Post by kaji on Oct 17, 2020 3:53:55 GMT
Deniece Williams (3 June 1951)
Vocal Range: D3-G6
Significant High Notes:
G6 (“Every Time He Comes Around”, “Why Can't We Fall In Love?”)
F6 ("His Eye Is On The Sparrow" Live, “If You Don't Believe”, “Love, Peace and Unity”, “Performance”, “Why Can't We Fall In Love?”)
E6 (“Funk Slide”, "Good Friend", “Haunting Me”, “Love, Peace and Unity”)
E♭6 (“Cause You Love Me Baby”, “Every Time He Comes Around”, “God Is Amazing” Live at Grammys, "I Surrender All", “It's Gonna Take a Miracle” Live in 2012, “Let's Hear It for the Boy” Live at the Academy Awards, "Love Solves It All", “Silly” Live at Sunset Junction 2007, “Strangers”, “Wrapped Up”)
D6 (“Baby, Baby My Love's All for You”, “Black Butterfly”, "Good Friend", "I Come To The Garden Alone", “I Found Love”, "I Love Him Above All Things", “It's Gonna Take a Miracle” various live performances, “It's Important To Me”, “It's Okay”, “Let's Hear It for the Boy”, “Lift Every Voice”, "Lover Of My Soul", "Lover's Holiday", "Nothing But The Blood", "One Kiss", "Prodigal Sons And Daughters", "Standing", “That's What Friends Are For”, “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” various live performances, "We're Together", “When Love Comes Calling”, “Yes, I'm Ready”)
C♯6 (“Free” various live performances, "Have Yourself A Merry Christmas", "Love's Holiday", “Old Hearbreak Top Ten”, "Someday We'll All Be Free", “We Have Love for You”, "Wings Of An Eagle", “Wrapped Up”)
C6 (“Black Butterfly”, “Comme Ci Comme Ca”, “Every Time He Comes Around”, "Fallen Angel", "Fountain Of Love", “God Is Amazing” Live at Grammys, “God Knows”, "Healing", “I Can See the Sun in Late December”, “I Found Love”, “I'm So Proud”, "Jesus We Give You The Glory", "Just As I Am", "Just In Time", "Love Don't Live Here No More", "Love Even Live Here No More", “Next Love”, "Not By Chance", “Picking Up the Pieces”, “Silly” various live performances, "So Glad I Know", "Stop A Tear From Falling Down", "Straight from the Heart", "The Only Thing Missing Is You", "This Time I'll Be Sweeter", “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”, "What You Do For Me", “Whiter Than Snow”, "Why You Wanna Do Me?")
B5 (“Do What You Feel”, "Every Moment", "Fire Inside My Soul", “Free”, "Memories", "Someday We'll All Be Free", “That's What Friends Are For”, “The Boy I Left Behind”, “Time”, “We Have Love for You”, "We Sing Praises", "Wings Of An Eagle", "You Are The Melody")
B♭5 ("Baby This Is Love", “Cause You Love Me Baby”, "Don't Stop The Love", “Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing”, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Give It All To You", “God Is Amazing”, “God Knows”, “Heaven Must Have Sent You”, “I Believe In Miracles”, “If You Don't Believe”, "I Love Him Above All Things", "I'm Free", “I'm Glad It's You”, "I Surrender All", "Just In Time", "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", “Let's Hear It for the Boy” Live at the Academy Awards, “Like Magic”, "Lover Of My Soul", “My Melody”, “Performance”, “She's Not Blind”, "Straight Ahead", "There's No Other", “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”, “Turn Around”, “When Love Comes Calling”, "When You Love Somebody", "Who's Who", “Wrapped Up”)
A5 ("All I Need", “Baby, Baby My Love's All for You”, "Cherish", “Emotion”, "Fire Inside My Soul", “How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away”, “I Found Love”, "If It's Magic", "If We Are The Light", "I'll Be There", “I'm So Proud”, “It's Important To Me”, "Jesus We Give You The Glory", “Let's Hear It for the Boy” various live performances, "Love Finds You", "Lover's Holiday", "Love's Holiday", "My Soul Desire", "Never Too Much", "No, Never Alone", "Not By Chance", "Nothing But The Blood", “Silly”, "Simple Words", “So Deep In Love” I’m So Proud version, "So Glad I Know", "The Only Thing Missing Is You", "We're Together", "What You Do For Me", “Yes, I'm Ready”, "You Are The Melody")
G♯5 (“Free”, “God Is Amazing”, “God Knows”, "Hold Me Tight", "I Confess", “If You Don't Believe”, “It's Your Conscience”, “I've Got the Next Dance”, “Like Magic”, “My Melody”, “Picking Up the Pieces”, “Ready or Not”, “Some Gospel According to Matthew”, “Strangers”, “The Boy I Left Behind”, "There's No Other", "Video", “Waiting”, “Watching Over”, "Water Under The Bridge", “We Have Love for You”, "Wings Of An Eagle", “You're All That Matters”)
G5 (“A Part of Love”, "Blessed Assurance", "Don't Stop The Love", “Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing”, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Fallen Angel", "Fountain Of Love", “Heaven Must Have Sent You”, "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", "Hot on the Trail", “How Does It Feel”, “Jack Daniels Old No. 7”, “I Believe In Miracles”, "I Believe In You", "I Can't Wait", “I'm So Proud”, "I Love Him Above All Things", "I Surrender All", “It's Gonna Take a Miracle”, “It's Important To Me”, “It's Okay”, "It's You I'm After", "Just As I Am", "Just In Time", “Lift Every Voice”, “Love Notes”, "Love Solves It All", “Love Won't Let Me Wait”, “Me for You, You for Me”, “Next Love”, "One Kiss", "One More Kiss", "Prodigal Sons And Daughters", “Season”, “She's Not Blind”, "Simple Words", "Standing", "Stop A Tear From Falling Down", "Straight Ahead", "The Last Time", “They Say” So Glad I Know version, "This Is As Good As It Gets", "This Time I'll Be Sweeter", “Time”, “Turn Around”, “Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)”, "We Are Here To Change The World", "Who's Who", “Why Can't We Fall In Love?”, “Without Us”, “You're a Special Part of My Life”)
F♯5 ("Have Yourself A Merry Christmas", “Heaven Must Have Sent You”, “How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away”, "I Come To The Garden Alone", "I Confess", “I Don't Wanna Cry”, "If It's Magic", “I'm Not Like The Others”, "It Is Well", “Just the Way You Are”, “Let's Hear It for the Boy”, “Like Magic”, "Love Finds You", “Now Is The Time for Love”, “Ready or Not”, “So Deep In Love”, “Strangers”, “Tuesday Heartbreak”, "Water Under The Bridge", "We Sing Praises", "Wings Of An Eagle")
F5 ("Baby This Is Love", “Come On Home To Me Baby”, “Comme Ci Comme Ca”, "Give It All To You", “God Is Amazing”, "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", “Heaven in Your Eyes”, “Hey Baby”, "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", "Hold Me Tight", “I Found Love”, "If You Really Love Me", "I Love Him Above All Things", "I Surrender All", “I've Got the Next Dance”, "Jesus We Give You The Glory", "Love Don't Live Here No More", "Lover Of My Soul", "Lover's Holiday", “Love Won't Let Me Wait”, "No, Never Alone", “Picking Up the Pieces”, "Prodigal Sons And Daughters", “Ready or Not”, “Silly”, "So Glad I Know", "Somebody Loves You", "Straight Ahead", "Straight from the Heart", "That's How Heartaches Are Made", "There's No Other", “They Say”, “Time”, “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”, “Touching Me with Love”, “Touch Me Again”, “Turn Around”, "Video", “Watching Over”, "What You Do For Me", “When Love Comes Calling”, "When You Love Somebody", “Whiter Than Snow”, "Wiser and Weaker", “Yes, I'm Ready”, “You're All I Need to Get By”, “You're All That Matters”)
E5 ("All I Need", “Baby, Baby My Love's All for You”, “Bird Of Beauty”, “Blind Dating”, “Do What You Feel”, "Every Moment", “Glorious Feeling”, "God Made You Special", "Good Friend", “Haunting Me”, “Heaven Must Have Sent You”, "Hot on the Trail", "If We Are The Light", “I Just Can't Get Over You”, “I'm Walking Away”, “It's Gonna Take a Miracle”, "It Is Well", “It's Okay”, “It's Your Conscience”, “I've Got the Next Dance”, "Just As I Am", "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", "Lamb Of God", "Love Finds You", "Love's Holiday", “Me for You, You for Me”, "Memories", "My Soul Desire", "Not By Chance", “Now Is The Time for Love”, “Old Heartbreak Top Ten”, “Ready or Not”, “Season”, "Simple Words", “So Deep In Love”, "So Glad I Know", "Someday We'll All Be Free", "Stop A Tear From Falling Down", “Strangers”, “Suspicious”, “The Boy I Left Behind”, “They Say”, "This Is As Good As It Gets", “Waiting”, "We're Together", “What Two Can Do”, "Why You Wanna Do Me?")
E♭5 ("Blessed Assurance", “Cause You Love Me Baby”, “Every Time He Comes Around”, "Fire Inside My Soul", “Free”, “God Knows”, “Good Bye, Cruel World”, "Healing", “Heaven in Your Eyes”, “Heaven Must Have Sent You”, "Hold Me Tight", “I Believe In Miracles”, "I Believe In You", "I Can't Wait", "I Confess", “I'd Believe Him”, “I Don't Wanna Cry”, "If You Really Love Me", "I'm Free", “I'm Glad It's You”, “It Ain't No Use”, "It's You I'm After", “It's Your Conscience”, “I Want You”, "Just In Time", “Like Magic”, "Love Solves It All", “My Melody”, "No, Never Alone", "One Less Lonely Heart", “Sweet Surrender”, "That's How Heartaches Are Made", "The Last Time", “The Paper”, "This Time I'll Be Sweeter", “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”, “Touch Me Again”, “Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)”, “Watching Over”, "When You Love Somebody", "Wings Of An Eagle", "Wiser and Weaker", “Wrapped Up”, “You're All I Need to Get By”, “You're All That Matters”, “You're a Special Part of My Life”, “You've Hurt Me Now”)
D5 ("A Miracle of Love", “Baby, Baby My Love's All for You”, “Black Butterfly”, “Blind Dating”, “Come On Home To Me Baby”, “Comme Ci Comme Ca”, “Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing”, “Do What You Feel”, "Give It All To You", “Glorious Feeling”, "God Made You Special", "Go To Sleep", "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", “Hey Baby”, "Hot on the Trail", “How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away”, "I Am Sure", "I Believe In You", "I Come To The Garden Alone", "I Feel the Night", “I Found Love”, “I Just Can't Get Over You”, "I'll Be There", "I Love Him Above All Things", "I'm Free", “I'm Glad It's You”, “I'm Walking Away”, “It's Gonna Take a Miracle”, “It's Important To Me”, “I Want You”, "Jesus We Give You The Glory", “Let's Hear It for the Boy”, “Lift Every Voice”, "Love Don't Live Here No More", "Love Even Live Here No More", “Love Is Tears”, “Love, Peace and Unity”, "Lover Of My Soul", “Love Won't Let Me Wait”, “Mama, I Wish I Stayed At Home”, "Never Too Much", “Next Love”, "One Kiss", "One More Kiss", “Silly”, "Somebody Loves You", "Someone For Someone", "Standing", "Straight Ahead", "Straight from the Heart", "That's How Heartaches Are Made", “The Boy I Left Behind”, “Time”, “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”, “Touching Me with Love”, “Touch Me Again”, “Turn Around”, “Waiting”, "We Are Here To Change The World", "We're Together", "We Sing Praises", “What Two Can Do”, "What You Do For Me", “Why Can't We Fall In Love?”, “Yes, I'm Ready”, “You're All That Matters”, “You've Hurt Me Now”)
C♯5 ("A Miracle of Love", “Are You Thinking?”, "Baby This Is Love", “Come On Home To Me Baby”, "Every Moment", “Haunting Me”, "Healing", "Hold Me Tight", "I Am Sure", "I Can't Wait", "I Confess", “I'd Believe Him”, “If You Don't Believe”, "I Surrender All", "It Is Well", “It's Gonna Take a Miracle”, “It's Your Conscience”, "Lamb Of God", “Like Magic”, "Love Finds You", "Love's Holiday", “Mama, I Wish I Stayed At Home”, “My Melody”, "Never Say Never", "Not By Chance", “Now Is The Time for Love”, “Picking Up the Pieces”, “So Deep In Love”, "Someday We'll All Be Free", “Strangers”, “That's What Friends Are For”, "There's No Other", “When Love Comes Calling”, "Wings Of An Eagle")
C5 (“A Part of Love”, “Black Butterfly”, “Blind Dating”, “Cause You Love Me Baby”, "Don't Blame It On My Heart", "Don't Stop The Love", “Do What You Feel”, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", “Emotion”, "Fountain Of Love", "Give It All To You", “God Knows”, “Good Bye, Cruel World”, "Go To Sleep", "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", “Heaven in Your Eyes”, "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", “Hey Baby”, "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", "Hot on the Trail", “I Don't Wanna Cry”, “I Found Love”, "If We Are The Light", "If You Really Love Me", “I Just Can't Get Over You”, "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "I'm Free", “I'm Not Like The Others”, “I'm Walking Away”, “It's Okay”, “I've Got the Next Dance”, “I Want You”, "Jesus We Give You The Glory", "Just As I Am", "Just In Time", "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", "Love Don't Live Here No More", "Love Even Live Here No More", “Love Is Tears”, “Love Notes”, "Lover's Holiday", “Me for You, You for Me”, "My Soul Desire", “Next Love”, "No, Never Alone", "One Kiss", "One More Kiss", “Silly”, "Somebody Loves You", "Special Love", "Straight Ahead", "Straight from the Heart", “Sweet Surrender”, "The Last Time", "The Only Thing Missing Is You", “The Paper”, “They Say”, "This Is As Good As It Gets", “Turn Around”, “Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)”, "We Are Here To Change The World", "When You Love Somebody", “Whiter Than Snow”, "Who's Who", “Why Can't We Fall In Love?”, "Why You Wanna Do Me?", “Without Us”, “Wrapped Up”, “Yes, I'm Ready”, “You're All That Matters”, “You've Hurt Me Now”)
Significant Low Notes:
B♭3 ("All I Need", “Black Butterfly”, "Blessed Assurance", “Cause You Love Me Baby”, "Don't Blame It On My Heart", “Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing”, "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", "I Believe In You", “If You Don't Believe”, “I'm Glad It's You”, “I Want You”, “Love Is Tears”, “Love Notes”, "Lover Of My Soul", "Love Solves It All", "Prodigal Sons And Daughters", “Ready or Not”, "The Last Time", “Tuesday Heartbreak”, “Turn Around”, “Waiting By the Hotline”, "When You Love Somebody", “Whiter Than Snow”, “Wrapped Up”, "You Are The Melody", “You're All That Matters”)
A3 ("All I Need", “A Part of Love”, “Baby, Baby My Love's All for You”, "Cherish", “Come On Home To Me Baby”, “Comme Ci Comme Ca”, "Fire Inside My Soul", "Fountain Of Love", “Glorious Feeling”, “How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away”, "I Am Sure", "I Come To The Garden Alone", "I Feel the Night", "If It's Magic", "I'll Be There", “It's Gonna Take a Miracle”, “It's Important To Me”, “Just the Way You Are”, "Lamb Of God", “Next Love”, “Now Is The Time for Love”, "Simple Words", "So Glad I Know", "Someone For Someone", "Standing", "Stop A Tear From Falling Down", "That's How Heartaches Are Made", “That's What Friends Are For”, “The Boy I Left Behind”, "This Is As Good As It Gets", "Water Under The Bridge", "We Are Here To Change The World", “We Have Love for You”, "We Sing Praises", "When You Love Somebody")
G♯3 ("Baby This Is Love", “Free”, “God Is Amazing”, “Haunting Me”, "Healing", "Hold Me Tight", “If You Don't Believe”, "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "I Surrender All", "It Is Well", “Mama, I Wish I Stayed At Home”, “Season”, “Strangers”, "There's No Other", “What Two Can Do”, “When Love Comes Calling”, “Whiter Than Snow”)
G3 (“Are You Thinking?”, “Be Good to Me”, "Blessed Assurance", “Do What You Feel”, "Dreamland", “Emotion”, “Funk Slide”, “God Knows”, "God Made You Special", "Go To Sleep", "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", “Hey Baby”, "Hot on the Trail", “How Does It Feel”, “I Believe In Miracles”, “I Don't Wanna Cry”, “It's Gonna Take a Miracle” various live performances, "Just As I Am", “Let's Hear It for the Boy”, "Lover Of My Soul", "One Kiss", "Somebody Loves You", "The Last Time", "The Only Thing Missing Is You", “They Say”, "We're Together", "Who's Who", "You Are The Melody", “You're a Special Part of My Life”)
F♯3 (“Haunting Me”, "I Can't Wait", "I Come To The Garden Alone", “I'd Believe Him”, "Love Finds You", "Memories", “My Prayer”, "Never Say Never", "Nothing But The Blood", "One Less Lonely Heart", "Rainbow", “Suspicious”, "This Time I'll Be Sweeter", “Waiting”, “Why Can't We Fall In Love?”)
F3 ("Don't Stop The Love", “Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing”, "Give It All To You", "Have Yourself A Merry Christmas", "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", "If You Really Love Me", "I Love Him Above All Things", “I'm So Proud”, "It's You I'm After", "Jesus Is Your Best Friend", "Love Don't Live Here No More", "Love Even Live Here No More", “Love, Peace and Unity”, “Next Love”, "One Kiss", "One More Kiss", “Picking Up the Pieces”, "Prodigal Sons And Daughters", “The Paper”, "Video", "Why You Wanna Do Me?", "Wiser and Weaker", “You're All I Need to Get By”)
E3 ("A Miracle of Love", "Baby Of Mine", “Black Butterfly”, "Brahms Lullaby", "Fallen Angel", “God Is Amazing” Live in 2013, "I'll Be There", "It Is Well", "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep", “Season”, "Someday We'll All Be Free", “Time”, “Waiting”)
E♭3 ("Healing" Special Love version, “Picking Up the Pieces”, “Watching Over”)
D3 ("No, Never Alone", "Why You Wanna Do Me?", "You Are The Melody")
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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}
C7 ("After You" [5])
G6 ("So Glad I Know" [2])
F6 ("It's You I'm After" [2])
G3 (“I Just Can't Get Over You” [1])
E3 ("All I Need" [2])
D3 (“Waiting” [1])
C3 (“Watching Over” [1][5])
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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.
C7 ("After You" [5])
G6 ("So Glad I Know" [2])
F6 ("It's You I'm After" [2])
G3 (“I Just Can't Get Over You” [1])
E3 ("All I Need" [2])
D3 (“Waiting” [1])
C3 (“Watching Over” [1][5])
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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}
This Is Niecy (1976) - E♭3-F6
Song Bird (1977) - E3-D6
That's What Friends Are For (1978) - F3-B♭5
When Love Comes Calling (1979) - F♯3-G6
My Melody (1981) - F♯3-E♭6
Niecy (1982) - E3-B♭5
I'm So Proud (1983) - F3-F6
Let's Hear It for the Boy (1984) - E♭3-E6
So Glad I Know (1986) - G♯3-E♭6
Hot on the Trail (1986) - F3-D6
Water Under the Bridge (1987) - F♯3-C6
As Good As It Gets (1988) - F3-B5
Special Love (1989) - E♭3-C6
Lullabies to Dreamland (1991) - E3-A5
Love Solves It All (1996) - D3-E♭6
This Is My Song (1998) - D3-D6
Love, Niecy Style (2007) - E3-D6
Gemini (2021) - D3-D6
This Is Niecy (1976) - E♭3-F6
Song Bird (1977) - E3-D6
That's What Friends Are For (1978) - F3-B♭5
When Love Comes Calling (1979) - F♯3-G6
My Melody (1981) - F♯3-E♭6
Niecy (1982) - E3-B♭5
I'm So Proud (1983) - F3-F6
Let's Hear It for the Boy (1984) - E♭3-E6
So Glad I Know (1986) - G♯3-E♭6
Hot on the Trail (1986) - F3-D6
Water Under the Bridge (1987) - F♯3-C6
As Good As It Gets (1988) - F3-B5
Special Love (1989) - E♭3-C6
Lullabies to Dreamland (1991) - E3-A5
Love Solves It All (1996) - D3-E♭6
This Is My Song (1998) - D3-D6
Love, Niecy Style (2007) - E3-D6
Gemini (2021) - D3-D6