Roy Hamilton (1,413 views)

[kaji]

Roy Hamilton (16 April 1929 - 20 July 1969)
Vocal Range: F2-C5

Significant High Notes:

C5 ("Since I Fell for You")
B4 ("Crackin' Up Over You", "Fighting for My Life", "Sing You Sinners", "Your Love")
B♭4 ("Ring-A-Ling-A-Ling", "She's Got A Heart", "So High My Love", "So Let There Be Love", "Tore Up Over You", "You Shook Me Up")
A4 ("(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings", "A Simple Prayer", "Cuban Love Song", "For Your Precious Love", "Let Go", "My Prayer' Only You version, "So High My Love", "So Long", "Something's Gotta Give", "Sweet Violet", "Wait For Me", "You Still Love Him")
G♯4 ("Blow, Gabriel, Blow", "Ebb Tide", "Fighting for My Life", "Heartache (Hurry On By)", "Hurt", "I'm Gonna Lock You In My Heart (And Lose The Key)", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry", "I Took My Grief To Him", "It's Just a Matter of Time", "Mama Don't Allow It", "My Secret Emotion", "On My Word of Honor", "Please Send Me Someone To Love", "Ring-A-Ling-A-Ling", "She's Got A Heart", "Since I Fell for You", "Sing You Sinners", "So High My Love", "So Long", "That's All Right", "The Golden Boy", "The Lonesome Road", "There She Is", "The Right To Love", "The Sinner", "Time Marches On", "Tore Up Over You", "Walk Hand In Hand", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Your Love")
G4 ("A Great Romance", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings", "Always", "(At) The End (Of A Rainbow)", "Blow, Gabriel, Blow", "Dreams Oh Dreams", "Earthbound", "Earthquake", "God Bless the Child", "Great Day", "If Each One Would Teach One", "If I Loved You", "If I Were A Countryside", "In A Dream", "It's Never Too Late", "It's Only Make Believe", "Let Go", "Let The Music Play", "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing", "Love's Lament", "My Faith, My Hope, My Love", "My Prayer", "My Story", "No Substitute For Love", "Since I Fell for You", "Sing You Sinners", "Somebody Somewhere", "Sweet Slumber", "That Old Feeling", "That's All Right", "The Aisle", "The Dark End Of The Street", "The Golden Boy", "The Lonesome Road", "The Lord's Prayer", "There She Is", "Time After Time", "Time and the River", "Tornero Con Te", "Trees", "Try a Little Tenderness", "Without A Song", "You Can Count On Me", "You Can Have Her", "Your Love", "You Shook Me Up", "You Still Love Him")
F♯4 ("After He Breaks Your Heart", "All My Love", "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings", "A Lover's Prayer", "Always", "A Mother's Love", "Angelica", "Baby, Don't You Cry", "Blowin' In the Wind", "Cheatin On Me", "Crackin' Up Over You", "Crying in the Chapel", "Cuban Love Song", "Don't Come Cryin' To Me", "Dreams Oh Dreams", "Fighting for My Life", "God Bless the Child", "Hallelujah!", "If You Are But A Dream", "I Get The Blues When It Rains", "I Took My Grief To Him", "Jump for Joy", "Let Go", "Looking Back", "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing", "Midnight Town-Daybreak City", "My Faith, My Hope, My Love", "My Secret Emotion", "Reach Out for Me", "She's Got A Heart", "So High My Love", "So Let There Be Love", "So Long", "Someday, I'll Meet Again", "Somewhere Along The Way", "Stardust", "The Golden Boy", "The Masquerade Is Over", "The Panic Is On", "The Perfect Heart", "There Goes My Heart", "The Right To Love", "Walk Hand In Hand", "Without A Song")
F4 ("After He Breaks Your Heart", "Ain't It the Truth", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "A Little Voice", "All This Is Mine", "Always", "Angelica", "Answer Me, My Love", "A Sunday Kind of Love", "A Thousand Tears Ago", "(At) The End (Of A Rainbow)", "Baby, Don't You Cry", "Because", "Blow, Gabriel, Blow", "Blowtop Blues", "Blue Prelude", "Christian Testimonials", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Crazy Feelin'", "Cuban Love Song", "Deep River", "Don't Let Go", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Dreams Oh Dreams", "Earthbound", "Earthquake", "Ebb Tide", "Get Happy", "Great Day", "Hang Ups", "Have A Good Time", "Here I'll Stay", "Hurt", "I Ain't A-Gonna Leave My Love No More", "I Almost Lost My Mind", "I Am", "If Each One Would Teach One", "If I Were A Countryside", "If You Are But A Dream", "I'll Never Be Free", "I'll Take Care Of You", "I'm Gonna Lock You In My Heart (And Lose The Key)", "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry", "I'm Thru with Love", "In A Dream", "I Need Your Lovin'", "Island In the Sun", "I Surrender Dear", "It's Never Too Late", "It's Only Make Believe", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Looking Back", "Love's Lament", "Midnight Town-Daybreak City", "Misty Valley", "My One And Only Love", "My Prayer", "My Secret Emotion", "My Story", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen", "No Substitute For Love", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be", "On My Way Back Home", "Please Louise", "Please Send Me Someone To Love", "Reach Out for Me", "So Let There Be Love", "Somebody Somewhere", "Sophisticated Lady", "Speak Low", "Star Spangled Banner", "Stardust", "Stormy Weather", "Sweet Violet", "Take It Easy, Joe", "Take Me with You", "That Great Come and Get It Day", "That Old Feeling", "That's All Right", "The Aisle", "The Golden Boy", "The House I Live In", "The Impossible Dream", "The Lord's Prayer", "The Panic Is On", "There Goes My Heart", "The Same One", "The Sand and the Sea", "The Sinner", "The Ten Commandments", "Time After Time", "Time Marches On", "Tore Up Over You", "Tornero Con Te", "To the Ends of the Earth", "Trees", "Try a Little Tenderness", "Unchained Melody", "Wait For Me", "Wait Until Dark", "Walk Along With Kings", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)", "You Can Count On Me", "You Can Have Her", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "You're Gonna Need Magic", "You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You", "You Shook Me Up", "You Still Love Him", "You Wanted To Change Me")
E4 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", "A Great Romance", "A Little Voice", "All My Love", "All This Is Mine", "A Lover's Prayer", "A Mother's Love", "Angel Eyes", "Answer Me, My Love", "A Thousand Tears Ago", "Beware", "Blue Prelude", "Can't Get Out of This Mood", "Chained", "Cheek To Cheek", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Crackin' Up Over You", "Don't Come Cryin' To Me", "Everybody's Got A Home", "For Your Precious Love", "Goodnight My Love", "Hallelujah!", "Hang Ups", "Have A Good Time", "Heartache (Hurry On By)", "Homesick, That's All", "I Ain't A-Gonna Leave My Love No More", "I Am", "I Believe", "If I Loved You", "If Only I Had Known", "If You Were the Only Girl", "I Get The Blues When It Rains", "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "I'll Come Running Back To You", "I'll Live True to You", "I'm Thru with Love", "In A Dream", "I Took My Grief To Him", "It's Never Too Late", "Learnin' the Blues", "Let Go", "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing", "Misty Valley", "More Than You Know", "My Faith, My Hope, My Love", "My Prayer", "My Reverie", "Never Let Me Go", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be", "One God", "Peace, Brother", "Please", "Pledging My Love", "Put Your Dreams Away", "Sing You Sinners", "So Long", "Somebody Somewhere", "Someday, I'll Meet Again", "Some Days There Just Ain't No Fish", "Something's Gotta Give", "Somewhere Along The Way", "Sophisticated Lady", "Sweet Slumber", "That Great Come and Get It Day", "The Dark End Of The Street", "The House I Live In", "The Lord's Prayer", "The Masquerade Is Over", "Theme From The V.I.P.s", "The Perfect Heart", "There Goes My Heart", "The Ten Commandments", "Till Then", "Time After Time", "Wait Until Dark", "Walk Along With Kings", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)", "You May Not Love Me")

Significant Low Notes:

D3 ("Abide With Me", "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", "A Cottage For Sale", "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings", "A Lover's Prayer", "Angel Eyes", "Because", "Blue Prelude", "Change Partners", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Down by the Riverside", "Get Happy", "Goodnight My Love", "Hang Ups", "Here I'll Stay", "Homesick, That's All", "I Am", "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night", "I Could Write a Book", "If I Loved You", "I Get The Blues When It Rains", "I'll Come Running Back To You", "I'll Live True To You", "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town", "I'm Thru with Love", "I Surrender Dear", "It's Too Soon to Know", "Jump for Joy", "Kiss Me First", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Lips", "Lonely Hands", "Misty Valley", "More Than You Know", "My Own Beloved", "My Prayer", "Nancy", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be", "Peace, Brother", "Solitude", "Somebody Somewhere", "Something's Gotta Give", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", "Sophisticated Lady", "Star Of Love", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "That Great Come and Get It Day", "That Old Feeling", "The Glory of Love", "The Gypsy", "The House I Live In", "Theme From The V.I.P.s", "The Ten Commandments", "Time and the River", "Too Young", "True Love", "Why Fight the Feeling", "You May Not Love Me", "You Wanted To Change Me")
C♯3 ("A Charge to Keep", "After He Breaks Your Heart", "All My Love", "Always", "Cheatin On Me", "Cuban Love Song", "Deep River", "Forgive This Fool", "Guess Who", "I Could Have Told You", "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry", "Island In the Sun", "I Took My Grief To Him", "My One And Only Love", "My Secret Emotion", "Please Louise", "Put Your Dreams Away", "Reach Out for Me", "She's Got A Heart", "Stormy Weather", "Take Me with You", "The Perfect Heart", "The Right To Love", "Time Marches On", "Without A Song", "You Belong to My Heart", "You'll Never Walk Alone")
C3 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", "A Cottage For Sale", "All the Things You Are", "All This Is Mine", "And I Love Her", "A Simple Prayer", "(At) The End (Of A Rainbow)", "Before It's Too Late", "Beware", "Blow, Gabriel, Blow", "Chained", "Change Partners", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Ebb Tide", "Everybody's Got A Home", "Forgive This Fool", "Gloomy Sunday", "Here I'll Stay", "Homesick, That's All", "I Ain't A-Gonna Leave My Love No More", "I Almost Lost My Mind", "I Am", "I Believe", "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night", "If Each One Would Teach One", "If I Loved You", "If Only I Had Known", "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", "I'll Come Running Back To You", "I'll Never Be Free", "I'll Take Care Of You", "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town", "I Surrender Dear", "Jump for Joy", "Kiss Me First", "Lips", "Looking Back", "Misty Valley", "More Than You Know", "Mr. Rock and Soul", "My Story", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be", "One God", "On My Way Back Home", "On My Word of Honor", "Peace, Brother", "Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On)", "She Make Me Wanna Dance", "Since I Fell for You", "Solitude", "Some Day's There Just Ain't No Fish", "Something's Gotta Give", "Speak Low", "Stardust", "Take It Easy, Joe", "The Aisle", "The Lord's Prayer", "The Same One", "The Sand and the Sea", "Time and the River", "To the Ends of the Earth", "Unchained Melody", "Wait For Me", "Walk Along With Kings", "You'll Never Walk Alone" The Impossible Dream version, "You Still Love Him")
B2 ("All the Way", "Answer Me, My Love", "Beware", "Blow, Gabriel, Blow", "Cheek To Cheek", "Fighting for My Life", "Go Down, Moses", "Heartache (Hurry On By)", "If You Were the Only Girl", "Midnight Town-Daybreak City", "My Faith, My Hope, My Love", "Nancy", "Nature Boy", "Please", "Put Your Dreams Away", "The Clock", "The Dark End Of The Street", "The Perfect Heart", "Without A Song")
B♭2 ("Ain't Misbehavin'", "All My Love", "All the Way", "And I Love Her", "Baby, Don't You Cry", "Blowtop Blues", "Crying in the Chapel", "Deep River", "Dreams Oh Dreams", "From Here To Eternity", "God Bless the Child", "Go Down, Moses", "I Could Have Told You", "I'll Live True to You", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry", "Island In the Sun", "It's Only Make Believe", "Jump for Joy", "Kiss Me First", "Lips", "Love Me", "Mona Lisa", "Oh What A Night For Love", "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)", "Please Send Me Someone To Love", "Sophisticated Lady", "Speak Low", "Star Spangled Banner", "Strange", "The Lonesome Road", "Try a Little Tenderness", "You Can Have Her", "100 Years")
A2 ("Angel Eyes", "A Sunday Kind of Love", "Goodnight My Love", "Hallelujah!", "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town", "Intermezzo", "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing", "Love's Lament", "Nature Boy", "Never Let Me Go", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", "That Great Come and Get It Day", "The Gypsy", "The House I Live In", "Time After Time")
G♯2 ("Ain't It the Truth", "Don't Let Go", "Dreams Oh Dreams", "Mama Don't Allow It", "Mr. Rock and Soul", "The Clock", "100 Years")
G2 ("A Cottage For Sale", "A Friend of Yours", "Angel Eyes", "(At) The End (Of A Rainbow)", "Heartache (Hurry On By)", "Learnin' the Blues")
F♯2 ("The Clock", "The Right To Love")
F2 ("I'll Never Be Free", "Learnin' the Blues", "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)")
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice or whistle register.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

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{Questionable notes}
G2 ("I Miss You So" ^[1], "Pledging My Love" ^[3], "The Lonesome Road" ^[1])
F2 ("I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town" ^[1], "Speak Low" ^[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.

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{Discography}
You'll Never Walk Alone (1954) - A2-B♭4
The Voice Of Roy Hamilton (1954) - C3-G♯4
Roy Hamilton (1955) - B2-C5
The Golden Boy (1958) - A2-G♯4
With All My Love (1958) - A2-G4
Come Out Swingin' (1959) - A2-B4
Why Fight The Feeling? (1959) - B♭2-A4
Have Blues Must Travel (1959) - G2-G♯4
Spirituals (1960) - A2-G4
Soft 'N' Warm (1960) - G2-E4
Only You (1961) - G2-A4
You Can Have Her (1961) - F2-G4
Mr. Rock And Mr. Soul (1962) - G♯2-G♯4
Warm Soul (1963) - A2-A4
Sentimental Lonely & Blue (1964) - F2-G4 
The Impossible Dream (1966) - G♯2-B4

[kaji]

Updated with the Sentimental Lonely & Blue (1964) album.

[BAZanine]

I think You Can Have Her's album range is actually F2 - G4 on account of "I'll Never Be Free".

[kaji]

You're right, thank you.

[Ian]

Great singer!