Post by Platypus on Jan 10, 2021 1:55:49 GMT
Don Van Vliet (15.01.1941 - 17.12.2010)
Years Active: 1964 – 1982
Vocal Range: G1 - B♭5
Significant High Notes:
B♭5 ("I Love You, You Big Dummy", "When Big Joan Sets Up" Live Ludlow Garage 1971)
G♯5 ("Sugar 'n Spikes", "When Big Joan Sets Up", "Willie The Pimp")
G5 ("Black Snake Moan I" live radio 1972, "Electricity" Live France 1968, "Gimme Dat Harp Boy", "Happy Love Song", "I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby", "Old Folks Boogie" live Avalon Ballroom 1966, "Sure N' Nuff N' Yes I Do" live France 1968, "Tarotplane", "Trust Us")
F♯5 ("Natchez Burning" Live radio 1972)
F5 ("China Pig", "The Past Sure Is Tense", "Rock 'n' Roll's Evil Doll", "Son of Mirror Man - Mere Man")
E5 ("Abba Zaba" live Theatre Royal 09/06/1974, "Ice Cream For Crow", "Sugar 'n Spikes", "The Witch Doctor Life", "You Know You're A Man")
E♭5 ("Love Lies", "Same Old Blues", "Where There's Woman", "White Jam")
D5 ("Black Snake Moan I" live radio 1972, "Gimme Dat Harp Boy", "The Past Sure Is Tense", "Rock 'n' Roll's Evil Doll", "The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or the Big Dig)", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy", "White Jam", "You Know You're A Man")
C♯5 ("Black Snake Moan II" live radio 1972, "Rock 'n' Roll's Evil Doll")
C5 ("Call On Me", "Grown So Ugly", "Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead", "Same Old Blues", "The Spotlight Kid", "Too Much Time", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy", "You Know You're A Man")
B4 ("Autumn's Child", "Lost in a Whirpool", "Metal Man Has Lost His Wings", "Moonlight on Vermont", "The Past Sure Is Tense", "Sun Zoom Spark", "Telephone")
A4 ("Ah Feel Like Ahcid", "Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones", "Love Lies", "Telephone", "Too Much Time", "Trust Us", "You Know You're A Man")
G♯4 ("Here I Am I Always Am" Demo, "Kiss Me", "Moonlight on Vermont", "Twist Ah Luck")
G4 ("25th Century Quaker", "Ashtray Heart", "China Pig", "Debra Kadabra", "Fallin' Ditch", "Kandy Korn", "Love Lies", "Mirror Man", "Run Paint Run Run", "She's Too Much For My Mirror", "Triple Combination" 1966 demo, "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "Where There's Woman")
F♯4 ("Ah Feel Like Ahcid", "Autumn's Child", "Bills Corpse", "Blabber 'N Smoke", "Call On Me", "Carboard Cut Out Sundown", "Dirty Blue Gene", "Flash Gordon's Ape", "Full Moon Hot Sun", "Happy Love Song", "Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles", "The Host, The Ghost, The Most Holy-O", "I'm Glad", "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains", "My Human Gets Me Blues", "Obeah Man" 1966 demo, "Peaches", "Pompadour Swamp", "Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead", "Run Paint Run Run", "Safe as Milk", "Steal Softly Thru Snow", "Sue Egypt", "Too Much Time", "Twist Ah Luck", "When Big Joan Sets Up", "White Jam")
F4 ("Bat Chain Puller", "Bills Corpse", "Electricity", "Further Than We've Gone", "Grown So Ugly", "Love Lies", "Mirror Man", "Odd Jobs" 1976 demo, "Son of Mirror Man - Mere Man", "Sugar 'n Spikes", "Triple Combination" 1966 demo, "Trust Us", "Upon The My-O-My" live Paris 1974, "Where There's Woman", "Yellow Brick Road")
E4 ("25th Century Quaker", "Abba Zaba", "Alley Cat", "Bat Chain Puller", "Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones", "Best Batch Yet", "Brickbats", "Candle Mambo", "China Pig", "Circumstances", "Clear Spot", "Click Clack", "Debra Kadabra", "Ella Guru", "Frownland", "Further Than We've Gone", "Gimme Dat Harp Boy", "Grow Fins", "Happy Love Song", "Here I Am I Always Am" 1966 demo, "The Host, The Ghost, The Most Holy-O", "Ice Cream For Crow", "Just Got Back From The City" 1966 demo, "Kandy Korn", "Lazy Music", "Lick my Decals Off, Baby", "New Electric Ride", "Orange Claw Hammer", "Owned T'Alex", "Peaches", "Pompadour Swamp", "Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead", "The Spotlight Kid", "Sugar Bowl", "Sugar 'n Spikes", "Sweet Sweet Bulbs", "Veteran's Day Poppy", "When It Blows Its Stacks", "Zig Zag Wanderer")
Significant Low Notes:
C3 ("Abba Zaba", "Ah Feel Like Ahcid", "Bills Corpse", "China Pig", "Frownland", "Gimme Dat Harp Boy", "I'm A King Bee" Live At Town Hall 1973, "Low Yo Yo Stuff", "Party of Special Things To Do", "Safe as Milk", "Tarotplane", "Trust Us")
B2 ("Autumn's Child", "Bills Corpse", The Buggy Boogie Woogie, "The Clouds are Full of Wine (Not Whiskey or Rye)", "Crazy Little Thing", "Harry Irene", "Moonlight on Vermont", "Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead", "She's Too Much For My Mirror", "Sue Egypt", "Woe-is-uh-Me-Bop")
B♭2 ("Brickbats", "Dropout Boogie", "Trust Us")
A2 ("25th Century Quaker", "Ant Man Bee", "Autumn's Child", "Circumstances", "Got My Mojo Workin'" Live Avalon Ballroom 1966, "Grow Fins", "I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Until I Have to Go", "I'm A King Bee" Live At Town Hall 1973, "Long Neck Bottles", "Magic Be", "Plastic Factory", "Safe as Milk", "Same Old Blues", "The Spotlight Kid", "St. James Infirmary" live Avalon Ballroom 1966, "Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do", "There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evening Stage", "Too Much Time", "Twist Ah Luck", "Upon The My-O-My", "When It Blows Its Stacks", "Willie The Pimp")
G♯2 ("Bellerin' Plain", "The Dust Blows Forward n' the Dust Blows Back", "Ella Guru", "Hot Head", "Lick my Decals Off, Baby", "Odd Jobs" 1976 demo, "Sun Zoom Spark")
G2 ("200 Years Old", "Dropout Boogie", "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Hot Head", "Ink Mathematics", "Love Lies", "Owned T'Alex", "Sheriff of Hong Kong")
F♯2 ("Blabber 'N Smoke", "I Love You, You Big Dummy", "Muffin Man", "Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead", "Where There's Woman", "Wild Life")
F2 ("Big Eyed Beans From Venus", "Ella Guru", "Man With The Woman Head")
E2 ("Be Your Dog" Live Kansas City 1974, "China Pig", "The Dust Blows Forward n' the Dust Blows Back", "I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby", "Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee", "On Tomorrow", "Sheriff of Hong Kong", "The Spotlight Kid", "Sun Zoom Spark", "When It Blows Its Stacks", "Wild Life")
E♭2 ("Bellerin' Plain" Live Tubeworks 1971, "The Buggy Boogie Woogie", "I Love You, You Big Dummy", "Kandy Korn", "Orange Claw Hammer", "Space-Age Couple", "The Thousandth And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole", "Trust Us", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy")
D2 ("Old Fart at Play", "The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or the Big Dig)", "Sue Egypt", "Twist Ah Luck")
C♯2 ("Bat Chain Puller", "I Love You, You Big Dummy", "Natchez Burning" Live radio 1972, "Same Old Blues", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "Wild Life")
C2 ("Black Snake Moan I & II" live radio 1972, "Dachau Blues", "Man With The Woman Head", "There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evening Stage")
B1 ("Golden Birdies", "I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby", "Woe-is-uh-Me-Bop")
B♭1 ("Big Eyed Beans From Venus", "The Floppy Boot Stomp")
A1 ("Abba Zaba" live Theatre Royal 09/06/1974, "Dachau Blues")
G1 ("Bat Chain Puller", "The Floppy Boot Stomp")
{Questionable notes}C6 ("I Love You, You Big Dummy" [5], "Pena" [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.
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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.
{Album Ranges}
Safe as Milk (1967): F♯2 - E♭5
Strictly Personal (1968): E♭2 - A4 - G5
Trout Mask Replica (1969): A1 - B4 - G♯5
Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970): B1 - F♯4 - B♭5
Mirror Man (1971): E♭2 - G4 - G5
Clear Spot (1972): B♭1 - B4 - C5
The Spotlight Kid (1972): B1 - F♯4 - G5
Bluejeans & Moonbeams (1974): C♯2 - G♯4 - F5
Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974): A2 - F♯4 - G5
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978): G1 - E5
Doc At The Radar Station (1980): D2 - G4 - B4
Ice Cream For Crow (1982): E♭2 - F♯4 - F5
Safe as Milk (1967): F♯2 - E♭5
Strictly Personal (1968): E♭2 - A4 - G5
Trout Mask Replica (1969): A1 - B4 - G♯5
Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970): B1 - F♯4 - B♭5
Mirror Man (1971): E♭2 - G4 - G5
Clear Spot (1972): B♭1 - B4 - C5
The Spotlight Kid (1972): B1 - F♯4 - G5
Bluejeans & Moonbeams (1974): C♯2 - G♯4 - F5
Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974): A2 - F♯4 - G5
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978): G1 - E5
Doc At The Radar Station (1980): D2 - G4 - B4
Ice Cream For Crow (1982): E♭2 - F♯4 - F5
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Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
Italics marks notes that are not sung.
Underlines mark notes that are in background vocals, harmonies or otherwise obscured.
