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Ian Robins Dury (12.05.1942 - 27.03.2000)
Years Active: 1970 - 2000
Associated Acts: Blockheads, The Music Students
Vocal Range: A1 - A4
{Album Ranges}
with Kilburn and the High Roads:
Handsome (1975): D2 - G4
as Ian Dury:
New Boots and Panties!! (1977): E2 - G♯4
Lord Upminster (1981): G2 - G♯4
Apples (1989): A1 - F♯4
The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories (1992): B1 - G4
as Ian Dury and the Blockheads:
Do It Yourself (1979): A1 - G4
Laughter (1980): B1 - E2 - G4
Mr. Love Pants (1997): D2 - D4
Ten More Turnips from the Tip (2002): D2 - G♯4
as Ian Dury and the Music Students:
4,000 Weeks' Holiday (1984): A1 - G4
with Kilburn and the High Roads:
Handsome (1975): D2 - G4
as Ian Dury:
New Boots and Panties!! (1977): E2 - G♯4
Lord Upminster (1981): G2 - G♯4
Apples (1989): A1 - F♯4
The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories (1992): B1 - G4
as Ian Dury and the Blockheads:
Do It Yourself (1979): A1 - G4
Laughter (1980): B1 - E2 - G4
Mr. Love Pants (1997): D2 - D4
Ten More Turnips from the Tip (2002): D2 - G♯4
as Ian Dury and the Music Students:
4,000 Weeks' Holiday (1984): A1 - G4
Significant High Notes:
A4 ("Blackmail Man" live Zurich 1978, "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" live Paris Theatre 1978)
G♯4 ("Billericay Dickie" live Pinkpop 1981, "Blackmail Man", "Blockheads", "Dance Little Rude Boy", "Peaches" live London 1980, "Plaistow Patricia", "Spasticus Autisticus")
G4 ("The Badger and the Rabbit", "Ballad of the Sulphate Strangler", "Bear Cage" live London 1980, "Bill Haley's Last Words", "Billie Jean and Me" live Sweden 1980, "Blockheads", "Boogie Woogie (Duff 'Em Up)", "Clever Trevor" live Pinkpop 1981, "Dance of the Crackpots", "Dance Of The Screamers", "Delusions of Grandeur" live Paris Palace 1981, "Flunky Jive", "Hey, Hey Take Me Away", "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", "I Wanna Be Straight", "Johnny Funk", "The Mumble Rumble and the Cocktail Rock", "Mischief", "Oh Mr Peanut", "O.K. Roland", "Pam's Moods", "Patience (So What?)", "Peaches" live London 1980, "Percy the Poet", "Rough Kids", "Sink My Boats" live Paris Palace 1981, "Spasticus Autisticus", "Twenty Tiny Fingers", "Vidiot", "Waiting For Your Taxi", "What a Waste, "Wrong Way Round")
F♯4 ("Average", "Blackmail Man", "England's Glory", "Fucking Ada", "Sueperman's Big Sister", "Trust (Is A Must)")
F4 ("The Badger and the Rabbit", "Crippled With Nerves", "Delusions of Grandeur", "Flunky Jive", "Fuck Off Noddy", "Hey, Hey Take Me Away","Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", "The Mumble Rumble and the Cocktail Rock". "Uncoolohol", "Upminster Kid" live London 1981, "Vidiot")
E4 ("All Those Who Say Okay", "Billie Jean and Me" live Sweden 1980, "Blockheads", "Clever Trevor" live Pinkpop 1981, "Dance of the Crackpots", "Father", "Fucking Ada", "Have a Word", "I Wanna Be Straight", "Inbetweenies", "Itinerant Child" The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories version, "Johnny Funk", "Oh Mr Peanut", "Over the Points", "Plaistow Patricia", "Rough Kids", "Sink My Boats", "Spasticus Autisticus", "Sueperman's Big Sister", "Sweet Gene Vincent", "This Is What We Find", "What a Waste", "Who's to Know?", "Wrong Way Round", "You're More Than Fair")
E♭4 ("Billericay Dickie", "Drip Fed Fred", "Rock 'N' Roll Shoes", "Twenty Tiny Fingers")
D4 ("Average", "Ballad of the Sulphate Strangler", "Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself in London)", "Boogie Woogie (Duff 'Em Up)", "Dance Little Rude Boy", "Dance Of The Screamers", "Delusions of Grandeur", "Father", "Fuck Off Noddy", "Fucking Ada", "Heavy Living", "Inbetweenies", "Itinerant Child", "Pam's Moods", "Percy the Poet", "Peter the Painter", "Plaistow Patricia", "Riding the Outskirts of Fantasy", "Rough Kids", "Take Me to the Cleaners" live 1984, "This Is What We Find", "Uncoolohol", "Upminster Kid" live London 1981)
Significant Low Notes:
B2 ("Clever Trevor", "Funky Disco Pops", "Heavy Living", "Honeysuckle Highway", "I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra", "Inbetweenies", "Peter the Painter", "Sink My Boats", "Spasticus Autisticus", "Take Me to the Cleaners", "(Take Your Elbow out the Soup) You're Sitting on the Chicken", "Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy-Totsy", "Your Horoscope")
B♭2 ("Amerind", "Apples", "It Ain't Cool", "Love Is All", "One Love", "Profoundly In Love With Pandora", "Tell Your Daddy", "That's Enough of That")
A2 ("Ban the Bomb", "Byline Browne", "Come In No. 9", "Dance Little Rude Boy", "I Weighed Myself Up", "Johnny Funk", "London Talking", "Lullaby for Francis/Frances", "Manic Depression", "Mischief", "Patience (So What?)", "Quick Quick Slow", "Really Glad You Came", "Riding the Outskirts of Fantasy", "(Take Your Elbow out the Soup) You're Sitting on the Chicken", "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards", "The Writer", "You're My Inspiration")
G♯2 ("Bed O'Roses No.9", "The Call-Up", "England's Glory", "Jack Shit George", "The Man With No Face", "The Roadette Song", "Something's Going To Happen in the Winter")
G2 ("Common as Muck", "Cowboys", "D'Orine the Cow", "Drip Fed Fred", "Game On", "Girls Watching", "London Talking", "No Such Thing as Love", "O'Donegal", "O.K. Roland", "Poor Joey", "Quiet", "The Right People", "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll", "Upminster Kid", "Wait For Me", "You're My Baby")
F♯2 ("Back to Blighty", "Byline Browne", "The Call-Up", "Friends", "Mash It Up Harry", "Poo-Poo in the Prawn", "Sink My Boats" live Pinkpop 1981, "Something's Going To Happen in the Winter")
F2 ("Amerind", "Ban the Bomb", "Cacka Boom", "Come In No. 9", "Common as Muck", "Eugenius (You're A Genius)", "Fly in the Ointment", "Profoundly In Love With Pandora", "The Sky's The Limit", "Sweet Gene Vincent", "Xmas Party")
E2 ("All Those Who Say Okay", "Average", "Byline Browne", "Close to Home", "D'Orine the Cow", "England's Glory", "Geraldine", "Honeysuckle Highway", "I Weighed Myself Up", "Lullaby for Francis/Frances", "Mischief", "No Such Thing as Love", "Over the Points", "Razzle In My Pocket", "Really Glad You Came", "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll", "(Take Your Elbow out the Soup) You're Sitting on the Chicken", "This Is What We Find", "Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy-Totsy")
E♭2 ("Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", "Jack Shit George", "Whale", "Yes and No (Paula)", "You'll See Glimpses", "Your Horoscope")
D2 ("All Those Who Say Okay", "Cacka Boom", "Cowboys", "Dance Little Rude Boy", "Fly in the Ointment", "I Believe", "Itinerant Child" The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories version, "Mash It Up Harry", "Pam's Moods", "Percy the Poet", "Skywest And Crooked", "Upminster Kid", "Very Personal", "Waiting For Your Taxi", "The Writer", "Xmas Party", "You're My Baby", "You're My Inspiration")
C♯2 ("Razzle In My Pocket")
C2 ("Drip Fed Fred", "Johnny Funk", "The Sky's The Limit", "Tell Your Daddy", "Very Personal", "Xmas Party")
B1 ("Have a Word", "The Man With No Face", "Pardon")
B♭1 ("Come In No. 9", "England's Glory" Rare and Unseen, "Take Me to the Cleaners", "Tell Your Daddy", "You're My Inspiration")
A1 ("England's Glory", "Percy the Poet", "The Sky's The Limit", "Tell Your Daddy", "Waiting For Your Taxi")
{Questionable Notes}
A6 ("Dance Of The Screamers" [5])
C♯6 ("Sweet Gene Vincent" [1], "Wake Up and Make Love With Me" [1])
B5 ("Mischief" [5])
A5 ("Sink My Boats" [5])
C♯5 ("Blackmail Man" live Do It Yourself Deluxe edition [5], "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" live Do It Yourself Deluxe edition [5])
C5 ("The Mumble Rumble and the Cocktail Rock" [3])
B♭4 ("Dance Little Rude Boy" [1], "Dance of the Crackpots" [2])
A4 ("Patience (So What?)" [3])
D2 ("The Mumble Rumble and the Cocktail Rock" [1])
B1 ("Mischief" [3])
A1 ("Upminster Kid" [1])
G1 ("Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" live Peel Session 1977 [5)
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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.
A6 ("Dance Of The Screamers" [5])
C♯6 ("Sweet Gene Vincent" [1], "Wake Up and Make Love With Me" [1])
B5 ("Mischief" [5])
A5 ("Sink My Boats" [5])
C♯5 ("Blackmail Man" live Do It Yourself Deluxe edition [5], "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" live Do It Yourself Deluxe edition [5])
C5 ("The Mumble Rumble and the Cocktail Rock" [3])
B♭4 ("Dance Little Rude Boy" [1], "Dance of the Crackpots" [2])
A4 ("Patience (So What?)" [3])
D2 ("The Mumble Rumble and the Cocktail Rock" [1])
B1 ("Mischief" [3])
A1 ("Upminster Kid" [1])
G1 ("Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" live Peel Session 1977 [5)
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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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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.