Mary Martin (3,010 views)

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Mary Virginia Martin (1 December 1913 - 3 November 1990)
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: B2-C♯6

Significant High Notes:

C♯6 ("Before the Parade Passes By", "Oh, My Mysterious Lady")
B♭5 ("It Better Be Good", "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é", "The Lonely Goatherd")
A5 ("Heigh-Ho", "Hello, Dolly!" Together on Broadway version, "Il Bacio", "I Love Louisa", "Oh, My Mysterious Lady")
G♯5 ("Listen To The Mocking Bird")
G5 ("Before the Parade Passes By", "Bright Was the Day", "Do-Re-Mi", "Il Bacio", "I Love Louisa", "Oh, My Mysterious Lady", "There's No Business Like Show Business")
F♯5 ("Listen To The Mocking Bird", "There's No Business Like Show Business")
F5 ("Anything You Can Do", "Bright Was the Day", "Finaletto: Speak Low", "Il Bacio", "My Horse Has Cast a Shoe", "Oh, My Mysterious Lady", "Only Forever", "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é", "The Lonely Goatherd", "Waitin' for the Evening Train")
E5 ("Finale (Cinderella)", "I Gotta Crow (Reprise)", "Il Bacio", "The Lonely Goatherd")
E♭5 ("A Wonderful Guy" Together on Broadway version, "Bright Was the Day", "Finale (Peter Pan)", "I'm a Stranger Here Myself", "Listen To The Mocking Bird", "My Favorite Things", "My Horse Has Cast a Shoe", "Oh, My Mysterious Lady", "Only Forever", "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!", "Send in the Clowns", "The Maids of Cadiz", "The Waiter, and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid")
D5 ("An Ordinary Couple", "Anything You Can Do", "Blow Gabriel, Blow", "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!", "Cuddle Up a Little Closer", "Do-Re-Mi", "Foolish Heart", "Hello, Dolly!" Together on Broadway version, "Il Bacio", "I Won't Grow Up" 1960 version, "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love", "My Favorite Things", "My Horse Has Cast a Shoe", "See the Monkey", "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é", "The Lonely Goatherd", "The Maids of Cadiz", "What Kind of Audience Are You?")
C♯5 ("All the Dearly Beloved/Together Forever /I Do! I Do!", "Bright Was the Day", "Finale (Cinderella)", "Flaming Agnes", "Hello, Dolly!", "I'm a Stranger Here Myself", "I Took a Little Walk", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Reprise)", "That's Him", "The Waiter, and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid", "Ugg-a-Wugg", "Waitin' for the Evening Train", "What Is This Thing Called Love")
C5 ("All the Dearly Beloved/Together Forever /I Do! I Do!", "Anything Goes", "Anything You Can Do", "A Wonderful Guy", "Before I Kiss the World Goodbye (Reprise)", "Blow Gabriel, Blow", "Cuddle Up a Little Closer", "Dancing", "Dites-moi (Reprise)", "Do It Again", "Do-Re-Mi", "Feed The Birds", “Finale (Anything Goes)”, "Finale (Girl Crazy)", "Foolish Heart", "Heigh-Ho", "High Is Better Than Low", "Hit the Road to Dreamland", "I Got Lost in His Arms", "I'm an Indian Too", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "It Takes Three to Make Music (Reprise)", "I Won't Grow Up", "Listen To The Mocking Bird", "Lonely Nights", "Love Isn't Everything", "Moonshine Lullaby", "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love", "My Favorite Things", "Nobody's Perfect", "Only Forever", "Our Love", "Send in the Clowns", "Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Reprise)", "Some Day My Prince Will Come", "Someone Needs Me", "Speak Low", "The Honeymoon Is Over", "The Little Orchestra", "The Lonely Goatherd", "The Magic Song (Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo)", "The Maids of Cadiz", "There's Music in You", "The Waiter, and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid", "They Say It's Wonderful", "Together With Music", "Waitin' for the Evening Train", "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie", "When the Kids Get Married", "You're The Top")
B4 ("All the Dearly Beloved/Together Forever /I Do! I Do!", "A Lovely Night", "An Ordinary Couple", "A Spoonful Of Sugar", "A Wonderful Guy", "Bidin' My Time", "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!", "Dites-moi (Reprise)", "Do-Re-Mi", "Finale (Cinderella)", "Finale (Girl Crazy)", "Finale (Peter Pan)", "Flaming Agnes", "Foolish Heart", "From This Moment On", "Hello, Dolly!", "Finale (Hello, Dolly!)", "High Is Better Than Low", "I'm an Indian Too", "I'm a Stranger Here Myself", "I'm Flying", "I'm Late", "Impossible", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "I Put My Hand In", "I Still Look at You That Way", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It Takes Three to Make Music (Reprise)", "Katie Went To Haiti", "Love Isn't Everything", "Maybe", "May I Present", "Motherhood", "My Cup Runneth Over", "My Favorite Things", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Once Upon A Dream", "Over Here", "See the Monkey", "Sing a Smiling Song", "Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Reprise)", "So Long Dearie", "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "The Night May Be Dark", "There's No Business Like Show Business", "The Sound of Music", "The Sound of Music (Reprise)", "Twin Soliloquies", "Waitin' for the Evening Train", "What Is a Woman?", "What Is This Thing Called Love", "What Kind of Audience Are You?", "When You're Smiling", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun")
B♭4 ("A Cockeyed Optimist", "A Foggy Day", "All the Dearly Beloved/Together Forever /I Do! I Do!”, “A Spoonful Of Sugar", "Before I Kiss the World Goodbye", "Blow Gabriel, Blow", "Born Again", "Boy Wanted", "But Not for Me" Girl Crazy version, "Distant Melody", "Doin' What Comes Naturally", "Do It Again", "Exactly Like You" Together on Broadway version, “Finale (Anything Goes)”, "Finale (Babes In Arms)", "Finale (Hello, Dolly!)", "Finale (Peter Pan)", "Finale (The Bandwagon)", "Flaming Agnes", "Get Out Those Old Records", "Hello, Dolly!", "Hoops", "I Bring You a Song", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "I Got Lost in His Arms", "I Gotta Crow (Reprise)", "I Got the Sun in the Morning", "I'm Late", "In My Own Little Corner", "I've Gotta Crow", "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By", "I Took a Little Walk", "It Takes Three to Make Music (Reprise)", "I Want to Be With You", "I Won't Grow Up", "Johnny One Note", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)", "Lily Of Laguna", "London Pride", "Lonely Town", "Lucky to Be Me", "Moonshine Lullaby", "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love", "My Horse Has Cast a Shoe", "Never Never Land", "New Sun in the Sky", "Nobody's Perfect", "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", "Some Enchanted Evening", "Someone Needs Me", "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é", "That's for Me", "The Honeymoon Is Over", "The Maids of Cadiz", "There's Music in You", "They Say It's Wonderful", "Together With Music", "To Keep My Love Alive", "Ugg-a-Wugg", "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie", "Wendy", "What Is a Woman?", "When the Kids Get Married", "When You're Smiling", "Where You Are", "Whistle While You Work", "You Are Never Away", "You're The Top")
A4 ("A Cockeyed Optimist", "A Foggy Day", "All Through The Night", "An Ordinary Couple", "Anything Goes", "Anything You Can Do", "A Wonderful Guy", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Bidin' My Time", "Born Again", "Boy Wanted", "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!", "Come To The Mardi Gras", "Cuddle Up a Little Closer", "Dancing", "Dites-moi (Reprise)", "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful", "Feed The Birds", "Finale (Babes In Arms)", "Finale (Cinderella)", "Finale (Hello, Dolly!)", "Getting to Know You", "Glad to Be Unhappy", "Goodnight", "Good Night, Wherever You Are", "Happy Go Lucky", "Heigh-Ho", "High And Low", "Hit the Road to Dreamland", "I Don't Want to Cry Anymore”, “I Get A Kick Out Of You", "I Got the Sun in the Morning", "I'll Walk Alone", "I'm Flying", "Impossible", "In My Own Little Corner", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "I Put My Hand In", "I See Your Face Before Me", "I Still Look at You That Way", "It Might as Well Be Spring", "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow", "It Takes Three to Make Music", "I Want to Be With You", "I Wonder", "(I Wonder Why) You're Just in Love", "I Won't Grow Up", "Lily Of Laguna", "Lonely Nights", "Lonely Town", "Love Isn't Everything", "Lucky to Be Me", "May I Present", "My Funny Valentine", "Never Never Land", "New Sun in the Sky", "Once Upon A Dream", "Our Love", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", "Roll Up the Ribbons", "See the Monkey", "Send in the Clowns", "Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Reprise)", "Sleepy Head", "So Long Dearie", "Some Day My Prince Will Come", "Someone Needs Me", "Speak Low", "'S Wonderful", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "The Little Orchestra", "The Magic Song (Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo)", "There's Music in You", "The Song is You", "The Sound of Music", "The Sound of Music (Reprise)", "The Touch of Your Lips", "This House", "To Keep My Love Alive", "Too Marvellous for Words", "To the Dance", "Twin Soliloquies", "Vision Song", "Waitin' for the Evening Train", "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie", "Wait Till You See Him", "What Kind of Audience Are You?", "When You're Smiling", "When You Wish Upon a Star", "Where Are the Snows?", "Where or When", "Who'll Buy My Violets?", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun", "You're Nearer")

Significant Low Notes:

A3 ("An Ordinary Couple", "Anything Goes", "A Spoonful Of Sugar", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!", "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful", "Edelweiss", "Finale (Hello, Dolly!)", "Foolish Heart", "Getting to Know You", "Hello, Dolly!", "Katie Went To Haiti", "I Got the Sun in the Morning", "I'm an Indian Too", "I'm Flying", "Impossible", "I Still Look at You That Way", "It Might as Well Be Spring", "I Wonder", "Lavender Blue", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)", "Let's Get Lost", "Lonely Town", "May I Present", "Mountain High, Valley Low", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Over Here", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", "See the Monkey", "Send in the Clowns", "Sleepy Head", "So Long Dearie", "That's for Me", "That's Him", "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Too Marvellous for Words", "To the Dance", "Vision Song", "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie", "What Kind of Audience Are You?", "Who'll Buy My Violets?", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun", "You're Nearer")
G♯3 ("A Cockeyed Optimist", "Ain't It a Shame About Mame?", "Before I Kiss the World Goodbye (Reprise)", "But Not for Me", "Doin' What Comes Naturally", "I Don't Want to Cry Anymore", "I Got Lost in His Arms", "I'm a Stranger Here Myself", "Impossible", "I Took a Little Walk", "Johnny One Note", "Moon of My Delight", "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love", "Motherhood", "My Funny Valentine", "Roll Up the Ribbons", "So Long Dearie", "'S Wonderful", "They Say It's Wonderful", "Ugg-a-Wugg", "Vision Song", "Wendy", "What Is This Thing Called Love", "Where or When", "Where You Are", "Whistle While You Work”, “Who'll Buy My Violets?", "You Stepped Out of a Dream")
G3 ("A Cockeyed Optimist", "A Foggy Day", "But Not for Me" Girl Crazy version, "Dancing", "Distant Melody", "Glad to Be Unhappy", "Goodnight", "Heigh-Ho", "I Could Write a Book", "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By", "I'm Late", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "I Put My Hand In", "I Still Look at You That Way", "It Might as Well Be Spring", "It Never Entered My Mind", "I Took a Little Walk", "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow", "I Won't Grow Up", "Katie Went To Haiti", "Lavender Blue", "Lily Of Laguna", "Lonely Town", "Motherhood", "My Favorite Things" Together on Broadway version, "Nobody's Perfect", "Only Forever", "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", "Sleepy Head", "Some Day My Prince Will Come", "Speak Low", "That's for Me", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "The Little Orchestra", "The Middle of the Night", "The Night May Be Dark", "The Touch of Your Lips", "The Waiter, and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid", "Waitin' for the Evening Train", "What Is a Woman?", "What Kind of Audience Are You?", "When the Kids Get Married", "Where or When", "Where You Are", "Why Shouldn't I?", "You're Nearer")
F♯3 ("All Through The Night", "Before I Kiss the World Goodbye", "Bidin' My Time", "Bitter Harvest", "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!", "Exactly Like You", "Finale (Girl Crazy)", "Finale (Peter Pan)", "I'm in the Mood for Love", "I'm Wishing", "I Put My Hand In", "Isn't it Romantic", "I Wonder", "Loneliness of Evening", "Maybe", "My Cup Runneth Over", "My Funny Valentine", "Once Upon A Dream", "One Song", "Silent Night", "Sing a Smiling Song", "So Long Dearie", "Some Enchanted Evening", "The Honeymoon Is Over", "The Song is You", "When You Wish Upon a Star")
F3 ("Anything Goes", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Blow Gabriel, Blow", "Dancing", "Distant Melody" 1960 version, "Embraceable You", "Feed The Birds", “Finale (Anything Goes)”, "Finale (Babes In Arms)", "From This Moment On", "Get Out Those Old Records", "Hello, Dolly!", "High And Low", "Hoops", "I Bring You a Song", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "I'm Wishing", "I Want to Be With You", "Lavender Blue", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)", "London Pride", "Love Isn't Everything", "Lucky to Be Me", "My Girl Back Home", "My Horse Has Cast a Shoe", "New Sun in the Sky", "Nobody's Perfect", "Some Day My Prince Will Come", "Something Has Happened", "The Magic Song (Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo)", "The Maids of Cadiz", "The Sweetest Sight", "To Keep My Love Alive", "Too Marvellous for Words", "What Is a Woman?", "Where Can He Be?", "With a Smile and a Song", "You Are Never Away", "You're The Top", "You Stepped Out of a Dream", "90 Minutes")
E3 ("Born Again", "Come To The Mardi Gras", "Finale (Peter Pan)", "Finale (The Bandwagon)", "Happy Go Lucky", "I Don't Want to Cry Anymore", "I'll Walk Alone", "I'm in the Mood for Love", "I See Your Face Before Me", "Lonely Town", "My Funny Valentine" Babes In Arms version, "That's Him", "There's a Small Hotel", "The Very Thought of You", "Wait Till You See Him")
E♭3 ("Almost Like Being In Love", "Boy Wanted", "Cocktails for Two", "Confession", "Dancing in the Dark", "Good Night, Wherever You Are", "I Gotta Crow (Reprise)", "Isn't it Romantic", "Let's Get Lost", "Lucky to Be Me", "Moonshine Lullaby", "Never Never Land", "One Song", "The Nearness of You", "The Sweetest Sight", "Where Are the Snows?")
D3 ("A Foggy Day", "Boy Wanted", "But Beautiful", "Flaming Agnes", "Getting to Know You", "Glad to Be Unhappy", "I Put My Hand In", "Silent Night", "Someone Needs Me", "That's Him", "I'm in the Mood for Love", "The Song is You", "When You Wish Upon a Star")
C♯3 ("Bidin' My Time", "Finale (Girl Crazy)", "Heigh-Ho", "I Got the Sun in the Morning", "Moonshine Lullaby", "'S Wonderful", "The Very Thought of You")
C3 ("Do-Re-Mi", "It's Delovely", "Love Walked in", "This House", "You're Nearer")
B2 (“Exactly Like You”)
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Underlines marks harmonies, backing vocals and obscured notes.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of Mary Martin's vocal capabilities.

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{Questionable Notes}
C♯6 ("Before the Parade Passes By" ^[2])
C6 (“Medley with Noel Coward” ^[3])
G5 ("Born Again" ^[2])
F5 ("The Sound of Music (Reprise)" ^[2])
F3 ("May I Present" ^[1])
E3 ("It Takes Three to Make Music (Reprise)" ^[1])
E♭3 ("Whistle While You Work" ^[1])
C♯3 ("Moon of My Delight" ^[1])
C3 ("Boy Wanted" ^[1], "Finale (Girl Crazy)" ^[1])
B2 ("I Put My Hand In" ^[1][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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{Discography}
Mary Martin in an Album of Cole Porter Songs (1940) - F3-C♯5
Rhythm On The River (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1940) - E3-F5
One Touch of Venus (1943) - D3-F5
Happy Go Lucky (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1943) - E♭3-B♭5
Lute Song (1946) - F♯3-D5
Pacific 1860 (Original London Cast Recording) (1946) - F3-G5
Mary Martin Sings For You (1949) - D3-B4
South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1949) - G3-C5
Anything Goes (1950) - F3-D5
The Bandwagon (1950) - E♭3-B♭5
Babes In Arms (1951) - E3-B4
Girl Crazy (1951) - C♯3-D5
Peter Pan (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1954) - E♭3-C♯6
Together With Music (1955) - F3-E♭5
Annie Get Your Gun (1957) - C♯3-G5
Hi-Ho: Mary Sings and Mary Swings Walt Disney Favorites (1958) - C#3-A5
Cinderella Also Three to Make Music (1958) - G3-E5
A Musical Love Story (1958) - B2-B4
Mary Martin Sings Richard Rodgers Plays (1958) - C3-B4
Walt Disney's Story of Sleeping Beauty (1958) - F♯3-B4
The Sound of Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1959) - C3-B♭5
Jennie (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1963) - E3-F5
Songs From Mary Poppins (1964) - F3-C5
Hello, Dolly! (Original London Cast Recording) (1965) - D3-C♯6
I Do! I Do! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1966) - C3-C♯5
The Story and Songs of The Sound of Music (1966) (missing)
Together on Broadway (1977) - C♯3-A5

[kaji]

Updated with the Hello, Dolly! (Original London Cast Recording) (1965) album

[Macca]

Bold request: A3 in my heart belongs to daddy

[kaji]

Jan 4, 2022 16:29:01 GMT Macca said:

Bold request: A3 in my heart belongs to daddy

Lol yeah, I should bold a lot of lows, and add more on the high high end. Not sure why I didn't bold any of the lows originally. 

[kaji]

Added the new C#6 bold.