Post by kaji on Sept 30, 2020 21:39:11 GMT
Lillias White (21 July 1951)
Vocal Range: B2-B♭5
Significant High Notes:
B♭5 (“It's All Over”, "Ooh, What You Said!", "The Oldest Profession" Live from All the World's a Stage: A Global Salute)
A5 (“A Star Is Born”, “Behind the Belters: The Making of the Dreamgirls Concert”, “Brotherhood of Man” various live performances)
G♯5 (“Brotherhood of Man”, “Fool for You”, "I'm Getting 'Long Alright", "Silent Night", “The Gospel Truth I”, "The Oldest Profession" From Brooklyn to Broadway version)
G5 ("About You", "A Little Love", “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going”, “Brotherhood of Man”, "Come Sunday", "Coming Together", “It's All Over”, “Steppin' to the Bad Side”, "When You Think Of Me", “Zero to Hero”)
F♯5 (“A Star Is Born”, “Dreamgirls“, “Dreamgirls (Reprise)”, "Fairy Tales/From Brooklyn To Broadway/Thank God I'm Old", “I Am Changing”, "The Best Is Yet To Come", "The Oldest Profession", "Unsuspecting Hearts")
F5 ("About You", “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going”, "Aquarius", “Brotherhood of Man”, "Coming Together", "Dream Girls/One Night Only/Mama Will Provide", "Dr. Feel Good", "Follow Me to the Party", "I Know", “I Miss You, Old Friend”, “I'm Somebody”, "Itching In My Heart", “It's All Over”, “Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)”, “Natural Woman”, “One Night Only”, "Ooh, What You Said!", “Party, Party”, “Respect”, "Shoop Shoop Song", "Silent Night", “Steppin' to the Bad Side”, "The Best Is Yet To Come", “Vogue Sequence”, "Why Don't They Leave Us Alone", "You Can't Get to Heaven", "You'll Never Walk Alone", “Zero to Hero”)
E5 ("A Little Love", "A Lovely Day to Be Out of Jail", “A Star Is Born”, "Blue Moon/Old Devil Moon", “Come Down from the Tree”, "Come Rain or Come Shine", “Don't Rain On My Parade”, “Dreamgirls“, “Dreamgirls (Reprise)”, "Fairy Tales/From Brooklyn To Broadway/Thank God I'm Old", "Follow Me to the Party", “Heavy”, "I Keep Christmas in My Pocket", “It's All Over”, "My Body", “Obsessed with Seth Rudetsky”, "One More Batch of Cookies", "Speechless", "The Twist", "When You're Good To Mama", “When You Wish Upon a Star”, "You’re My Best Friend")
E♭5 ("Accentuate the Positive", “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going”, "Aquarius", "Big Fat Daddy", "Come Sunday", "Coming Together", "Fool for You", “I Am Changing”, "If He Walked Into My Life", “If You Believe”, "I Know", "I'm Getting 'Long Alright", “I Miss You, Old Friend”, “I'm Somebody”, "Love Wins", "Mama Look A Booboo", "Misty", "My Body", "My Favorite Things", “Natural Woman”, “One More Day”, "Ooh, What You Said!", “Press Conference”, "Silent Night", "'Someday' Is for Suckers", "The Oldest Profession", "Unsuspecting Hearts", "When You Think Of Me", "Yes", "You Can't Get to Heaven", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "You’ve Made Me so Very Happy", “Zero to Hero”)
D5 ("About You", "A Brand New Me", "Accentuate the Positive", "A Little Imagination", "A Little Love", “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going”, “Blue Moon”, “Cadillac Car (On the Road)”, "Come Sunday", "Coming Together", "Dream Girls/One Night Only/Mama Will Provide", "Dr. Feel Good", "Everybody's on the Phone", “Fake Your Way to the Top”, “Family”, "Happy Together", “Hard to Say Good-bye”, “Heavy”, “Home”, “I Am Changing”, “I Miss You, Old Friend”, "I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Itching In My Heart", "It Started With a Dream", "Make Someone Happy", “Obsessed with Seth Rudetsky”, "Perfect Picture", "Put on a Happy Face", "’Someday' Is for Suckers", "Speechless", “Steppin' to the Bad Side”, "That’s All", "Them There Eyes", "The Twist", "Unwrap An Expletive", “Vogue Sequence”, "When You're Good To Mama", “When You Wish Upon a Star”, "Why Don't They Leave Us Alone")
C♯5 ("Aquarius", “Brotherhood of Man”, “Don't Rain On My Parade”, “Dreamgirls (Reprise)”, "Fairy Tales/From Brooklyn To Broadway/Thank God I'm Old", "Fool for You", "Happy Talk", "Happy Together", "If He Walked Into My Life", “If You Believe”, "I Keep Christmas in My Pocket", "Misty", “Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)”, "My Body", "One More Batch of Cookies", “One More Day”, “One Night Only”, "Perfect Picture", “Respect”, "Shoop Shoop Song", "The Twist", "The Way He Makes Me Feel", "Unsuspecting Hearts", "Why Don't They Leave Us Alone", "Yes", "You'll Never Walk Alone")
C5 ("Accentuate the Positive", "A Cockeyed Optimist", "A Little Love", “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going”, "Big Fat Daddy", "Blue Holiday", “Blue Moon”, "Blue Moon/Old Devil Moon", "Christmas Night In Harlem", "Drag Away", "Dr. Feel Good", "Everybody's on the Phone", "Follow Me to the Party", “Get Happy!”, "Happy Talk", "Happy Together", “Heavy”, “Home”, “I Am Changing”, "I Keep Christmas in My Pocket", "I Know", “I Miss You, Old Friend”, "I'm Just Wild About Harry", “I'm Somebody”, "Itching In My Heart", "It Started With a Dream", "It’s Not Where You Start", “I Want You, Baby”, "Little Me", "Love Wins", "Make Someone Happy", "Mama Look A Booboo", “Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)”, "Mustang Sally", "My Friend", “Natural Woman”, "One More Batch of Cookies", “One Night Only”, “Party, Party”, "Perfect Picture", "Princess”, "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", "Silent Night", “'Someday' Is for Suckers", "Speechless", "Strange Music", "Unwrap An Expletive", "The Best Is Yet To Come", "Them There Eyes", "The Oldest Profession", "What's the Use of Wonderin'", "When You're Good To Mama", "When You Think Of Me", "Yes", "You Can't Get to Heaven", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "You’re My Best Friend", “Zero to Hero”)
B4 ("A Brand New Me", "A Cockeyed Optimist", "A Little Imagination", "A Little Love", "Bali Ha'i", “Brotherhood of Man”, “Come Down from the Tree”, “Don't Rain On My Parade”, "Everybody's on the Phone", “Family”, "Follow Me to the Party", "Happy Talk", “Hard to Say Good-bye”, “Heavy”, “I Am Changing”, "If He Walked Into My Life", “If You Believe”, "I Keep Christmas in My Pocket", "I'm Getting 'Long Alright", “It's All Over”, "Let it Snow", "Long John Blues", "Make Someone Happy", "My Body", "Princess", "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", "Silent Night", "Speechless", "That’s All", "The Twist", "The Way He Makes Me Feel", “When You Wish Upon a Star”, "Unsuspecting Hearts", "You’ve Made Me so Very Happy")
Significant Low Notes:
B♭3 ("Accentuate the Positive", "Come Sunday", "Drag Away", "Happy Talk", "I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Mama Look A Booboo", “Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)”, “Natural Woman”, "Ooh, What You Said!", “One More Day”, “One Night Only”, "The Best Is Yet To Come", “The Gospel Truth I”, "Them There Eyes", "The Oldest Profession", "Unsuspecting Hearts", "Unwrap An Expletive")
A3 ("About You", "A Child's Dream Will Light the Way", "A Lovely Day to Be Out of Jail", "Bali Ha'i", "Blue Moon/Old Devil Moon", "Christmas Night In Harlem", “Come Down from the Tree”, "Coming Together", “Don't Rain On My Parade”, "It Started With a Dream", "Make Someone Happy", "My Friend", "Strange Music", "When You're Good To Mama", "You Can't Get to Heaven", "You’re My Best Friend", "You’ve Made Me so Very Happy")
G♯3 (“Blue Moon”, "Fairy Tales/From Brooklyn To Broadway/Thank God I'm Old", "I'm Getting 'Long Alright", "Itching In My Heart", "Little Me", "My Christmas Song For You", “Natural Woman”, “One Night Only”, "Shoop Shoop Song", "The Best Is Yet To Come", "You'll Never Walk Alone")
G3 (“A Star Is Born”, "Big Fat Daddy", "Born For You", "Come Sunday", "Everybody's on the Phone", "If He Walked Into My Life". "Let it Snow", "Love Wins", "Make Someone Happy", "Mustang Sally", "My Favorite Things", "My Friend", "One More Batch of Cookies", “Party, Party”, "Princess", "Princess (Reprise)", "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", "Strange Music", "Them There Eyes", "When You Think Of Me", “When You Wish Upon a Star”, "You’re My Best Friend")
F♯3 ("Come Rain or Come Shine", "Happy Together", “If You Believe”, "Silent Night", "The Best Is Yet To Come", "The Way He Makes Me Feel")
F3 ("Happy Together", “Home”, "It’s Not Where You Start", "Merry Christmas Baby", "Ooh, What You Said!", "Put on a Happy Face", "Shoop Shoop Song")
E3 ("A Little Imagination", "Mustang Sally", “Obsessed with Seth Rudetsky”, "Perfect Picture", "Santa Baby", "Speechless", "When You're Good To Mama")
E♭3 ("Dream Girls/One Night Only/Mama Will Provide", "Love Wins", "Mama Look A Booboo", "Misty", "My Christmas Song For You", "Yes")
D3 (“Get Happy!”, "It’s Not Where You Start", "That’s All", "When You Think Of Me")
C3 ("Itching In My Heart", "It’s Not Where You Start", "When You Wish Upon a Star" Get Yourself Some Happy! version, "Yes")
B2 ("Come Rain or Come Shine")
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice.
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}
B5 ("Big Fat Daddy" [3])
F3 (“One More Day” [1], "The Oldest Profession" [1])
E♭3 ("A Little Love" [1])
D3 ("Ooh, What You Said!" [1])
C♯3 ("If You Believe" [1])
B2 ("If He Walked Into My Life" [1])
B♭2 ("Itching In My Heart" [1])
A2 ("Come Rain or Come Shine" [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.
B5 ("Big Fat Daddy" [3])
F3 (“One More Day” [1], "The Oldest Profession" [1])
E♭3 ("A Little Love" [1])
D3 ("Ooh, What You Said!" [1])
C♯3 ("If You Believe" [1])
B2 ("If He Walked Into My Life" [1])
B♭2 ("Itching In My Heart" [1])
A2 ("Come Rain or Come Shine" [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}
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying! (1995) - D4-G♯5
Hercules (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1997) - G3-A5
The Life (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1997) - G3-F♯5
Dreamgirls In Concert (2001) - G3-B♭5
From Brooklyn to Broadway (2002) - D3-B♭5
South Pacific in Concert at Carnegie Hall (2005) - A3-C♯5
Perfect Picture (Studio Cast Recording) (2013) - E3-D5
The Lillias White Project, Pt. 1 (2017) - B2-E5
Half Time (Original Cast Recording) (2018) - G3-F5
Get Yourself Some Happy! (2021) - C3-E5
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying! (1995) - D4-G♯5
Hercules (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1997) - G3-A5
The Life (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1997) - G3-F♯5
Dreamgirls In Concert (2001) - G3-B♭5
From Brooklyn to Broadway (2002) - D3-B♭5
South Pacific in Concert at Carnegie Hall (2005) - A3-C♯5
Perfect Picture (Studio Cast Recording) (2013) - E3-D5
The Lillias White Project, Pt. 1 (2017) - B2-E5
Half Time (Original Cast Recording) (2018) - G3-F5
Get Yourself Some Happy! (2021) - C3-E5