [1], “Makin' Whoopee” [1], “Please Send Me Someone to Love” [1], “Scarred Knees” [1])
A2 (“From A Whisper To A Scream” [1], “Somebody Else Is Taking My Place” [1])
G♯2 (“Unforgettable” [5])
G2 (“Feel Like I Wanna Cry” [1], “I'm In The Mood For Love” [1], “Shangri-La” [1], “‘Tis Autumn” [1])
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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.
G7 (“We've Got A Good Thing Going” [1])
E7 (“Changin'” [1])
G♯6 (“By The Way” [3],“Woman Enough” [1])
E6 (“Pull Yourself Together” [1])
E♭6 (“Native New Yorker” [1])
D6 (“Cherry Red” Live in 1970 [1], “God Bless the Child” [1], “Philadelphia Freedom” [2])
B5 (“Cry To Me” [1])
B♭5 (“Oo Oop Oo Oop” [2])
G♯5 (“Our Day Will Come” [2])
G5 (“I've Never Found a Man (To Love Me Like You Do)” Live in 1973 [1])
F5 (“Cherry Red” [1], “Fools Rush In” [2])
G3 (“Wedding Boogie” [1])
D3 (“Crazy He Calls Me” [1], “Don't Let Me Lose This Dream” [1], “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” [1], “He Touched Me” [1], “I Really Don't Want to Know” [1], “Mistrustin' Blues” [1], “The Deacon Moves In” [1])
C3 (“I Can Stand a Little Rain” [1], “I Could Have Told You So” [1], “Make Believe Dreams” [1], “Ms.” [1])
B2 (“After Loving You” [3], “If You Love Me, Really Love Me” [1], “It Could Happen to You” [1])
B♭2 (“Am I That Easy to Forget” [1], “And I Love Him” Burnin’ version [1], “Don’t Feel Rained On” [1], “I'd Fight the World” [1], “I Wish You Love” [1], “Makin' Whoopee” [1], “Please Send Me Someone to Love” [1], “Scarred Knees” [1])
A2 (“From A Whisper To A Scream” [1], “Somebody Else Is Taking My Place” [1])
G♯2 (“Unforgettable” [5])
G2 (“Feel Like I Wanna Cry” [1], “I'm In The Mood For Love” [1], “Shangri-La” [1], “‘Tis Autumn” [1])
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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.
{Discography}
Release Me (1962) - B♭2-E5
And I Love Him (1965) - A2-E5
Esther Phillips Sings (1966) - A2-F5
Burnin' (1970) - A2-E5
From A Whisper To A Scream (1971) - B2-E♭5
Alone Again, Naturally (1972) - C3-E5
Black Eyed Blues (1973) - B2-F5
Performance (1974) - B♭2-C6
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (1975) - D3-A5
Capricorn Princess (1976) - B♭2-F5
Confessin' the Blues (1976) - B♭2-F5
For All We Know (1976) - C3-E5
You've Come A Long Way, Baby (1977) - B♭2-G♯6
All About Esther (1978) - A2-G5
Here's Esther, Are You Ready (1979) - C3-C♯6
Good Black Is Hard To Crack (1981) - B♭2-F♯5
A Way To Say Goodbye (1986) - D3-E5
Release Me (1962) - B♭2-E5
And I Love Him (1965) - A2-E5
Esther Phillips Sings (1966) - A2-F5
Burnin' (1970) - A2-E5
From A Whisper To A Scream (1971) - B2-E♭5
Alone Again, Naturally (1972) - C3-E5
Black Eyed Blues (1973) - B2-F5
Performance (1974) - B♭2-C6
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (1975) - D3-A5
Capricorn Princess (1976) - B♭2-F5
Confessin' the Blues (1976) - B♭2-F5
For All We Know (1976) - C3-E5
You've Come A Long Way, Baby (1977) - B♭2-G♯6
All About Esther (1978) - A2-G5
Here's Esther, Are You Ready (1979) - C3-C♯6
Good Black Is Hard To Crack (1981) - B♭2-F♯5
A Way To Say Goodbye (1986) - D3-E5