Post by kaji on Jul 26, 2021 4:25:27 GMT
Delloreese Patricia Early (6 July 1931 - 19 November 2017)
Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano (1953 - 1984) turned Contralto (1985 - 2017)
Vocal Range: F♯2-B♭5
Significant High Notes:
B♭5 ("You Came a Long Way from St. Louis")
G5 ("Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" Della Reese on Stage version)
F5 ("I Ain't Ready For That")
E5 ("I Gotta Be Me", "It Makes No Difference Now", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel", "Simple Song Of Freedom", "Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues")
E♭5 ("A Wilted Flower", "Drifting Blues", "How Great Thou Art/My Tribute", "I Ain't Ready For That", "If I Never Get To Heaven", "I'm Coming Home Los Angeles", "I Need You So", "In The Dark", "In the Meantime", "Jesus", "Mean To Me", "My Melancholy Baby", "My World Is Empty Without You", "On The South Side Of Chicago", "Say It Isn't So", "Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues", "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do", "Why Not Now", "Yes, Indeed")
D5 ("All of Me", "A Wilted Flower", "Billy My Love", "Brand New Day", "Cycles", "Empty Bed Blues", "Games People Play", "Good Morning Blues", "Gotta Travel On", "Headin' Home", "Hush Now Don't Cry", "I Don't Know Enough About You", "I Got It Bad" Della Reese Live version, "I Gotta Be Me", "I'll Never Be The Same", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Mean To Me", "Never My Love", "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel", "On The South Side Of Chicago", "Rock A My Soul", "Sermonette", "Simple Song Of Freedom", "Somebody's Calling My Name", "Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues", "Something", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life", "Who Is She And What Is She To You", "Why Not Now", "You've Been a Good Old Wagon")
C♯5 ("A Hundred Years from Today", "Blow Out the Sun", "Drifting Blues", "Empty Bed Blues", "Ev'ry Evenin' Blues", "For Once In My Life", "God Is So Wonderful", "Good Morning Blues", "Gotta Travel On", "Hard to Get Along", "I Could Have Told You So", "If I Never Get To Heaven", "If It's The Last Thing I Do", "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)", "I Got The Blues", "I'm Coming Home Los Angeles", "I Need You So", "In The Dark", "In the Still of the Night", "It Makes No Difference Now", "Lay Baby Lay", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Let's Start All Over Again", "Low", "Mood Indigo", "Morning Comes Too Soon", "My Devotion", "Nobody's Sweetheart", "No Explanation Necessary", "Rock A My Soul", "Simple Song Of Freedom", "Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?", "St. James Infirmary", "Stormy Weather", "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do", "The Bottom Of Old Smokey", "Things Ain't What They Used to Be", "Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air", "Who Is She And What Is She To You", "Yes, Indeed", "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis", "You Know How Love Is")
C5 ("A Foggy Day In London Town", "After Loving You", "After You've Gone", "A House Is Not A Home", "All Alone", "All of Me", "Almost Like Being in Love", "A Lover's Prayer", "Amen!", "Anything Goes", "As Long as He Needs Me", "A Stranger On Earth", "A Wilted Flower", "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home", "Big City", "Billy My Love", "Blue And Orange Birds (And Silver Bells)", "Blue Skies", "Brilliance (Theme)", "But Not for Me", "Choice Of Colors", "Compared To What", "Daydream City", "Detour Ahead", "Don't Take Your Love from Me", "Drinking Again", "Empty Bed Blues", "Everyday", "Ev'ry Evenin' Blues", "Fill My Cup", "Fine Sugar", "Fire And Rain/Bye Bye Love", "Fool That I Am", "Funny What Love Can Do", "Games People Play", "Getting to Know You", "Get Together", "Girl Talk", "Go", "God Bless The Child", "God Is All You'll Ever Need", "Good Morning Blues", "Good Times", "Goody Goody", "Gotta Travel On", "Hard to Get Along", "Have You Ever Been Lonely?", "Headin' Home", "His Eye Is On the Sparrow", "Home (When Shadows Fall)", "Hush Now Don't Cry", "I Ain't Ready For That", "I Believe", "I Could Have Danced All Night", "I Don't Know Enough About You", "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight", "If I Didn't Care", "If I Never Get To Heaven", "I Heard You Cried Last Night", "I Know The Lord Has Laid His Hand On Me", "I Love Him", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "I'm Finally Free/Yes, I Love Jesus/My Soul Only Loves You/Lord Let Your Spirit Moves Me In", "I Need You So", "In The Dark", "In the Still of the Night", "I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart", "It's Magic", "It Was A Very Good Year", "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Jesus", "Jesus Will Answer Your Prayer", "Just One of Those Things", "Kiss My Love Goodbye", "Last Mile Of The Way", "Lay Baby Lay", "Let's Start All Over Again", "Little Girl Blue", "Lonelyville" (Let's Rock)", "Love Story", "Mack The Knife", "Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues", "Mean To Me", "Measure Of A Man", "More Than Wonderful", "My Heart Belongs To Daddy", "My Melancholy Baby", "Never Can Say Good-Bye/Let's Stay Together", "Never My Love", "Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen", "Nobody's Sweetheart", "No Explanation Necessary", "One For My Baby", "One More Time", "On The South Side Of Chicago", "Pennies from Heaven", "Proud Mary", "Put On A Happy Face/I Want To Be Happy", "Rock A My Soul", "Say It Isn't So", "Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)", "Somebody's Calling My Name", "Someday Sweetheart", "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)", "Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Something", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Squeeze Me", "Sure Like Lovin' You", "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do", "The Air That I Breathe" Sure Like Lovin' You version, "The Best Thing for You", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "The More I See You", "The Most Beautiful Words", "The Party's Over", "There's Always the Blues", "There Will Never Be Another You", "The Solitary Woman", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Things Ain't What They Used to Be", "Time After Time", "Travelin' Light", "Turn to the Light", "Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air", "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", "What Now My Love?", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Who Can I Turn To", "Why Not Now", "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey", "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis", "You Don't Know How Blessed You Are", "You Gave Me Love", "You Know How Love Is", "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You", "You've Been a Good Old Wagon")
B4 ("After Loving You", "All by Myself", "A Stranger On Earth", "A Wilted Flower", "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home", "Billy My Love", "Blow Out the Sun", "Blues for the Weepers", "Brilliance (Theme)", "Cole Porter Medley", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Comment", "Compared To What", "Cottage For Sale", "Do I Worry", "Don't You Know?", "Drifting Blues", "Fine Sugar", "Fire And Rain/Bye Bye Love", "Games People Play", "Girl Talk", "Go", "Good Morning Blues", "Gotta Travel On", "Home (When Shadows Fall)", "How Can You Lose What 'Cha Never Had", "How Do You Keep from Cryin'", "How Great Thou Art/My Tribute", "I Cried for You", "I Don't Know Enough About You", "If Everybody In The World Loved Everybody In The World", "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)", "I Gotta Be Me", "I Got The Blues", "I'll Never Be The Same", "Ill Wind", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "I'm Just A Lucky So And So", "In The Dark", "I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart", "I Possess", "It Makes No Difference Now", "It's Nice To Have A Man Around The House", "It Was A Very Good Year", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "It's Monday Every Day", "Just One of Those Things", "Last Mile Of The Way", "Let Me in Your Life", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Love For Sale", "Lover Man", "Low", "Mack The Knife", "Make Someone Happy", "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On", "More", "More Than Wonderful", "Morning Comes Too Soon", "My Devotion", "My Dreams End at Dawn", "My World Is Empty Without You", "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel", "On The South Side Of Chicago", "See What The Boys In the Back Room Will Have", "Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)", "Simple Song Of Freedom", "Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?", "Something Cool", "Something I Dreamed Last Night", "Stormy Weather", "Sunny", "Sweet Love", "S'Wonderful", "That's All There Is", "That's Life", "The Birth of the Blues", "The Party's Over", "There's No Two Ways About It", "The Show Must Go On", "The Story of the Blues", "Time Was", "Too Much Man", "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", "What Is There to Say?", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Who Is She And What Is She To You", "Why Don't You Do Right", "With Pen In Hand", "Worry 'Bout Nothin'", "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis", "You Gave Me Love", "You Gotta Love Everybody", "You Mean All the World to Me", "You're My Brother, You're My Sister", "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You")
B♭4 ("A Foggy Day In London Town", "After You've Gone", "A House Is Not A Home", "A Hundred Years from Today", "All by Myself", "All Alone", "Almost Like Being in Love", "Always True To You In My Fashion", "Amen!", "And That Reminds Me", "And the Angels Sing", "Anything Goes", "As Long as He Needs Me", "A Wonderful Feeling", "Being Green", "Be My Love", "Big City", "Blue And Orange Birds (And Silver Bells)", "Brand New Day", "Brilliance (Theme)", "But Beautiful", "But Not for Me", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Chicago", "Close To You", "C'mon C'mon", "Come On-A My House", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Compared To What", "Cycles", "Daddy", "Daybreak Serenade", "Daydream City", "Detour Ahead", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Do I Worry", "Don't Cry Joe", "Don't Take Your Love from Me", "Don't You Know?", "Do You Really Know Him?", "Drifting Blues", "Drinking Again", "Ease On Down the Road", "Embraceable You", "Everyday", "Ev'ry Evenin' Blues", "Fill My Cup", "Fine Sugar", "For Once In My Life", "Get Together", "God Is All You'll Ever Need", "God Is So Wonderful", "Good Morning Blues", "Good Times", "Gotta Travel On", "Hard to Get Along", "Have a Good Time", "Have You Ever Been Lonely?", "His Eye Is On the Sparrow", "How About You", "How Did He Look?", "How Do You Keep from Cryin'", "How Great Thou Art/My Tribute", "I Ain't Ready For That", "I Am Persuaded", "I Could Have Danced All Night", "I Could Have Told You So", "If Ever I Would Leave You", "If I Never Get To Heaven", "If It's The Last Thing I Do", "If You Are But a Dream", "I Got The Blues", "I Had To Know My Way Around", "I Love Him", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight", "If I Forget You", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "I Got It Bad", "I Know The Lord Has Laid His Hand On Me", "I'll Take Care of Your Cares", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "I'm Coming Home Los Angeles", "I'm Finally Free/Yes, I Love Jesus/My Soul Only Loves You/Lord Let Your Spirit Moves Me In", "I'm Old Fashioned", "I Need You So", "In the Meantime", "In the Still of the Night", "It's Magic", "It's Over Now", "Jesus", "Jesus Will Answer Your Prayer", "Keep Smiling at Trouble", "Kiss My Love Goodbye", "Lay Baby Lay", "Let's Get Away From It All", "Let's Start All Over Again", "Little Girl Blue", "Lonelyville" (Let's Rock)", "Lover Man", "Love Story", "Low", "Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues", "Man With A Horn", "Mean To Me", "Mood Indigo", "More Than This I Cannot Give", "More Than You Know", "My Man", "My Melancholy Baby", "Never My Love", "Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do", "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel", "Nobody's Sweetheart", "No Explanation Necessary", "Not My Will", "Once Upon a Dream", "One More Time", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Pop Goes The World", "Put On a Happy Face", "Put On A Happy Face/I Want To Be Happy", "Rock A My Soul", "Say It Isn't So", "Sermonette", "Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?", "Somebody's Calling My Name", "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "So Nice (Summer Samba", "Still Called The Blues", "St. James Infirmary", "Sunny", "Sure Like Lovin' You", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do", "Tea For Two", "That's All", "That's Life", "The Air That I Breathe", "The Anniversary Waltz", "The Best Thing for You", "The Bottom Of Old Smokey", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "The Lamp Is Low/After the Lights Go Down Low/Fly Me to the Moon", "The More I See You", "The Most Beautiful Words", "The Nearness of You", "There's Always the Blues", "There's No Two Ways About It", "There Will Never Be Another You", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Things Ain't What They Used to Be", "Thou Swell", "Time After Time", "Travelin' Light", "Turn to the Light", "Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air", "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", "What Is There to Say?", "What Now My Love?", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Who Can I Turn To", "What Do You Know About Love?", "Why Not Now", "With Pen In Hand", "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey", "Work It Out", "Years from Now", "Yes, Indeed", "You Are All I Need", "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis", "You Don't Know How Blessed You Are", "You Got the Right Key But the Wrong Keyhole", "You Know How Love Is", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)", "You're Driving Me Crazy")
A4 ("A Far Far Better Thing", "After Loving You", "A House Is Not A Home", "All of Me", "Almost Like Being in Love", "A Lover's Prayer", "And That Reminds Me", "Angel D'Amore", "Anything Goes", "A Stranger On Earth", "A Window Open", "A Wonderful Feeling", "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home", "Blow Out the Sun", "Blues for the Weepers", "Blue Skies", "Brilliance (Theme)", "Choice Of Colors", "Close To You", "Cole Porter Medley", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Comment", "Cottage For Sale", "Daybreak Serenade", "Daydream City", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Don't Take Your Love from Me", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Drinking Again", "Embraceable You", "Empty Bed Blues", "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", "Fire And Rain/Bye Bye Love", "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)", "Fool That I Am", "Forbidden Games", "Getting to Know You", "Girl Talk", "Go", "God Bless The Child", "God Is All You'll Ever Need", "God Is So Wonderful", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "Headin' Home", "Hear Little Heart Went to Loveland", "Here's That Rainy Day", "He's Never Failed Me Yet", "He Was Too Good To Me", "Home (When Shadows Fall)", "How Can You Lose What 'Cha Never Had", "How Can You Not Believe Me", "Hush Now Don't Cry", "I Am Not The Same", "I Believe", "I Don't Know Enough About You", "If Everybody In The World Loved Everybody In The World", "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)", "If Not for You", "If You Are But a Dream", "I Got It Bad", "I Gotta Be Me", "I'll Get By", "I'll Never Be The Same", "Ill Wind", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "I'm Just A Lucky So And So", "I Never Knew", "In The Dark", "I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart", "I Only Want to Love You", "I Possess", "I Thought Of You Last Night", "It's Monday Every Day", "It's Nice To Have A Man Around The House", "It's Over Now", "I Used To Love You (But It's All Over Now)", "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "I Wanna Be Around", "Just One of Those Things", "Keep Smiling at Trouble", "Kiss My Love Goodbye", "Last Mile Of The Way", "Let Me in Your Life", "Little Girl Blue", "Love For Sale", "Lover Man", "Love Story", "Make Someone Happy", "Mean To Me", "Measure Of A Man", "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On", "Misty", "Moon Love", "More Than Wonderful", "Morning Comes Too Soon", "My Devotion", "My Dreams End at Dawn", "My Heart Belongs To Daddy", "My Reverie", "My Silent Love", "My Soul Feels Better Right Now", "Never Can Say Good-Bye/Let's Stay Together", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen", "Not One Minute More", "Once Upon a Dream", "One For My Baby", "Pennies from Heaven", "Proud Mary", "Rome Adventure", "See What The Boys In the Back Room Will Have", "Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)", "Sermonette", "Softly My Love", "Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?", "Someday Sweetheart", "Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues", "Something", "Something Cool", "Something I Dreamed Last Night", "Squeeze Me", "Stormy Weather", "Stranger in Paradise", "Sweet Love", "Take My Heart", "Tea For Two", "Tenderly", "That's All", "That's All There Is", "That's Life", "The Anniversary Waltz", "The Best Thing for You", "The Birth of the Blues", "The End of a Love Affair", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "The Lamp Is Low/After the Lights Go Down Low/Fly Me to the Moon", "The More I See You", "The Most Beautiful Words", "The Party's Over", "There's A Small Hotel", "The Show Must Go On", "The Story of the Blues", "The Touch of Your Lips", "The Wind In The Willows", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Thou Swell", "Three O'Clock In The Morning", "Till the End of Time", "Time Was", "Too Much Man", "Two Together", "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life", "What Do You Know About Love?", "What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)", "When I Fall In Love", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", "While We're Young", "Who Can I Turn To", "Who Is She And What Is She To You", "Why Don't You Do Right", "Work It Out", "Worry 'Bout Nothin'", "Wrapped Up In The Comfort Of You", "You Don't Know What Love Is", "You Gave Me Love", "You Gotta Love Everybody", "You Mean All the World to Me", "You're Driving Me Crazy", "You're Just in Love", "You're My Love", "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You", "You've Been a Good Old Wagon")
Significant Low Notes:
G♯3 ("After Loving You", "After You've Gone", "All by Myself", "All Alone", "A Lover's Prayer", "Always", "Angel D'Amore", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Can't We Talk It Over", "Cole Porter Medley", "Comes Once in a Lifetime", "Daybreak Serenade", "Detour Ahead", "Don't You Know?", "Do You Really Know Him?", "Fine Sugar", "Funny What Love Can Do", "Get Out Of Town", "Gotta' Travel On", "Go With The National Guard", "Have You Ever Been Lonely?", "Hear Little Heart Went to Loveland", "He Was Too Good To Me", "His Eye Is On the Sparrow", "How Can You Lose What 'Cha Never Had", "How Great Thou Art/My Tribute", "I Am Persuaded", "I Behold You", "I Could Have Told You So", "If I Forget You", "If I Never Get To Heaven", "If It's The Last Thing I Do", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "I Got The Blues", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "I'll Never Be The Same", "I'll Take Care of Your Cares", "I'm Coming Home Los Angeles", "I'm Finally Free/Yes, I Love Jesus/My Soul Only Loves You/Lord Let Your Spirit Moves Me In", "I Need You So", "In the Still of the Night", "I Should Care", "It Was A Very Good Year", "I Wish", "Leftover Wine", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Let's Get Away From It All", "Love Me Tender", "Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues", "Mood Indigo", "More Than You Know", "My World Is Empty Without You", "Never My Love", "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Rome Adventure", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "St. James Infirmary", "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do", "Take My Heart", "Tea For Two", "That's All", "The Nearness of You", "Then You'll Know", "There's Always the Blues", "There's Nothin' Like a Boy", "There's No Two Ways About It", "There Will Never Be Another You", "These Are the Things I Love", "The Solitary Woman", "The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)", "Things Ain't What They Used to Be", "Time After Time", "Time Was", "Too Much Man", "Turn to the Light", "Two Sleepy People", "Walking By The River", "What Do You Know About Love?", "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey", "Wonderful One", "Years from Now", "You Better Go Now", "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis", "You Gotta Love Everybody", "You Know How Love Is")
G3 ("After Loving You", "All Alone", "Always True To You In My Fashion", "And That Reminds Me", "A Wilted Flower", "Big City", "Billy My Love", "Brand New Day", "Comes Once in a Lifetime", "Comment", "Compared To What", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Do I Worry", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Don't You Know?", "Drinking Again", "Fire And Rain/Bye Bye Love", "Fool That I Am", "Games People Play", "God Is So Wonderful", "Good Times", "Goody Goody", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "Hear Little Heart Went to Loveland", "How About You", "How Can You Not Believe Me", "How Did He Look?", "How Great Thou Art/My Tribute", "If Ever I Would Leave You", "If I Didn't Care", "If I Forget You", "I Gotta Be Me", "I Had To Know My Way Around", "I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time", "I'll Get By", "I'll Never Be The Same", "Ill Wind", "I'm Thru With Love", "In The Dark", "I Thought Of You Last Night", "It's Monday Every Day", "It's Over Now", "I Used To Love You (But It's All Over Now)", "I Wish", "I Wish I Knew", "Just One of Those Things", "Kiss My Love Goodbye", "Last Mile Of The Way", "Let's Start All Over Again", "Little Boy Lost (Pieces Of Dreams)", "Love Story", "Mack The Knife", "Man With A Horn", "Mean To Me", "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On", "Moon Love", "More Than Wonderful", "My Devotion", "My Man", "My Melancholy Baby", "My Reverie", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen", "No Explanation Necessary", "Not My Will", "Not One Minute More", "Ol' Man River", "Once Upon a Dream", "One For My Baby", "One More Time", "On The South Side Of Chicago", "Pop Goes The World", "Proud Mary", "Put On a Happy Face", "Say It Isn't So", "Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)", "Softly My Love", "Somebody's Calling My Name", "Someday Sweetheart", "Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues", "Something", "Stranger in Paradise", "Squeeze Me", "S'Wonderful", "That Old Feeling", "The Good Life", "The Lamp Is Low/After the Lights Go Down Low/Fly Me to the Moon", "The More I See You", "The Party's Over", "These Are the Things I Love", "The Story of the Blues", "The Story of a Starry Night", "The Touch of Your Lips", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Touched by an Angel", "Touch Me Again", "Travelin' Light", "Who Can I Turn To", "Wishing (I Wish)", "You Mean All the World to Me", "You're Driving Me Crazy", "You're Just in Love", "You're My Brother, You're My Sister", "You're My Love", "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You")
F♯3 ("A Hundred Years from Today", "Be My Love", "C'mon C'mon", "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles", "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", "Forbidden Games", "For Once In My Life", "Funny", "He Was Too Good To Me", "How Do You Keep from Cryin'", "I Could Have Told You So", "I Cried for You", "I Don't Know Enough About You", "If It's The Last Thing I Do", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "I'm Nobody's Baby", "I Possess", "I Should Care", "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'", "Lover Man", "Mack The Knife", "Misty", "More", "Morning Comes Too Soon", "My Dreams End at Dawn", "Nobody's Sweetheart", "Serenade", "There's A Small Hotel", "There's Nothin' Like a Boy", "Two Sleepy People", "What Now My Love?", "With Pen In Hand", "Wrapped Up In The Comfort Of You", "Yes, Indeed")
F3 ("A Foggy Day In London Town", "A House Is Not A Home", "All of Me", "Amen!", "An Understanding Heart", "But Beautiful", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Can't We Talk It Over", "Close To You", "Daybreak Serenade", "Deep In A Dream", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Embraceable You", "Empty Bed Blues", "Everyday", "Get Together", "Good Morning Blues", "Gotta Travel On", "Have a Good Time", "Here's That Rainy Day", "How Can You Lose What 'Cha Never Had", "How Did He Look?", "How Do You Keep from Cryin'", "Hush Now Don't Cry", "I Am Persuaded", "I Could Have Told You So", "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight", "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)", "If Not for You", "If You Are But a Dream", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "I Heard You Cried Last Night", "I'll Get By", "I'll Take Care of Your Cares", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "I'm Old Fashioned", "I'm Thru With Love", "I Only Want to Love You", "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'", "I Wish I Knew", "Just One of Those Things", "Lay Baby Lay", "Let's Get Away From It All", "Lonelyville" (Let's Rock)", "Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues", "More Than You Know", "My Devotion", "My Dreams End at Dawn", "My Heart Belongs To Daddy", "Never Can Say Good-Bye/Let's Stay Together", "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel", "No Explanation Necessary", "Not One Minute More", "Once Upon a Dream", "On The South Side Of Chicago", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Somebody's Calling My Name", "So Nice (Summer Samba", "St. James Infirmary", "Stormy Weather", "Sure Like Lovin' You", "Sweet Love", "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues version, "The Anniversary Waltz", "The End of a Love Affair", "The Air That I Breathe", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "The Most Beautiful Words", "These Are the Things I Love", "The Solitary Woman", "The Touch of Your Lips", "The Wind In The Willows", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Till the End of Time", "Touched by an Angel", "Travelin' Light", "Two Sleepy People", "Two Together", "What Do You Know About Love?", "What'll I Do", "What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)", "When I Fall In Love", "While We're Young", "Who Can I Turn To", "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey", "You're Driving Me Crazy")
E3 ("A Lover's Prayer", "A Stranger On Earth", "A Window Open", "Be My Love", "Blues for the Weepers", "By Love Possessed", "Cole Porter Medley", "Compared To What", "Don't Take Your Love from Me", "Falling in Love With Love", "Forbidden Games", "Girl Talk", "Go", "Gone", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "I Cried for You", "I Got It Bad", "I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time", "I'm Nobody's Baby", "I Never Knew", "I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart", "I Possess", "It's Nice To Have A Man Around The House", "I Wanna Be Around", "Let Me in Your Life", "Love For Sale", "Love Me Tender", "Make Someone Happy", "Measure Of A Man", "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On", "More", "More Than You Know", "Morning Comes Too Soon", "Nobody's Sweetheart", "Rome Adventure", "Serenade", "Softly My Love", "Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?", "Something", "Something I Dreamed Last Night", "Take My Heart", "Tenderly", "That's Life", "The Best Thing for You", "The Good Life", "These Foolish Things", "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life", "When I Fall In Love" Sure Like Lovin' You version, "Work It Out", "You Don't Know What Love Is", "You Gave Me Love")
E♭3 ("After You've Gone", "Always", "An Understanding Heart", "As Long as He Needs Me", "A Wonderful Feeling", "But Not for Me", "Chicago", "C'mon C'mon", "Come On-A My House", "Daydream City", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Don't Cry Joe", "Embraceable You", "For Once In My Life", "Gotta' Travel On", "Hear Little Heart Went to Loveland", "How Did He Look?", "I Am Persuaded", "I Love Him", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I'm Finally Free/Yes, I Love Jesus/My Soul Only Loves You/Lord Let Your Spirit Moves Me In", "In the Meantime", "In the Still of the Night", "It Makes No Difference Now", "It Was A Very Good Year" One More Time! version, "Let's Start All Over Again", "Little Girl Blue", "Low", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Lamplight", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Man With A Horn", "Not My Will", "Ol' Man River", "One More Time", "Sermonette", "Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues" Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues version, "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "That's All", "Then You'll Know", "There's Always the Blues", "There Will Never Be Another You", "The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)", "The Story of a Starry Night", "Things Ain't What They Used to Be", "Three O'Clock In The Morning", "Touch Me Again", "Turn the Pain Around", "Turn to the Light", "Why Not Now", "You Better Go Now", "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis", "You Know How Love Is")
D3 ("And the Angels Sing", "A Window Open", "Billy My Love", "Blue Skies", "But Beautiful", "Choice Of Colors", "Close To You", "Comment", "Cottage For Sale", "Do I Worry", "Don't You Know?" The Best Thing For You version, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", "Fire And Rain/Bye Bye Love", "Funny", "Games People Play", "Getting to Know You", "Girl Talk", "Gone", "Good Morning Blues" Della Reese Live version, "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "He's Never Failed Me Yet", "His Eye Is On the Sparrow", "If Ever I Would Leave You", "If You Are But a Dream", "I'll Always Be in Love With You", "I Love You", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I'm Just A Lucky So And So", "I'm Old Fashioned", "I Possess", "Let Me in Your Life", "Little Boy Lost (Pieces Of Dreams)", "Make Someone Happy", "Misty", "More", "Never Can Say Good-Bye/Let's Stay Together", "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)", "Something Cool", "Tenderly", "The Birth of the Blues", "There's A Small Hotel", "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", "What Is There to Say?", "What Now My Love?", "With Pen In Hand", "Wrapped Up In The Comfort Of You")
C♯3 ("A Hundred Years from Today", "And Now", "Being Green", "C'mon C'mon", "Get Out Of Town", "God Is So Wonderful", "It's Nice To Have A Man Around The House", "Keep Smiling at Trouble", "Lamplight", "That's All", "Whatever Lola Wants", "Wonderful One")
C3 ("Baby, Won't You Please Come Home", "Chicago", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Daydream City", "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)", "God Is So Wonderful" Give It to God version, "Good Morning Blues" Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues version, "Goody Goody", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry", "He's Never Failed Me Yet", "How Do You Keep from Cryin'", "I Don't Know Enough About You", "If Everybody In The World Loved Everybody In The World", "I Got It Bad" Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues version, "I Love Him", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "I Wanna Be Around", "Misty", "The Best Thing for You", "The Lamp Is Low/After the Lights Go Down Low/Fly Me to the Moon", "Thou Swell", "Three O'Clock In The Morning", "Till the End of Time", "Too Much Man", "Turn the Pain Around", "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", "What Now My Love?", "Who Can I Turn To" Della Reese Live version, "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)")
B2 ( "A Stranger On Earth", "Being Green", "Don't Take Your Love from Me", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "If I Never Get To Heaven", "My Silent Love", "You Gave Me Love")
B♭2 ("An Understanding Heart", "But Beautiful", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Ease On Down the Road", "God Bless The Child", "Have a Good Time", "How Great Thou Art/My Tribute", "I Believe", "If Ever I Would Leave You", "I Had To Know My Way Around", "It's Magic", "Little Girl Blue", "The Air That I Breathe" Sure Like Lovin' You version)
A2 ("Being Green", "Falling in Love With Love")
F♯2 ("Convention in Las Vegas, 2007")
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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}
F6 ("Pennies from Heaven" [1])
C♯6 ("Daddy" [1])
C6 ("Years from Now" [2])
B♭5 ("Ev'ry Evenin' Blues" [2])
G♯5 ("The Lamp Is Low/After the Lights Go Down Low/Fly Me to the Moon" [3])
G5 ("Just One of Those Things" [3])
F5 ("Someday Sweetheart" [3], "You Are All I Need" [2])
E♭3 ("Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey" [1])
D3 ("Almost Like Being in Love" [1], "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" [3], "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" [1])
C♯3 ("There's Always the Blues" [1])
C3 ("Then You'll Know" [1])
B2 ("Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" [1], "Morning Comes Too Soon" [1])
B♭2 ("Not My Will" [1], "The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" [1])
A2 ("Don't Take Your Love from Me" [1])
G2 ("God Is All You'll Ever Need" [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.
F6 ("Pennies from Heaven" [1])
C♯6 ("Daddy" [1])
C6 ("Years from Now" [2])
B♭5 ("Ev'ry Evenin' Blues" [2])
G♯5 ("The Lamp Is Low/After the Lights Go Down Low/Fly Me to the Moon" [3])
G5 ("Just One of Those Things" [3])
F5 ("Someday Sweetheart" [3], "You Are All I Need" [2])
E♭3 ("Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey" [1])
D3 ("Almost Like Being in Love" [1], "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" [3], "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" [1])
C♯3 ("There's Always the Blues" [1])
C3 ("Then You'll Know" [1])
B2 ("Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" [1], "Morning Comes Too Soon" [1])
B♭2 ("Not My Will" [1], "The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" [1])
A2 ("Don't Take Your Love from Me" [1])
G2 ("God Is All You'll Ever Need" [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.
{Discography}
Melancholy Baby (1957) - D3 - E♭5
Three Great Girls (1957) -
Amen! (1958) - F3 - E♭5
A Date With Della Reese (1958) - D3 - D5
And That Reminds Me (1959) - C♯3 - E5
What Do You Know About Love? (1959) - E♭3 - D5
The Story of the Blues (1959) - E♭3 - D5
Della (1960) - C3 - D5
Della by Starlight (1960) - C♯3 - B♭4
Special Delivery (1961) - C3 - C5
Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha (1961) - C♯3 - C♯5
The Classic Della (1962) - C3 - B4
Della Reese on Stage (1962) - B♭2 - C♯5
Waltz with Me (1963) - A2 - B♭4
Della Reese at Basin Street East (1964) - B2 - C♯5
Moody (1965) - B♭2 - C5
C'mon and Hear (1965) - B♭2 - E♭5
I Like It Like Dat! (1965) - B2 - F5
Della Reese Live (1966) - B♭2 - E♭5
One More Time – Live at the Playboy Club (1966) - C3 - C5
Della On Strings of Blue (1967) - B♭2 - E5
I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out (1968) - E♭3 - E5
Black Is Beautiful (1970) - C3 - D5
Right Now (1971) - C3 - E5 (missing track 9)
Let Me In Your Life (1973) - A2 - D5
One Of A Kind (1979) - C♯3 - C5 (missing tracks 5)
Somebody's Callin' My Name (late 1970s) - C♯3 - D5 (missing tracks 2-6)
Sure Like Lovin' You (1983) - B♭2 - C♯5
Della Reese and Brilliance (1986) - B2 - C5
On The Radio: The 1962 'Live' Guard Sessions (1993) - F3 - C5
An Evening with Tito Puente and Della Reese (1993) - B♭2 - C5 (missing tracks 6 and 8)
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (1995) - C3 - C5
The Best Thing For You (1996) - C3 - C5
My Soul Feels Better Right Now (1998) - C3 - D5
Give It to God (2006) - B♭2 - E♭5
Melancholy Baby (1957) - D3 - E♭5
Three Great Girls (1957) -
Amen! (1958) - F3 - E♭5
A Date With Della Reese (1958) - D3 - D5
And That Reminds Me (1959) - C♯3 - E5
What Do You Know About Love? (1959) - E♭3 - D5
The Story of the Blues (1959) - E♭3 - D5
Della (1960) - C3 - D5
Della by Starlight (1960) - C♯3 - B♭4
Special Delivery (1961) - C3 - C5
Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha (1961) - C♯3 - C♯5
The Classic Della (1962) - C3 - B4
Della Reese on Stage (1962) - B♭2 - C♯5
Waltz with Me (1963) - A2 - B♭4
Della Reese at Basin Street East (1964) - B2 - C♯5
Moody (1965) - B♭2 - C5
C'mon and Hear (1965) - B♭2 - E♭5
I Like It Like Dat! (1965) - B2 - F5
Della Reese Live (1966) - B♭2 - E♭5
One More Time – Live at the Playboy Club (1966) - C3 - C5
Della On Strings of Blue (1967) - B♭2 - E5
I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out (1968) - E♭3 - E5
Black Is Beautiful (1970) - C3 - D5
Right Now (1971) - C3 - E5 (missing track 9)
Let Me In Your Life (1973) - A2 - D5
One Of A Kind (1979) - C♯3 - C5 (missing tracks 5)
Somebody's Callin' My Name (late 1970s) - C♯3 - D5 (missing tracks 2-6)
Sure Like Lovin' You (1983) - B♭2 - C♯5
Della Reese and Brilliance (1986) - B2 - C5
On The Radio: The 1962 'Live' Guard Sessions (1993) - F3 - C5
An Evening with Tito Puente and Della Reese (1993) - B♭2 - C5 (missing tracks 6 and 8)
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (1995) - C3 - C5
The Best Thing For You (1996) - C3 - C5
My Soul Feels Better Right Now (1998) - C3 - D5
Give It to God (2006) - B♭2 - E♭5
