Post by kaji on Sept 15, 2021 2:36:35 GMT
Ellen Jane Froman (10 November 1907 - 22 April 1980)
Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range: E♭3-G5
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Selections from Roberta")
F5 ("Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Irish Song Medley", "My Heart Stood Still", "None But the Lonely Heart", "Selections from Roberta", "What Is There to Say")
E5 ("I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I'll Be Seeing You", "Oh Lady Be Good/Sweet And Low Down/So Am I/Fascinating Rhythm", "Speak Your Heart", "Stormy Weather", "These Foolish Things")
E♭5 ("Begin the Beguine", "Did I Remember", "Embraceable You" film version, "Ghost of the Rhumba", "Irish Song Medley", "None But the Lonely Heart", "People Will Say We're in Love", "Selections from Roberta", "Someone Like You", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "The Song is You", "What Is There to Say", "Where or When", "You Are Romance/Swing Low, Sweet Harriet")
D5 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "Blue Moon", "Dancing in the Dark", "Green Eyes", "If Every Day Was Like Christmas", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "Irish Song Medley", "It Ain't Necessarily So" 1944 radio broadcast, "I've Got You Under My Skin", "I Wonder", "My Reverie", "None But the Lonely Heart", "Oh Lady Be Good/Sweet And Low Down/So Am I/Fascinating Rhythm", "Skylark", "Speak Your Heart", "This is Worth Fighting For", "Two Sleepy People", "Where Are You", "Where or When", "With a Song in My Heart" film version, "Zigeuner")
C♯5 ("Begin the Beguine", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!", "Dearly Loved", "Did I Remember", "Ghost of the Rhumba", "He's Home for a Little While", "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings", "I Dream of You", "If You Love Me", "Irish Song Medley", "Jerome Kern Medley", "La Bomba", "Maybe/Do Do Do/Clap Yo' Hands/Someone To Watch Over Me", "More and More", "My Heart Stood Still", "People Will Say We're in Love", "So in Love", "Some Gets In Your Eyes", "Someone Like You", "Speak Low", "Swanee/South Sea Isle/That Certain Feeling/Somebody Loves Me", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Tea for Two", "The Cat and the Fiddle Medley", "The Song is You", "The World is Mine Tonight", "You Are Romance/Swing Low, Sweet Harriet", "You Go to My Head", "You'll Never Walk Alone")
C5 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "Again", "All My Life I've Waited (For Someone Like You)", "American Medley", "A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder", "At Last My Love Has Come Along", "Baby Mine", "Begin the Beguine", "Can't Get Out of This Mood", "Dancing in the Dark", "Deep Purple", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Get Happy", "Goin' Home", "Green Eyes", "Have You Forgotten So Soon", "Here I'll Stay", "He's Home for a Little While", "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings", "I Believe" live version, "I Dream of You", "I Found A Friend", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I'll Be Seeing You", "In Our Little Den", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Isn't It Romantic", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "It's a Good Day", "Jerome Kern Medley", "June Kisses", "Little Buckaroo", "Love Somebody", "Millionaires Don't Whistle", "More and More", "More Than You Know", "My Devotion", "My Heart Stood Still", "My Own", "My Shining Hour", "Night and Day", "None But the Lonely Heart", "Oh Gee Oh Joy/'S Wonderful/Do It Again/Strike Up The Band", "On the Gay White Way", "People Will Say We're in Love", "Please Believe Me", "Skylark", "So in Love", "Someone Like You", "Speak Low", "Speak Your Heart", "Stars in Your Eyes", "Stormy Weather", "Suddenly There's A Valley", "Summertime In Venice", "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", "Take Him", "The Cat and the Fiddle Medley", "The Lord's Prayer", "The Man I Love" 1942 radio broadcast, "The Right Kind", "The Sound of Love", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Tonight We Love", "Two Sleepy People", "Whatever Lola Wants", "What Is A Man?", "What Is There to Say", "What's the Use of Wonderin'", "Where or When", "While a Cigarette Was Burning", "With a Song in My Heart", "You Are Always in My Heart", "You Are Romance/Swing Low, Sweet Harriet", "You'd Be So Easy to Love", "You Go to My Head", "Zigeuner")
B4 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "Again", "American Medley", "A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder", "At Last My Love Has Come Along", "Baby Mine", "Backward, Turn Backward", "Bewitched", "Blue Moon", "Dearly Loved", "Did I Remember", "Ghost of the Rhumba", "Here I'll Stay", "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings", "I Believe", "I Cover the Waterfront", "If Every Day Was Like Christmas", "If You Love Me", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "I Got Lost In His Arms", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'm Thru With Love", "In Our Little Den", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Irish Song Medley", "I Solemnly Swear", "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)", "It's a Good Day", "I Wonder", "Jerome Kern Medley", "La Bomba", "Maybe/Do Do Do/Clap Yo' Hands/Someone To Watch Over Me", "More and More", "More Than You Know", "My Devotion", "My Heart Stood Still", "My Reverie", "Oh Gee Oh Joy/'S Wonderful/Do It Again/Strike Up The Band", "Oh Lady Be Good/Sweet And Low Down/So Am I/Fascinating Rhythm", "Only One", "On the Gay White Way", "People Will Say We're in Love", "Please Believe Me", "Robe of Calvary", "Sharing", "Skylark", "So in Love", "Swanee/South Sea Isle/That Certain Feeling/Somebody Loves Me", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "The Man I Love", "There's A Lull In My Life", "The Right Kind", "These Foolish Things", "The Song is You", "The Sound of Love", "The World is Mine Tonight", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Unchained Melody", "Whatever Lola Wants", "Where Are You", "While a Cigarette Was Burning", "Wintergreen For President/Who Cares/Of Thee I Sing/Love Is Sweeping The Country", "You Are Always in My Heart", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To")
B♭4 ("A Cottage for Sale", "At Last My Love Has Come Along", "Begin the Beguine", "Bewitched (Reprise)", "Blue Moon", "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!", "But Beautiful", "Can't Get Out of This Mood", "Come To Me, Bend To Me", "Dancing in the Dark", "Daybreak", "Deep Purple", "Did I Remember", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Embraceable You", "For Every Man There's A Woman", "Get Happy", "Ghost of a Rose", "Ghost of the Rhumba", "Goin' Home", "Green Eyes", "Have You Forgotten So Soon", "He", "He's Home for a Little While", "Home (When Shadows Fall)", "I Believe", "If I Loved You a Mountain", "I Found A Friend", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "I'll Never Be The Same", "In The Blue Of Evening", "Isn't It Romantic", "I Solemnly Swear", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "It's a Good Day", "It's All In Your Heart", "It's a Most Unusual Day", "It Takes Time (Lots And Lots Of Time)", "I Wonder", "Jerome Kern Medley", "Jim's Toasty Peanuts", "June Kisses", "La Bomba", "Little Buckaroo", "Lost In A Fog", "Love Somebody", "Maybe/Do Do Do/Clap Yo' Hands/Someone To Watch Over Me", "Melancholy Baby", "Millionaires Don't Whistle", "More Than You Know", "My Blue Heaven", "My Heart Stood Still", "My Love, My Life", "My Melancholy Baby", "Night and Day", "Oh Gee Oh Joy/'S Wonderful/Do It Again/Strike Up The Band", "One Little Candle", "Only One", "Some Gets In Your Eyes", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "Speak Low", "Speak Your Heart", "Stars in Your Eyes", "Stormy Weather", "Suddenly There's A Valley", "Swanee/South Sea Isle/That Certain Feeling/Somebody Loves Me", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Take Him", "Tea for Two", "That Old Feeling", "The Cat and the Fiddle Medley", "The Finger Of Suspicion Points At You", "The Lord's Prayer", "The Man I Love", "There Goes That Song Again", "The Song is You", "The World is Mine Tonight", "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old", "This is Worth Fighting For", "Tonight We Love", "Twilight Time", "Two Sleepy People", "What Is A Man?", "What's the Use of Wonderin'", "When Day Is Done", "Where or When", "Wintergreen For President/Who Cares/Of Thee I Sing/Love Is Sweeping The Country", "With a Song in My Heart", "You Are Romance/Swing Low, Sweet Harriet", "You'd Be So Easy to Love", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Zip")
A4 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "A Cottage for Sale", "A Little Kiss Each Morning", "All My Life I've Waited (For Someone Like You)", "American Medley", "A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder", "At Sundown", "Baby Mine", "Backward, Turn Backward", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Bewitched", "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!", "Dearly Loved", "For Every Man There's A Woman", "Hands Across The Table", "He", "Here I'll Stay", "He's Home for a Little While", "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings", "Home on the Range", "Home (When Shadows Fall)", "Honey Bun", "I Cover the Waterfront", "I Dream of You", "If Every Day Was Like Christmas", "If I Loved You a Mountain", "If You Love Me", "I Got Lost In His Arms", "I Got Plenty Of Nuttin'/My Man's Gone Now/Summertime", "I Got Rhythm/Bidin' My Time/Embraceable You", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'll Walk Alone", "I'm Thru With Love", "In Our Little Den", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Irish Song Medley", "Isn't It Romantic", "I Solemnly Swear", "It's All In Your Heart", "It Takes Time (Lots And Lots Of Time)", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "I Won't Dance", "Jerome Kern Medley", "Laughing (But I'm Not Happy)", "Little Buckaroo", "Maybe/Do Do Do/Clap Yo' Hands/Someone To Watch Over Me", "More and More", "My Devotion", "My Reverie", "My Shining Hour", "Night and Day", "Oh Lady Be Good/Sweet And Low Down/So Am I/Fascinating Rhythm", "On the Gay White Way", "People Will Say We're in Love", "Please Believe Me", "Robe of Calvary", "Sharing", "Skylark", "So in Love", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "Stay Where You Are", "Summertime In Venice", "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", "That Old Feeling", "The Lord's Prayer", "There Goes That Song Again", "These Foolish Things", "There's Never A Prayer Unanswered", "The Song From Desiree (We Meet Again)", "The Sound of Love", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old", "This is Worth Fighting For", "Whatever Lola Wants", "What Is A Man?", "When Day Is Done", "Where Are You", "While a Cigarette Was Burning", "Wintergreen For President/Who Cares/Of Thee I Sing/Love Is Sweeping The Country", "You Are Always in My Heart", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", "Zigeuner", "Zip")
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "A Little Kiss Each Morning", "American Medley", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Ghost of the Rhumba", "Hands Across The Table", "He", "He's Home for a Little While", "Home on the Range", "Honey Bun", "I Dream of You", "If I Loved You a Mountain", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "I Got Lost In His Arms", "I Got Plenty Of Nuttin'/My Man's Gone Now/Summertime", "I Got Rhythm/Bidin' My Time/Embraceable You", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'm Thru With Love", "In The Blue Of Evening", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "It Ain't Necessarily So" 1944 radio broadcast, "It's All In Your Heart", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "I Wonder", "Maybe/Do Do Do/Clap Yo' Hands/Someone To Watch Over Me", "Please Believe Me", "Skylark", "So in Love", "Someone Like You", "Summertime In Venice", "Swanee/South Sea Isle/That Certain Feeling/Somebody Loves Me", "That Old Feeling" film version, "These Foolish Things", "The Song From Desiree (We Meet Again)", "Twilight On The Trail", "While a Cigarette Was Burning", "You Are Romance/Swing Low, Sweet Harriet", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", "You Go to My Head")
G♯3 ("Again", "American Medley", "At Last My Love Has Come Along", "Deep Purple", "Did I Remember", "Ghost of a Rose", "Ghost of the Rhumba", "Goin' Home", "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings", "I Believe", "If You Love Me", "I'll Never Be The Same", "It's a Most Unusual Day", "La Bomba", "Laughing (But I'm Not Happy)", "More and More", "My Love, My Life", "My Melancholy Baby", "My Own", "My Reverie", "Please Believe Me", "Red Sails In The Sunset", "So in Love", "Stormy Weather", "Suddenly There's A Valley", "Tea for Two", "The Cat and the Fiddle Medley", "The Finger Of Suspicion Points At You", "There's A Lull In My Life", "The Right Kind", "The Song From Desiree (We Meet Again)", "Tropical Heatwave", "Two Sleepy People", "Unchained Melody", "Under A Blanket Of Blue", "What's the Use of Wonderin'", "When Day Is Done", "Wish You Were Here", "You'll Never Walk Alone")
G3 ("A Cottage for Sale", "A Little Kiss Each Morning", "At Sundown", "Backward, Turn Backward", "But Beautiful", "Deep Purple", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "For Every Man There's A Woman", "Hands Across The Table", "He's Home for a Little While", "If I Loved You a Mountain", "In The Blue Of Evening", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Isn't It Romantic", "I Solemnly Swear", "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)", "It's All In Your Heart", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Lost In A Fog", "Maybe/Do Do Do/Clap Yo' Hands/Someone To Watch Over Me", "Melancholy Baby", "More Than You Know", "My Own", "My Shining Hour", "Night and Day", "One Little Candle", "Robe of Calvary", "Some Gets In Your Eyes", "Speak Your Heart", "There's Never A Prayer Unanswered", "The Sound of Love", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old", "Where Are You", "Wintergreen For President/Who Cares/Of Thee I Sing/Love Is Sweeping The Country", "You'd Be So Easy to Love", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To")
F♯3 ("I'll Walk Alone", "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)", "Jerome Kern Medley", "Only One", "Some Gets In Your Eyes", "Stay Where You Are", "The Finger Of Suspicion Points At You", "Twilight On The Trail", "Twilight Time", "Unchained Melody", "Whatever Lola Wants", "You'll Never Walk Alone")
F3 ("Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!", "Come To Me, Bend To Me", "Deep Purple", "Goin' Home", "He", "Home (When Shadows Fall)", "Isn't It Romantic", "It's a Good Day", "It Takes Time (Lots And Lots Of Time)", "Lost In A Fog", "My Blue Heaven", "Summertime In Venice", "The Lord's Prayer", "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old", "Under A Blanket Of Blue", "You'd Be So Easy to Love", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", "Zigeuner")
E3 ("Twilight Time")
E♭3 ("Begin the Beguine", "Millionaires Don't Whistle")
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Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Discography}
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (Original Broadway Cast Live Recording) (1935) - B♭3-F5
Souvenir Album (1952) - F3-C♯5 (missing tracks 5 and 8)
Yours Alone (1952) - G3-C5 (missing tracks 2-6)
Pal Joey (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - B♭3-C5
With a Song in My Heart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1952) - F3-E♭5
Gems From Gershwin (1954) - G3-E5
Faith (1955) - F3-C♯5
Songs At Sunset (1957) - E3-C5
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (Original Broadway Cast Live Recording) (1935) - B♭3-F5
Souvenir Album (1952) - F3-C♯5 (missing tracks 5 and 8)
Yours Alone (1952) - G3-C5 (missing tracks 2-6)
Pal Joey (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - B♭3-C5
With a Song in My Heart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1952) - F3-E♭5
Gems From Gershwin (1954) - G3-E5
Faith (1955) - F3-C♯5
Songs At Sunset (1957) - E3-C5
{Questionable notes}
B♭5 ("It Ain't Necessarily So" [2])
A5 ("Wintergreen For President/Who Cares/Of Thee I Sing/Love Is Sweeping The Country" [2])
G5 ("None But the Lonely Heart" [4])
C3 ("I'll Never Be The Same" [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.
B♭5 ("It Ain't Necessarily So" [2])
A5 ("Wintergreen For President/Who Cares/Of Thee I Sing/Love Is Sweeping The Country" [2])
G5 ("None But the Lonely Heart" [4])
C3 ("I'll Never Be The Same" [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.