Post by Alex61 on Aug 12, 2021 20:00:02 GMT
Elizabeth Rebecca Mitchell
Vocal Range: A2 – F5
Significant High Notes:
F5 ("Sunny")
E♭5 ("Get on Up and Dance" 1990 version, "Going Back West", "Gotta Go Home", "Motherless Child" Les Humphries Singers version)
D5 ("Fever", "Going Back West", "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night", "Song of Joy", "Sunny")
C♯5 ("Brown Girl in the Ring", "Fever", "Plantation Boy", "Sunny", "Voodoonight", "When I Need You" live Dublin 1978)
C5 ("Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoi)", "Let It All Be Music", "Old Man Moses", "Song of Joy", "Todos Buenos", "Tropical Fever", "Two of Us", "(We'll Fly You to The) Promised Land")
B4 ("Bel Ami", "Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)", "Got a Man on My Mind", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", "I'm Born Again", "Love for Sale", "Love Is Bleeding", "Mocking Bird", "Motherless Child", "Plantation Boy", "Rasputin", "Rivers of Babylon", "Sweet Sensation", "Voodoonight", "(We'll Fly You to The) Promised Land", "A Woman Can Change a Man")
B♭4 ("Brown Girl in the Ring", "Calendar Song (January, February, March ...)", "Felicidad (Margherita)", "Feliz Navidad", "Get on Up and Dance" 1990 version, "Going Back West", "Got a Man on My Mind", "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", "I Feel Good", "I Need A Babysitter", "I'm Born Again", "Love for Sale", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord", "Motherless Child", "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night", "No Woman No Cry", "When I Need You" live Dublin 1978, "Zion's Daughter")
A4 ("African Moon", "The Alibama", "Bahama Mama", "Bel Ami", "Calendar Song (January, February, March ...)", "The Carnival Is Over", "Carnival Si Si", "Chica Da Silva", "Children of Paradise", "Consuela Biaz", "El Lute", "Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)", "Felicidad (Margherita)", "Fill You Up", "Future World", "Gadda-Da-Vida", "Going Back West", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", "He Was a Steppenwolf", "Heart of Gold", "Lady Godiva", "Let It Be", "Living Like a Moviestar", "Ma Baker", "Malaika", "Mandela", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord", "My Friend Jack", "Niños de la Playa", "Papa Chico", "Painter Man", "Perfect", "Ribbons of Blue", "Rivers of Babylon", "Todos Buenos", "Tropical Fever", "Two of Us", "Voodoonight", "When a Child Is Born", "White Christmas", "Wild Planet", "A Woman Can Change a Man", "Zion's Daughter")
G♯4 ("Bel Ami", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Brown Girl in the Ring", "Children of Paradise", "Christmas Medley", "Christmas Rose", "Feliz Navidad", "Goodbye My Friend", "Got a Man on My Mind", "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoi)", "I Need A Babysitter", "It's All in Your Eyes", "J-O-Y Joy", "Like Diamonds in the Sky", "Lord's Prayer", "Love Is Bleeding", "No Woman No Cry", "Papa Chico", "Sad Movies", "Somewhere", "Still I'm Sad", "Time Is a River", "When a Child Is Born")
G4 ("10,000 Lightyears", "The Alibama", "African Moon", "Belfast", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "The Carnival Is Over", "Carnival Si Si", "Christmas Medley", "Darkness Is Falling", "Fill You Up", "Future World", "Get on Up and Dance", "Good Timing", "Goodbye My Friend", "Got Cha Loco", "Hear My Cry", "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", "I'm Born Again", "I've Changed", "Jimmy", "Jingle Bells" A Christmas Rose version, "J-O-Y Joy", "Little Drummer Boy", "Look", "Love the One You're With", "Malaika", "Marinero", "A Moment of Love", "My Soul Magnify the Lord", "Niños de la Playa", "Old Man Moses", "Perfect", "Petit Papa Noël", "Reggae People", "Share the World", "Somewhere", "Sunshine", "Sweet Sensation", "Time to Remember", "Where Did You Go?", "White Christmas", "You're Excellent")
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("007", "African Moon", "Bahama Mama", "Bel Ami", "Carnival Si Si", "Felicidad (Margherita)", "Got Cha Loco", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", "He Was a Steppenwolf", "Heart of Gold", "I See a Boat on the River", "I Want to Go to Heaven", "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)", "Living Like a Moviestar", "Little Drummer Boy", "Malaika", "Marinero", "Mocking Bird", "Petit Papa Noël", "Rivers of Babylon", "Scarlet Ribbons", "Sermon on the Mount", "Sunshine", "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville / I Shall Sing", "Time to Remember", "Zion's Daughter")
G♯3 ("Brown Girl in the Ring", "Feliz Navidad" A Christmas Rose version, "Fever", "Got a Man on My Mind", "It's All in Your Eyes", "Mighty God", "A Moment of Love", "Motherless Child", "My Love's a Ship", "No Woman No Cry", "Papa Chico", "Plantation Boy", "Sad Movies", "Somewhere in the World", "Time Is a River", "When I Need You" live Dublin 1978, "White Christmas")
G3 ("The Alibama", "Ave Maria", "Boonoonoonoos", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Brown Girl in the Ring" Liz Mitchell Sings the Hits of Boney M., "Calendar Song (January, February, March ...)", "Consuela Biaz", "Darkness Is Falling", "Felicidad (Margherita)", "Gadda-Da-Vida", "Grandmother's Song", "Hear My Cry", "I've Changed", "Into My Chamber", "J-O-Y Joy", "Let It Be", "Let's Have a Party", "Little Drummer Boy", "Look", "Lord's Prayer", "Malaika", "Mandela", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord", "Mighty God", "Mocking Bird", "Motherless Child", "My Friend Jack", "Niños de la Playa", "Papa Chico", "Painter Man", "Reggae People", "Rivers of Babylon", "Share the World", "Somewhere in the World", "Strange", "Sunny" Liz Mitchell Sings the Hits of Boney M. version, "Time to Remember", "Tropical Fever", "Two of Us")
F♯3 ("Bahama Mama", "Christmas Medley", "Consuela Biaz", "Darkness Is Falling" A Christmas Rose version, "Fun Out of Life", "Gloria, Can You Waddle", "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "Love Is Bleeding", "Love Train", "My Soul Magnify the Lord", "O Holy Night", "Perfect", "Plantation Boy", "Sad Movies", "Sermon on the Mount", "Sweet Sensation", "Voodoonight", "When a Child Is Born", "White Christmas", "Zion's Daughter")
F3 ("Ave Maria", "The Carnival Is Over", "Christmas Rose", "Fill You Up", "Fun Out of Life", "Gadda-Da-Vida", "Get on Up and Dance", "Heart of Gold", "Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoi)", "I Feel Good", "I'm Born Again", "Jimmy", "Jingle Bells", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord", "A Moment of Love", "My Love's a Ship", "Reggae People", "Ribbons of Blue", "Sayamanda", "Share the World", "Somewhere", "Somewhere in the World" Liz Mitchell Sings the Hits of Boney M. version, "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville / I Shall Sing", "When a Child Is Born", "Where Did You Go?", "White Christmas", "You're Excellent")
E3 ("African Moon", "Chica Da Silva", "Fools (Don't Know Nothing)", "Grandmother's Song", "Heart of Gold", "I See a Boat on the River", "I Want to Go to Heaven", "I've Changed", "Let It Be", "Let's Have a Party", "Living Like a Moviestar", "Love Train", "Mandela", "Marinero", "My Life Is in Your Hands", "Niños de la Playa", "No More Chain Gang", "No One Will Force You", "O Holy Night", "Papa Chico", "Perfect", "Ribbons of Blue", "Scarlet Ribbons")
E♭3 ("10,000 Lightyears", "Boonoonoonoos", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Goodbye My Friend", "Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoi)", "I Feel Good", "It's All in Your Eyes", "Love Is Bleeding", "Love Train", "My Life Is in Your Hands", "My Love's a Ship", "Rivers of Babylon" Liz Mitchell Sings the Hits of Boney M. version, "Sunshine", "Time Is a River")
D3 ("Carnival Si Si", "Christmas Medley", "Grandmother's Song", "El Lute", "Hear My Cry", "Into My Chamber", "Look", "Mandela", "O Holy Night", "Somewhere", "Sweet Sensation", "Want You to Sleep", "Where Did You Go?")
C♯3 ("10,000 Lightyears", "Lord's Prayer", "Marinero", "Niños De La Playa", "Perfect", "Scarlet Ribbons", "When a Child Is Born")
C3 ("Like Diamonds in the Sky", "Lord's Prayer", "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord", "A Moment of Love", "No One Will Force You", "Sayamanda", "Somewhere", "Time to Remember" Liz Mitchell Sings the Hits of Boney M. version, "When a Child is Born" A Christmas Rose version)
B2 ("El Lute" "Mandela", "My Soul Magnify the Lord")
B♭2 ("Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Get on Up and Dance", "Jimmy")
A2 ("Sermon on the Mount", "Want You to Sleep")
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• Bold marks notes or passages that are particularly outstanding (relative to the singer).
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
One third of Boney M.'s vocal line-up, Jamaican singer Liz Mitchell's vocal talents upgraded the group from being merely a vehicle for Frank Farian's performances to being a fully-fledged disco group in their own right. Her voice is a characterful one, with an exuberant and charming upper register and remarkably strong lower notes that only strengthened with age. She may not have had the range of her Boney M. colleagues, but there's a reason why the founder of the group himself said every vocalist in the group could be replaced "except Liz".
{A Few Examples of Her Voice}
A fun vocal performance with lots of confident fifth octave singing.
Both upper and lower singing here with some nice harmonies.
A questionable cover yes, but her lower notes here are remarkably strong.
A fun vocal performance with lots of confident fifth octave singing.
Both upper and lower singing here with some nice harmonies.
A questionable cover yes, but her lower notes here are remarkably strong.
{Questionable Notes}A6 ("Motherless Child"[1])
E5 ("When I Need You" live Dublin 1978[1])
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1. Questionable control/quality.
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Questionable notes are any notes of 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) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.
E5 ("When I Need You" live Dublin 1978[1])
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1. Questionable control/quality.
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Questionable notes are any notes of 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) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.
{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
Alex61
Solo:
No One Will Force You (1988): B♭2 – B4
Share the World (1999): C3 – G4
A Christmas Rose (2000): C3 – G♯4
Let It Be (2004): A2 – A4
Liz Mitchell Sings the Hits of Boney M. (2004): A2 – C5
Boney M:
Take the Heat off Me (1976): G♯3 – F5
Oceans of Fantasy (1979): B2 – E♭5
Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984): B♭2 – B4
Baronessa
Boney M:
Love for Sale (1977): F♯3 – C♯5
Boonoonoonoos (1981): B♭2 – C5
Eye Dance (1985): E3 – C5
galaxyseal
Boney M:
Nightflight to Venus (1978): E3 – D5
Christmas Album (1981): C3 – B♭4
Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61, Baronessa and galaxyseal.
Alex61
Solo:
No One Will Force You (1988): B♭2 – B4
Share the World (1999): C3 – G4
A Christmas Rose (2000): C3 – G♯4
Let It Be (2004): A2 – A4
Liz Mitchell Sings the Hits of Boney M. (2004): A2 – C5
Boney M:
Take the Heat off Me (1976): G♯3 – F5
Oceans of Fantasy (1979): B2 – E♭5
Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984): B♭2 – B4
Baronessa
Boney M:
Love for Sale (1977): F♯3 – C♯5
Boonoonoonoos (1981): B♭2 – C5
Eye Dance (1985): E3 – C5
galaxyseal
Boney M:
Nightflight to Venus (1978): E3 – D5
Christmas Album (1981): C3 – B♭4
Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61, Baronessa and galaxyseal.