Post by Baronessa on Aug 12, 2021 20:00:02 GMT
Franz Reuther (18 July 1941 - 23 January 2024)
Member of: Boney M. (1975 - 1990)
Vocal Range: C2 - A5
{Vocal Range Timeline}Alex61
Boney M.:
Take the Heat Off Me (1976): E♭2 - F3 - A5
Oceans of Fantasy (1979): E♭2 - B♭4 - G5
Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984): D2 - D4
Baronessa
Frank Farian:
So ein tag (1971): G2 - B4 - E5*
So muß liebe sein (1973): B♭2 - B♭4 - E5
Boney M.:
Love for Sale (1977): C♯2 - A3
Boonoonoonoos (1981): D2 - B4 - F♯5
Eye Dance (1985): F2 - B4
galaxyseal
Boney M.:
Nightflight to Venus (1978): D2 - D4 - C5
Christmas Album (1981): E2 - A3
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*Sans "Ich liebe dich so wie du bist", "Yakety Yak" and "Mamy Blue"
Boney M.:
Take the Heat Off Me (1976): E♭2 - F3 - A5
Oceans of Fantasy (1979): E♭2 - B♭4 - G5
Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984): D2 - D4
Baronessa
Frank Farian:
So ein tag (1971): G2 - B4 - E5*
So muß liebe sein (1973): B♭2 - B♭4 - E5
Boney M.:
Love for Sale (1977): C♯2 - A3
Boonoonoonoos (1981): D2 - B4 - F♯5
Eye Dance (1985): F2 - B4
galaxyseal
Boney M.:
Nightflight to Venus (1978): D2 - D4 - C5
Christmas Album (1981): E2 - A3
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*Sans "Ich liebe dich so wie du bist", "Yakety Yak" and "Mamy Blue"
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("Baby Do You Wanna Bump", "Lovin' Or Leavin'")
G5 ("Bye Bye Bluebird")
F♯5 ("Malaika", "Silly Confusion")
F5 ("Boonoonoonoos", "Gotta Go Home", "Let It All Be Music", "Baby Do You Wanna Bump")
E5 ("Consuela Biaz", "Gipsy", "Malaika", "So muß liebe sein")
E♭5 ("Bye Bye Bluebird", "Jimmy", "Oceans of Fantasy", "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville / I Shall Sing")
D5 ("African Moon", "Consuela Biaz", "Oceans of Fantasy", "Silly Confusion", "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville / I Shall Sing")
C5 ("African Moon", "Boonoonoonoos", "Bye Bye Bluebird", "Dancing in the Streets", "Jimmy", "Ride to Agadir")
B4 ("An mir soll es nicht liegen", "Ein mädchen aus Duisburg", "Eye Dance", "Gipsy", "Goodbye My Friend", "Ein neuer stern ging auf")
B♭4 ("Ein mädchen aus Duisburg", "Leg dein kopf an meine schulter", "Oceans of Fantasy", "Ride to Agadir", "Schön war die zeit")
A4 ("Dancing in the Streets", "I'm Alive", "Laß mir zeit dich zu lieben", "Leg dein kopf an meine schulter", "Morgens, Mittags, Abends - Barbara", "Und wir sahen uns nur an")
G♯4 ("Bye Bye Love", "Ein neuer stern ging auf", "Morgens, Mittags, Abends - Barbara", "My Cherie Amour", "Nein, du darfst nicht gehen", "So muß liebe sein", "Was kann schöner sein?")
G4 ("Dana, My Love", "Ein kissen voller träume", "Sample City", "So muß liebe sein", "Was kann schöner sein?", "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)", "Wenn alle wünsche in erfüllung gehen", "Wunderbar")
F♯4 ("Bye Bye Love", "Ein kissen voller träume ", "Ein mädchen aus Duisburg", "Gold in Acapulco", "Laß mir zeit dich zu lieben", "Morgens, Mittags, Abends - Barbara", "My Cherie Amour", "Mädchen so wild wie der wind und das meer", "Schön war die zeit", "Speedy Gonzales", "Was wird aus Jenny?")
F4 ("An mir soll es nicht liegen", "Cherish (The Life)", "Dana, My Love", "Ein kissen voller träume ", "Ein mädchen aus Duisburg", "Ein neuer stern ging auf", "Ich bin allein so wie sonst", "Irgendwann", "Leg dein kopf an meine schulter", "Mother & Child Reunion", "Rocky", "Ruby Baby", "Schön war die zeit", "So ein tag", "Spring über deinen schatten, Tommy", "Was wird aus Jenny?", "Wunderbar")
E4 ("Ein neuer stern ging auf", "Ginny Oh Ginny", "Gipsy", "Gold in Acapulco", "Himmelblaue augen", "I'm Alive", "Ich bin allein so wie sonst", "Irgendwann", "Song of Joy", "Leg dein kopf an meine schulter", "Mädchen aus Arbanville", "Mädchen so wild wie der wind und das meer", "Nein, du darfst nicht gehen", "Rocky", "Ruby Baby", "Schön war die zeit", "So ein tag", "Speedy Gonzales", "Spring über deinen schatten, Tommy", "Stories", "Todos Buenos", "Und wir sahen uns nur an", "Wenn alle wünsche in erfüllung gehen")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Am samstagabend", "An mir soll es nicht liegen", "Dancing in the Streets", "Ein neuer stern ging auf", "Gipsy", "Gold in Acapulco", "Ich bin allein so wie sonst", "Irgendwann", "Mädchen so wild wie der wind und das meer", "Morgens, Mittags, Abends - Barbara", "Oceans of Fantasy", "So ein tag", "Spring über deinen schatten, Tommy", "Stories", "Was kann schöner sein?", "Young Free and Single")
C♯3 ("Bel Ami", "Children of Paradise", "Ein neuer stern ging auf", "Ginny Oh Ginny", "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", "Leg dein kopf an meine schulter", "Nein, du darfst nicht gehen", "Sad Movies", "Wunderbar", "Zion's Daughter")
C3 ("The Alibama", "Belfast", "Boonoonoonoos", "Cherish (The Life)", "Dancing in the Streets", "Du bist wunderbar", "Future World", "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)", "Jimmy", "Ma Baker", "Mother & Child Reunion", "Rivers of Babylon", "So ein tag", "So muß liebe sein", "Song of Joy", "Still I'm Sad", "Stories")
B2 ("Bahama Mama", "Belfast", "Children of Paradise", "Du bist wunderbar", "Eye Dance", "Goodbye My Friend", "Kalimba de Luna", "Nein, du darfst nicht gehen", "So muß liebe sein", "Und wir sahen uns nur an", "Was wird aus Jenny?", "Zion's Daughter")
B♭2 ("Boonoonoonoos", "Bye Bye Bluebird", "Cherish (The Life)", "Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)", "I Feel Good", "I Need A Babysitter", "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)", "Jimmy", "Mother & Child Reunion", "New York City", "No Time to Lose", "Sample City", "Still I'm Sad", "Was kann schöner sein?", "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville / I Shall Sing", "Was wird aus Jenny?")
A2 ("Am samstagabend", "An mir soll es nicht liegen", "Bel Ami", "Breakaway", "Dancing in the Streets", "El Lute", "Goodbye My Friend", "Got Cha Loco", "Heart of Gold", "I See a Boat on the River", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Kalimba de Luna", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord", "My Friend Jack", "Ride to Agadir", "Silly Confusion", "Song of Joy", "Todos Buenos", "Und wir sahen uns nur an", "Zion's Daughter")
G♯2 ("Going Back West", "Got a Man on My Mind", "Gotta Go Home", "Help, Help", "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", "I Feel Good", "I Need A Babysitter", "Like Diamonds in the Sky", "Sample City")
G2 ("An mir soll es nicht liegen", "Breakaway", "Bye Bye Bluebird", "Consuela Biaz", "Dreadlock Holiday", "Du bist wunderbar", "Felicidad (Margherita)", "Future World", "Gadda-Da-Vida", "Got Cha Loco", "King of the Road", "Hold On I'm Coming", "Malaika", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord", "Mother & Child Reunion", "Oceans of Fantasy", "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", "Ride to Agadir", "Rivers of Babylon", "Sample City", "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)", "Young Free and Single")
F♯2 ("Dreadlock Holiday", "Fever", "Gloria, Can You Waddle", "King of the Road", "Rasputin", "Todos Buenos", "Voodoonight", "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)")
F2 ("Baby Do You Wanna Bump", "The Carnival Is Over", "Daddy Cool", "Dreadlock Holiday", "Gadda-Da-Vida", "Going Back West", "Heart of Gold", "Help, Help", "Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoi)", "I'm Born Again", "Let It All Be Music", "Like Diamonds in the Sky", "Ma Baker", "Malaika", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord", "Mother & Child Reunion", "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", "Ride to Agadir", "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville / I Shall Sing")
E2 ("African Moon", "El Lute", "He Was a Steppenwolf", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Song of Joy", "No More Chain Gang", "Rasputin", "Rivers of Babylon", "Silly Confusion", "Voodoonight")
E♭2 ("The Carnival Is Over", "Daddy Cool", "Dizzy", "Gloria, Can You Waddle", "Gotta Go Home", "Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoi)")
D2 ("He Was a Steppenwolf", "King of the Road", "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)")
C♯2 ("Ma Baker")
C2 ("Daddy Cool" Sopot Festival 1979, "Song of Joy")
{Questionable Notes}B♭5 ("Baby Do You Wanna Bump"[1a])
B♭1 ("We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)"[1b])
A1 ("Song of Joy"[2a])
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[1] Questionable representativeness
a. Brief overshoot
b. Ambiguous downward slides
[2] Questionable legitimacy
a. Can't confirm whether or not he's going for it
Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) weak vocal fry, uncontrolled slides, very short notes, notes hit at an ambiguous pitch and notes where it is unclear who is singing.
B♭1 ("We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)"[1b])
A1 ("Song of Joy"[2a])
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[1] Questionable representativeness
a. Brief overshoot
b. Ambiguous downward slides
[2] Questionable legitimacy
a. Can't confirm whether or not he's going for it
Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) weak vocal fry, uncontrolled slides, very short notes, notes hit at an ambiguous pitch and notes where it is unclear who is singing.
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• Blue denotes falsetto passages.
• Bold denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic passages.
• Underlines denote obscured passages.
Mastermind behind the most lucrative consumer fraud(s) in music history (this is a joke, lawyers), Boney M. and also the voice behind the group's 'frontman' Bobby Farrell. At some point in his career Frank was deemed unmarketable by German record executives, and as such his contributions with Boney M. and to European pop production remain the most lasting part of his elusive career.
