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Pearl Mae Bailey (29 March 1918 - 17 August 1990)
Voice Type: Contralto
Vocal Range: G2-G5
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Hello, Dolly!", "Take Back Your Mink")
F5 ("I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "Paris Blues")
E5 ("Big Nobody", "Big Spender", "Just Like A Man", "Whizzin' Away Along de Track")
E♭5 ("Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend")
D5 ("Around The World With Me", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Flings", "Gone Fishin'", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "I Had Myself A True Love", "Mame", "Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree", "You Can't Make it Anywhere")
C♯5 ("Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night", "Habanera", "He Didn't Have the Know How-No How", "Mama Ain't Cookin' Today", "My Soul is a Witness", "South America, Take it Away", "What Happened To The Hair (On The Head Of The Man I Love)?", "Whizzin' Away Along de Track")
C5 ("Aggravatin' Papa", "Always True To You Darling In My Fashion", "A Man Is a Necessary Evil" For Women Only version, "Applause", "Baby, Don't You Quit Now", "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", "Cakewalk Your Lady", "Clap Yo' Hands", "Flings", "Habanera", "Hello, Dolly!", "I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul" The Nat King Cole Show, 1957, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey on Broadway version, "I Loved Him", "I Must Have That Man", "In the Good Ol' Summertime", "Just Like A Man", "Let There Be Love" Happy Sounds version, "Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me", "Mame", "My Handy Man", "New Shoes", "Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", "She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor", "Side by Side by Side", "Singin' The Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home)", "Supper Time", "Take Back Your Mink", "This Is All I Ask", "That's Life", "That's My Weakness Now", "There Must Be Something Better Than Love", "Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree", "Walk Away", "Wives and Lovers", "You Can Be Replaced", "You Can't Love Them All", "You Come a Long Way from St. Louis", "You'd Better Think It Over", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You")
B4 ("Around The World With Me", "As Long As I Live", "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum" The Ed Sullivan Show, 1955, "Big Nobody", "Big Spender", "Clap Yo' Hands", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Dancing", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Dream Good", "Finale (Hello, Dolly!)", "Five Pound Box of Money", "Frankie And Johnny", "Getting to Know Him", "Good Little Girls", "I Love My Argentine", "In the Good Ol' Summertime", "Just You, Just Me", "Love Letter", "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)", "Mama, A Rainbow", "Mr. & Mrs. Fitch", "My Handy Man", "My Soul is a Witness", "One Man Is Good Enough For Me", "Pas Ce Soir", "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", "Seventy-Six Trombones", "Show Me Love", "Side by Side by Side", "So Long Dearie", "Some Days There Just Ain't No Fish", "Summertime", "Swingin' On A Star", "Take Back Your Mink", "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old", "Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye", "Ukulele Talk", "What Is a Friend For?", "When The World Was Young", "Where Is Love?", "Widow's Weeds", "You Made Me Love You")
B♭4 ("Always True To You Darling In My Fashion", "Am I Blue/Poor Butterfly", "Applause", "A Sleepin' Bee", "A Tower of Strength", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Ballin' the Jack", "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum", "Bess You Is My Woman", "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", "Big Spender", "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Ciribiribin", "Come Fly With Me", "Come Let's Play with Pearlie Mae", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Doin' The New Low Down", "Don't Like Goodbyes", "Dream Good", "Easy to Love", "Elegance", "For Every Man There's A Woman", "Frankie And Johnny", "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "Getting To Know You", "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night", "Hello, Dolly!", "Here's That Rainy Day", "He's Gone" All About Good Little Girls and Bad Little Boys version , "Hey There", "Hong Kong Blues", "How Far Can A Lady Go", "I Ain't Talkin' (Though It's All Over Town)", "I Believe", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "If You Go Away", "I Had Myself A True Love", "I'm Glad There Is You", "I'm Gonna Keep on Doin' (What I'm Doin')", "I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "It's A Great Feeling", "It's A Woman's Prerogative" Pearl Bailey Sings the Songs of Harold Arlen version, "It's Impossible", "I've Got The World On A String", "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free", "Just the Way You Are", "Lady Be Good", "Legalize My Name" St. Louis Woman version, "Let Me Entertain You", "Let's Take The Long Way Home", "Let There Be Love", "Loch Lomond", "Look At That Face", "Love is a Bore/Sadie Fats/Love is a Bore (Reprise)", "Love Is Here to Stay", "Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me", "Mame", "Me And My Shadow", "Memories Of You", "Motherhood", "My Fate Is In Your Hands", "My Soul is a Witness", "Nobody Makes A Pass At Me", "One Man Is Good Enough For Me", "On the Road Again", "Out Of This World", "Paris Blues", "Pleasures and Palaces", "Shein Vi Di L'vone", "She's Something Spanish" Say Si Si version, "So Long Dearie", "Something's Gotta Give", "St. Louis Blues", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Takes Two To Tango", "Tess’s Torch Song (I Had A Man)", "That Certain Feeling", "That's Life", "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", "The Quicker I Gets To Where I'm Goin'", "There Must Be Something Better Than Love", "There's Plenty More Where That Came From", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Tired", "Watch What Happens", "Westport", "What Happened To The Hair (On The Head Of The Man I Love)?", "What Is A Man", "When The World Was Young", "Whizzin' Away Along de Track", "Winchester Cathedral", "You Brought Me More Sunshine (Than I Can Use)", "You Can't Love Them All", "You'd Better Think It Over", "You Gave Me Everything But Love", "You Gotta Dance", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "8th Street Association")
A4 ("A Foggy Day", "Aggravatin' Papa", "A House Is Not a Home", "Ain't He Sweet?", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "A Little Girl from Little Rock", "A Man Is A Necessary Evil", "A Sleepin' Bee", "As Long As I Love You", "Baby, Don't You Quit Now", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Best of Friends", "Cakewalk Your Lady", "Clap Yo' Hands", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Confessions", "Dancing", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Don't Take Your Love From Me", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Fernandeez Of The Andes" Say Si Si version, "Fifteen Years (And I'm Still Serving Time)", "Has I Let You Down?", "Hello, Dolly!", "He's Gone", "Hey There", "House Of Flowers", "How Far Can A Lady Go", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "I Had Myself A True Love", "I Loved Him", "I'm Glad There Is You", "I Must Have That Man", "I Put My Hand In", "It's A Woman's Prerogative", "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free", "Jingle Bells Cha Cha", "Johnson Rag", "Just In Time", "Just Like A Man", "Just You, Just Me", "Legalize My Name", "Love Is Here to Stay", "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)", "Me And My Shadow", "Mouton To Muskrat To Mink", "Mr. & Mrs. Fitch", "My Fate Is In Your Hands", "My Handy Man", "My Soul is a Witness", "Never Give Anything Away", "Nobody's Chasin' Me", "Nothin' Nothin' Baby (Without You)", "One Man (Ain't Quite Enough)", "Pas Ce Soir", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Pleasures and Palaces", "Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid", "Protect Me", "Pushing Forty", "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", "Rip Van Winkle", "Satin & Silk", "Seventy-Six Trombones", "She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor", "Show Me Love", "Singin' The Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home)", "So Long Dearie", "Some Days There Just Ain't No Fish", "Someone to Watch over Me", "Supper Time", "Swingin' On A Star", "Take Back Your Mink", "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", "The Oldest Established", "There is Nothin' Like A Dame", "This Is All I Ask", "The Man That Got Away", "The Physician", "(They Long To Be) Close To You", "Too Old to Cut the Mustard", "Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree", "Walk Away", "Watch What Happens", "What Is A Man", "When The World Was Young", "Who Cares", "Who's Tired", "Winchester Cathedral", "Wives and Lovers", "You Can Be Replaced", "You Can't Make it Anywhere", "You Made Me Love You")
G♯4 ("Am I Blue/Poor Butterfly", "Anyplace I Hang My Hat is Home", "Applause", "Appreciate the Lady", "As Long As I Live", "As Long As I Love You", "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", "Big Nobody", "Big Words", "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?", "Blue Grass", "Ciribiribin", "Dancing", "Deep In A Dream", "Don't Like Goodbyes", "Don't Sit On My Bed", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Dream Good", "Easy Street", "Easy to Love", "Fernandeez Of The Andes", "Finale (Hello, Dolly!)", "Flings", "For Every Man There's A Woman", "Get It Off Your Mind", "Gettin' A Man", "Getting to Know Him", "Give Me The Simple Life", "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night", "Good Little Girls", "Habanera", "He Didn't Have the Know How-No How", "Hello, Dolly!", "He May Be Your Man But He Comes To See Me", "How Far Can A Lady Go", "I Always Shake The Tree", "I Believe", "I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul", "I Cried For You", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "I Got Rhythm", "I'm Gonna Keep on Doin' (What I'm Doin')", "I'm Lazy, That's All", "I Never Met a Stranger", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "I've Got The World On A String", "I Was Telling Him About You", "Let Me Entertain You", "Let There Be Love", "Little Green Apples", "Look At That Face", "Love for Sale", "Love is a Bore/Sadie Fats/Love is a Bore (Reprise)", "Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me", "Mama Ain't Cookin' Today", "Mambo, Tango, Samba, Calypso, Rhumba Blues", "Mama, A Rainbow", "Memories Of You", "My Handy Man", "My Ideal", "My Soul is a Witness", "Nobody Makes A Pass At Me", "Nothin' For Nothin'", "Not Now John", "One Man (Ain't Quite Enough)", "One Man Is Good Enough For Me", "On the Road Again", "Out Of This World", "Ridin' On The Moon", "Shein Vi Di L'vone", "Since I Became A Hussy For My Husband", "So Long Dearie", "Something's Gotta Give", "South America, Take it Away", "St. Louis Blues", "Stormy Weather", "Supper Time", “Sweet Georgia Brown", "That's Good Enough For Me", "That's Life", "That's My Weakness Now", "The Begat", "The Birth Of The Blues", "The Gentleman Is a Dope", "The Great Indoors", "The Gypsy Goofed", "The Laziest Gal In Town", "There Must Be Something Better Than Love", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin Soon for New York", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old", "Tired", "To Keep My Love Alive", "Westport", "What Is a Friend For?", "Widow's Weeds", "World Weary", "Zing Went The Strings", "You Brought Me More Sunshine (Than I Can Use)", "You Can't Love Them All", "You Come a Long Way from St. Louis", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "You Waited Too Long", "8th Street Association")
G4 ("A Foggy Day", "Aggravatin' Papa", "A House Is Not a Home", "Ain't He Sweet?", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "A Lady Never Forgets That She's a Lady", "Allá En El Rancho Grande", "Always True To You Darling In My Fashion", "Around The World With Me", "A Sleepin' Bee", "As Long As I Live", "As Long As I Love You", "A Tower of Strength", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Baby, Don't You Quit Now", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Best of Friends", "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", "Big Spender", "Big Words", "Blue Grass", "...But, What Are These!", "Cakewalk Your Lady", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Ciribiribin", "Clap Yo' Hands", "Come Fly With Me", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Confessions", "Dancing", "Deep In A Dream", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Doin' The New Low Down", "Don't Like 'Em", "Don't Like Goodbyes", "Elegance", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Fifteen Years (And I'm Still Serving Time)", "For Every Man There's A Woman", "Frankie And Johnny", "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "Gettin' A Man", "Getting To Know You", "Give Me The Simple Life", "Has I Let You Down?", "He Didn't Ask Me", "He Gives Me Love", "He May Be Your Man But He Comes To See Me", "Here's That Rainy Day", "He's Gone", "Hey There", "Hong Kong Blues", "House Of Flowers", "Hug Me A Hug (Kiss Me A Kiss)", "I Always Shake The Tree", "I Believe", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "I Can't Sit Down", "I Cried For You", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "I Got Rhythm", "I Had Myself A True Love", "I Hate Men", "I Love My Argentine", "I'm Glad There Is You", "I'm Lazy, That's All", "I Must Have That Man", "I Need Ya Like I Need A Hole In The Head", "In the Good Ol' Summertime", "I Put My Hand In", "I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead", "It's A Great Feeling", "It's A Woman's Prerogative", "It's Impossible", "I Wanna Get Married", "I Was Telling Him About You", "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free", "Johnson Rag", "Just In Time", "Just Like A Man", "Just the Way You Are", "Just You, Just Me", "Lady Be Good", "Legalize My Name", "Let Me Entertain You", "Let's Do It", "Let There Be Love", "Loch Lomond", "Look At That Face", "Love is a Bore/Sadie Fats/Love is a Bore (Reprise)", "Love Is Here to Stay", "Love Letter", "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)", "Mame", "Mamie Is Mimi", "Me And My Shadow", "Motherhood", "Mouton To Muskrat To Mink", "Mr. & Mrs. Fitch", "My Fate Is In Your Hands", "My Ideal", "Never Give Anything Away", "Nobody", "Nothing", "Nothin' Nothin' Baby (Without You)", "Not Tonight”, "Paris Blues", "Pas Ce Soir", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Pleasures and Palaces", "Poor Butterfly", “Protect Me", "Pushing Forty", "Ridin' On The Moon", "Rip Van Winkle", "Row, Row, Row", "Satin & Silk", "Say Si Si", "Second Time Around", "She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor", "She's Something Spanish", "Side by Side by Side", "Since I Became A Hussy For My Husband", "Singin' The Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home)", "Small World", "Someone to Watch over Me", "Swingin' On A Star", "Takes Two To Tango", "That's Life", "That's No Way To Do", "That's What I Like About the North", "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", "The Color of Rain", "The Gentleman Is a Dope", "The Great Indoors", "The Gypsy Goofed", "The Huckle-Buck", "The Laziest Gal In Town", "The Man That Got Away", "The Physician", "The Quicker I Gets To Where I'm Goin'", "There is Nothin' Like A Dame", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin Soon for New York", "There's a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl", "There's A Man In My Life", "There's Plenty More Where That Came From", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "(They Long To Be) Close To You", "Tired", "Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye", "Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree", "Walk Away", "Watch What Happens", "Westport", "What Is A Man", "When The World Was Young", "Where Is Love?", "Who Cares", "Widow's Weeds", "Wives and Lovers", "World Weary", "You Can't Love Them All", "You Can't Make It Anywhere", "You'd Better Think It Over", "You Gave Me Everything But Love", "8th Street Association")
Significant Low Notes:
F3 ("A Foggy Day", "Aggravatin' Papa", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Am I Blue/Poor Butterfly", "Anyplace I Hang My Hat is Home", "Best of Friends", "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", "Big Words", "Blue Grass", "...But, What Are These!", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Don't Like 'Em", "Don't Take Your Love From Me", "Easy Street", "Easy to Love", "For Every Man There's A Woman", "Get It Off Your Mind", "Gettin' A Man", "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night", "He Gives Me Love", "House Of Flowers", "How Far Can A Lady Go", "Hug Me A Hug (Kiss Me A Kiss)", "I Ain't Talkin' (Though It's All Over Town)", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "I Got Rhythm", "I'm Glad There Is You", "I Wouldn't Walk Across The Street", "Lack of Education", "Lady Be Good", "Let's Take The Long Way Home", "Let There Be Love", "Loch Lomond", "Love Is Here to Stay", "Mame", "Mamie Is Mimi", "Memories Of You", "Motherhood", "My Fate Is In Your Hands", "My Ideal", "My Man", "Nobody Makes A Pass At Me", "Nothing", "Old Man, You Been Gone Too Long", "One Man Is Good Enough For Me", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid", "Protect Me", "Pushing Forty", "Row, Row, Row", "Say Si Si", "Shein Vi Di L'vone", "She's Something Spanish", "Since I Became A Hussy For My Husband", "Someone to Watch over Me", "Strike While The Iron's Hot", "Supper Time", "Take It Easy", "Takes Two To Tango", "Tess’s Torch Song (I Had A Man)", "That's Good Enough For Me", "That's Life", "The Gentleman Is a Dope", "The Gypsy Goofed", "The Man That Got Away", "The Physician", "There's Plenty More Where That Came From", "The Two of Us", "Ukulele Talk", "Westport", "What Happened To The Hair (On The Head Of The Man I Love)?", "Whizzin' Away Along de Track", "World Weary", "You Gave Me Everything But Love", "8th Street Association")
E3 ("Ain't He Sweet?", "A Little Girl from Little Rock", "A Man Is A Necessary Evil", "A Sleepin' Bee", "As Long As I Love You", "A Tower of Strength", "Big Spender", "Cakewalk Your Lady", "Come Fly With Me", "Deep In A Dream", "Fernandeez Of The Andes", "Getting to Know Him", "Has I Let You Down?", "I Can't Sit Down", "I Loved Him", "I Need Ya Like I Need A Hole In The Head", "I Put My Hand In", "Jingle Bells Cha Cha", "Legalize My Name", "Let's Do It", "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)", "Mama, A Rainbow", "Mouton To Muskrat To Mink", "Nobody's Chasin' Me", "Not Tonight", "One Man (Ain't Quite Enough)", "Saturday Night Fish Fry", "Solid Gold Cadillac", "Supper Time", "The Birth Of The Blues", "The Laziest Gal In Town", "The Oldest Established", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin Soon for New York", "You Made Me Love You", "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart")
E♭3 ("A Little Learnin' Is A Dang'rous Thing", "Applause", "Appreciate the Lady", "A Tower of Strength", "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum", "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey on Broadway version, "Blue Grass", "Call Me Irresponsible", "C'est Magnifique", "Ciribiribin", "Come Fly With Me", "Dancing", "Doin' The New Low Down", "Don't Like Goodbyes", "Flings", "Gone Fishin'", "Haiti Blues", "He Didn't Ask Me", "He Didn't Have the Know How-No How", "Hello, Dolly!", "I Cried For You", "I'm Gonna Keep on Doin' (What I'm Doin')", "I'm Lazy, That's All", "I Never Met a Stranger", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "I've Got The World On A String", "I Was Telling Him About You", "I Wanna Get Married", "Josephine", "Just the Way You Are", "Little Green Apples", "Look At That Face", "Love is a Bore/Sadie Fats/Love is a Bore (Reprise)", "Love Letter", "Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me", "Memories Of You", "My Ideal", "Nobody Can Do It For You But You", "Non Dimenticar", "Nothin' For Nothin'", "On the Road Again", "Personality", "Ridin' On The Moon", "Seventy-Six Trombones", "Since I Became A Hussy For My Husband", "Small World", "Some Days There Just Ain't No Fish", "South America, Take it Away", "That's No Way To Do", "The Begat", "The Great Indoors", "The Quicker I Gets To Where I'm Goin'", "There's A Man In My Life", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Tired", "To Keep My Love Alive", "Walk Away", "Widow's Weeds", "You Come a Long Way from St. Louis", "You Gotta Dance", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "You Waited Too Long")
D3 ("A House Is Not a Home", "Alla En El Rancho Grande", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Baby, Don't You Quit Now", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Ballin' the Jack", "Bess You Is My Woman", "Big Spender", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Confessions", "Don't Like 'Em", "Don't Take Your Love From Me", "Elegance", "Finale (Hello, Dolly!)", "Getting To Know You", "Here's That Rainy Day", "He's Gone", "Hit The Road To Dreamland", "If You Go Away", "I Had Myself A True Love", "In the Good Ol' Summertime", "It's Impossible", "Look At That Face", "Mama, A Rainbow", "Mr. & Mrs. Fitch", "Never Give Anything Away", "New Shoes", "Poor Butterfly", "Satin & Silk", "Second Time Around", "Side by Side by Side", "Solid Gold Cadillac", "That Certain Feeling" Happy Sounds version, "The Color of Rain", "(They Long To Be) Close To You", "This is All I Ask", "When The World Was Young", "Whoever You Are, I Love You", "Wives and Lovers", "You Can't Make it Anywhere")
C♯3 ("A Little Learnin' Is A Dang'rous Thing", "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum", "Bess You Is My Woman", "Big Nobody", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Finale (Hello, Dolly!)", "Hit The Road To Dreamland", "How Far Can A Lady Go", "I Believe", "Love for Sale", "Mambo, Tango, Samba, Calypso, Rhumba Blues", "Nothin' For Nothin'", "So Long Dearie", "The Laziest Gal In Town", "Whoever You Are, I Love You", "You Waited Too Long")
C3 ("A House Is Not a Home", "A Lady Never Forgets That She's a Lady", "Appreciate the Lady", "A Woman's Work Is Never Done", "Baby, Don't You Quit Now", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Come Let's Play with Pearlie Mae", "Doin' The New Low Down", "Don't Sit On My Bed", "Fifteen Years (And I'm Still Serving Time)", "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "Gone Fishin'", "I Believe", "If My Friends Could See Me Now" Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey on Broadway version, "I'm Glad There Is You", "I Put My Hand In", "I Wanna Get Married", "I Want A Man", "I Wouldn't Walk Across The Street", "Love is a Bore/Sadie Fats/Love is a Bore (Reprise)", "Nobody", "Non Dimenticar", "Nothin' Nothin' Baby (Without You)", "Personality", "Poor Butterfly", "Protect Me", "Rip Van Winkle", "Second Time Around", "Seventy-Six Trombones", "She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor", "Someone to Watch over Me", "The Begat", "The Goodbye Song", "The Physician", "There's Plenty More Where That Came From", "(They Long To Be) Close To You", "This is All I Ask", "Westport", "Where Is Love?", "Whoever You Are, I Love You", "Winchester Cathedral", "Wives and Lovers")
B2 ("Big Words", "Get It Off Your Mind", "Good Little Girls", "Haiti Blues", "Hit The Road To Dreamland", "If You Go Away", "Mama Ain't Cookin' Today", "Pas Ce Soir", "The Birth Of The Blues", "Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye")
B♭2 ("A Little Learnin' Is A Dang'rous Thing", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", "Flings", "He Didn't Ask Me", "Hug Me A Hug (Kiss Me A Kiss)", "He's Gone", "If You Go Away", "Love is a Bore/Sadie Fats/Love is a Bore (Reprise)", "Nobody", "Nobody Can Do It For You But You", "Nothing", "Pushing Forty", "Since I Became A Hussy For My Husband", "Takes Two To Tango")
A2 ("A Lady Never Forgets That She's a Lady", "Appreciate the Lady", "Around The World With Me”, "A Woman's Work Is Never Done", "Deep In A Dream", "Don't Like 'Em", "Mr. & Mrs. Fitch", "My Handy Man", "Nothin' For Nothin'" The Ed Sullivan Show, 1967, "Second Time Around", "The Birth Of The Blues", "The Goodbye Song", "You Can't Make it Anywhere")
G♯2 ("Big Nobody")
G2 ("Wives and Lovers")
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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}
E♭5 ("Gone Fishin'" [3])
D5 ("If My Friends Could See Me Now" [3], "Nobody's Chasin' Me" [1][3])
C5 ("I Heard" [3])
E♭3 ("World Weary" [1])
C♯3 ("My Man" [1])
C3 ("He Gives Me Love" [3], "Hello, Dolly!" [1], "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart" [1])
B♭2 ("Ballin' the Jack" [1], "It's A Woman's Prerogative" [1], "There's Plenty More Where That Came From" [1])
G♯2 ("St. Louis Blues" [1])
G2 ("Fernandeez Of The Andes" [1], "Josephine" [1], “Nothing” [1])
F♯2 ("A Little Girl from Little Rock" [1])
F2 ("Here's That Rainy Day" [1], "Take Back Your Mink" [3])
E♭2 ("To Keep My Love Alive" [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.
E♭5 ("Gone Fishin'" [3])
D5 ("If My Friends Could See Me Now" [3], "Nobody's Chasin' Me" [1][3])
C5 ("I Heard" [3])
E♭3 ("World Weary" [1])
C♯3 ("My Man" [1])
C3 ("He Gives Me Love" [3], "Hello, Dolly!" [1], "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart" [1])
B♭2 ("Ballin' the Jack" [1], "It's A Woman's Prerogative" [1], "There's Plenty More Where That Came From" [1])
G♯2 ("St. Louis Blues" [1])
G2 ("Fernandeez Of The Andes" [1], "Josephine" [1], “Nothing” [1])
F♯2 ("A Little Girl from Little Rock" [1])
F2 ("Here's That Rainy Day" [1], "Take Back Your Mink" [3])
E♭2 ("To Keep My Love Alive" [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}
St. Louis Woman (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1946) - F3-B♭4
Inside U.S.A. (1948) - C3-A4
Arms and the Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1950) - C♯3-C5
Pearl Bailey Entertains (1950) - B2-B4
Cultured Pearl (1952) - B♭2-C♯5
I'm With You (1953) - A2-B4
Say Si Si (1953) - C3-B4
Around the World with Me (1954) - A2-D5
House of Flowers (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1955) - E♭3-B4
The One And Only Pearl Bailey Sings (1956) - C3-C5
Gems by Pearl Bailey (1958) - B♭2-B4
Pearl Bailey Sings Porgy & Bess And Other Gershwin Melodies (1958) - C♯3-F5
Pearl Bailey A-Broad (1959) - C3-C♯5
Pearl Bailey Sings for Adults Only (1959) - B♭2-D5
More Songs for Adults Only (1960) - C3-C5 (missing track 10)
Naughty but Nice (1960) - B♭2-D5
Songs of the Bad Old Days (1960) - C3-C5
Singing & Swinging (1960) - B2-F5
Pearl Bailey Sings the Songs of Harold Arlen (1961) - D3-D5
Come On, Let's Play with Pearlie Mae (1962) - A2-C♯5
Happy Sounds (1962) - C3-C5
All About Good Little Girls and Bad Little Boys (1963) - A2-E5
C'est La Vie (1963) - E♭3-C5 (missing tracks 1, 3, 5-7 and 9-12)
Les Poupées de Paris (1964) - A2-D5
Songs By James Van Heusen (1964) - A2-C5 (missing tracks 2-4, 7 and 9)
For Women Only (1965) - G♯2-G5 (missing tracks 11)
Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording) (1967) - C3-G5
The Real Pearl (1968) - B♭2-C5
Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey on Broadway (1969) - G2-C5
Applause and Other Showstoppers (1970) - C3-C5 (missing tracks 6)
Pearl's Pearls (1971) - B♭2-C5
The Fox and the Hound (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1981) - A2-A4
St. Louis Woman (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1946) - F3-B♭4
Inside U.S.A. (1948) - C3-A4
Arms and the Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1950) - C♯3-C5
Pearl Bailey Entertains (1950) - B2-B4
Cultured Pearl (1952) - B♭2-C♯5
I'm With You (1953) - A2-B4
Say Si Si (1953) - C3-B4
Around the World with Me (1954) - A2-D5
House of Flowers (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1955) - E♭3-B4
The One And Only Pearl Bailey Sings (1956) - C3-C5
Gems by Pearl Bailey (1958) - B♭2-B4
Pearl Bailey Sings Porgy & Bess And Other Gershwin Melodies (1958) - C♯3-F5
Pearl Bailey A-Broad (1959) - C3-C♯5
Pearl Bailey Sings for Adults Only (1959) - B♭2-D5
More Songs for Adults Only (1960) - C3-C5 (missing track 10)
Naughty but Nice (1960) - B♭2-D5
Songs of the Bad Old Days (1960) - C3-C5
Singing & Swinging (1960) - B2-F5
Pearl Bailey Sings the Songs of Harold Arlen (1961) - D3-D5
Come On, Let's Play with Pearlie Mae (1962) - A2-C♯5
Happy Sounds (1962) - C3-C5
All About Good Little Girls and Bad Little Boys (1963) - A2-E5
C'est La Vie (1963) - E♭3-C5 (missing tracks 1, 3, 5-7 and 9-12)
Les Poupées de Paris (1964) - A2-D5
Songs By James Van Heusen (1964) - A2-C5 (missing tracks 2-4, 7 and 9)
For Women Only (1965) - G♯2-G5 (missing tracks 11)
Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording) (1967) - C3-G5
The Real Pearl (1968) - B♭2-C5
Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey on Broadway (1969) - G2-C5
Applause and Other Showstoppers (1970) - C3-C5 (missing tracks 6)
Pearl's Pearls (1971) - B♭2-C5
The Fox and the Hound (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1981) - A2-A4
