Marilyn Maye (2,387 views)

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Marilyn Maye McLaughlin (10 April 1928)
Years Active: 1942-present
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: G♯2-A5

Significant High Notes:

A5 ("Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody")
G♯5 ("The Chiefs Are On The Warpath")
G5 ("Cabaret" The Ed Sullivan Show, 1970 / Super Singer - Live in New Orleans version, "Hello Dolly!", "On the Street Where You Live" Birdland Theater, 2014)
F♯5 ("It Had to Be You", "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "On the Street Where You Live" Metropolitan Room, 2017)
F5 ("All of Me", "Applause", "Celebration", "Detour", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "I'm a Woman", "I've Learned the Way to Sing the Blues", "Kansas City", "Mean to Me", "Misty", "Mr. Lucky", "Night of My Nights", "On the Street Where You Live", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Take Five", "The Song Is You" St. Louis, 2020)
E5 ("A Brand New Me", "After You've Gone", "Ain't Misbehavin", "Bill Bailey", "Everything's Made for Love", "For Those In Love", "Hello Dolly!", "I Cried for You", "I Need You", "I've Learned the Way to Sing the Blues", "Java", "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "Mame", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", "Sherry!", "Sunny", "The Song Is You" The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1976, "When We All Get Together", "Where Are You", "Won't Someone Please Belong to Me", "You've Got a Friend")
E♭5 ("Blues in the Night", "Cabaret" The Ed Sullivan Show, 1970, "Celebration", "Everything's Made for Love", "Get Me to the Church on Time", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "If My Friends Could See Me Now!", "I Need You", "It Had to Be You", "Just for a Thrill", "Kansas City", "Livin' Alone", "Mean to Me", "Montage From How Sweet It Is", "No Bad News", "On the Street Where You Live", "On To Something New", "Petite Fleur (A Time to Love a Time to Cry)", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Sherry!", "Show Me Where The Good Time Are", "So Long Dearie", "Spinning Wheel", "The Night We Called It a Day", "Think Summer", "Washington Square", "What Do You Say (When You Say Goodbye?)", "What Now My Love", "When I'm In Love", "You Do", "Your Cheatin' Heart", "You've Got To Be There")
D5 ("A Brand New Me", "Ain't Misbehavin", "All of Me", "Bill Bailey", "Blues in the Night", "Consider Yourself", "Dancing", "Get Me to the Church on Time", "Golden Rainbow", "Hello Dolly!", "Here's That Rainy Day / Stormy Weather", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "If I Were in Your Shoes", "If My Friends Could See Me Now!", "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", "I Love You Today", "I'm a Woman", "I Need You", "I See the Rainbow Now", "Just for a Thrill", "Kansas City", "Let Me Be There", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Mean to Me", "Misty", "Montage From How Sweet It Is", "Never Tell Me", "Night of My Nights", "On the Street Where You Live", "Petite Fleur (A Time to Love a Time to Cry)", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Show Me Where The Good Time Are", "Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", "Spinning Wheel", "Sunny", "The Happiest Sound In Town", "The Need to Be", "The Song Is You", "Washington Square", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "When I'm In Love", "Won't Someone Please Belong to Me", "You Do", "Your Cheatin' Heart", "You're Gonna Hear from Me", "You've Got a Friend", "You've Got To Be There", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
C♯5 ("Ain't Misbehavin", "Applause", "Call On Dolly & I Put My Hand In", "Detour", "Elegance", "Everything Old Is New Again", "Everything's Made for Love", "Golden Rainbow", "I Cried for You", "If I Were in Your Shoes", "If My Friends Could See Me Now!", "If You'll Just Come Back to Me", "I'll Know", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down / Ain't Misbehavin' / Honeysuckle Rose", "I See the Rainbow Now", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It's Today", "I've Learned the Way to Sing the Blues", "Java", "Let It Be Me", "Let Me Be There", "Let the Good Times Roll (Reprise)", "Long Ago", "Make Someone Happy", "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "Mame", "Mr. Clown", "Never Tell Me", "New York, New York Medley", "Night of My Nights", "No Bad News", "Ode To Billy Joe", "Oh So Charming", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", "Share It With You", "Star", "Step To The Rear", "Take Five", "The Chiefs Are On The Warpath", "The Preacher", "The Sweetest Sounds", "Think Summer", "Till You Come Back", "Too Much In Love", "Washington Square", "Watch What Happens", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "What Now My Love", "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "When Sunny Gets Blue", "When We All Get Together", "You're Gonna Hear from Me", "You've Got a Friend", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
C5 ("A Brand New Me", "A Certain Girl", "After You've Gone", "All of Me", "America the Beautiful", "Applause", "April Fool", "Before The Parade Passes By", "Before The Parade Passes By (Reprise)", "Bill Bailey", "Blues in the Night", "Busted", "Bye Bye Love", "By Myself / Being Alive", "Cabaret", "Call On Dolly & I Put My Hand In", "Celebration", "Come In From The Rain", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Congratulations", "Consider Yourself", "Detour", "Don't Set Me Free", "Don't Sleep In The Subway", "Elegance", "Everytime", "Feelin'", "For Those In Love", "Georgia On My Mind", "Get Me to the Church on Time", "Hallelujah, I Love Him So", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "Here's That Rainy Day / Stormy Weather", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "I Can’t Stop Loving You", "I Cried for You", "If You'll Just Come Back to Me", "I'll Know", "I Love You Today", "I'm a Woman", "I Need You", "Isn't That What Friends Are For", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It's Today", "Jimmy", "Let It Be Me", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Livin' Alone", "Long Ago", "Love Me True", "Love-Wise", "Make Someone Happy", "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "Mean to Me", "Montage From How Sweet It Is", "Mr. Lucky", "My Man", "My Melancholy Baby", "My Romance", "Never Tell Me", "New York, New York Medley", "Night of My Nights", "Ode To Billy Joe", "On the Street Where You Live", "On To Something New", "Petite Fleur (A Time to Love a Time to Cry)", "Popularity", "Put on a Happy Face", "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Show Me Where The Good Time Are", "Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", "So Long Dearie", "Something Cool", "Star", "Step To The Rear", "Sunny", "Take Five", "The Children In the Street", "The Happiest Sound In Town", "The Lamp Is Low", "The Need to Be", "The Night We Called It a Day", "The Song Is You", "The Sweetest Sounds", "Those Were the Days / I Will Survive", "Till You Come Back", "Too Late Now", "Too Little Time", "Too Much In Love", "Two Lovers", "University Of Okoboja", "Watch What Happens", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "What Do You Say (When You Say Goodbye?)", "What Now My Love", "When I'm In Love", "When Sunny Gets Blue", "When We All Get Together", "Where Are You", "Words and Music", "Your Cheatin' Heart", "You're Gonna Hear from Me", "You've Got a Friend", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "You Will Be Loved")
B4 ("A Certain Girl", "Ain't Misbehavin", "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", "April Fool", "As Time Goes By", "Before The Parade Passes By", "Before The Parade Passes By (Reprise)", "Born to Lose / Crying Time", "Busted", "By Myself / Being Alive", "Celebration", "Consider Yourself", "Dancing", "Don't Sleep In The Subway", "Ella Fitzgerald Medley", "Everything Old Is New Again", "Everything's Made for Love", "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May", "Hello Dolly!", "Hit the Road Jack", "Honeysuckle Rose", "I Cried for You", "If I Just Stand Still", "If I Were in Your Shoes", "If My Friends Could See Me Now!", "If You'll Just Come Back to Me", "I Like Being I", "I'll Know", "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", "I Love Being Here With You", "I'm Going (Count the Days I'm Gone)", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down / Ain't Misbehavin' / Honeysuckle Rose", "I'm Still Here", "I See the Rainbow Now", "It Had to Be You", "It Takes A Woman", "Java", "Jimmy", "Johnny Mercer Medley", "Kansas City", "Let It Be Me", "Let Me Be There", "Let the Good Times Roll (Reprise)", "Livin' Alone", "Long Ago", "Losing My Mind", "Love Me True", "Love-Wise", "Luck Be a Lady", "Make Someone Happy", "Mame", "Misty", "Mr. Clown", "My Man", "Night of My Nights", "Oh So Charming", "On the Street Where You Live", "Put on a Happy Face", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", "Sailing", "Share It With You", "Sherry!", "Sing Me a Tune", "Snowbound", "So Long Dearie", "Someday (Forget Me Not)", "The Chiefs Are On The Warpath", "The Children In the Street", "The Lamp Is Low", "The Most", "The Night We Called It a Day", "The Preacher", "The Song Is You", "Think Summer", "Those Were the Days / I Will Survive", "Time And Time Again", "Too Late Now", "Too Much In Love", "Try to Remember", "Two Lovers", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "What'll I Do", "What Now My Love", "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "When I'm In Love", "When Sunny Gets Blue", "Where Are You", "Won't Someone Please Belong to Me", "Yesterday I Heard the Rain", "You Do", "You're Gonna Hear from Me", "You've Got To Be There", "You Will Be Loved")
B♭4 ("A Certain Girl", "All of Me", "America the Beautiful", "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", "Before The Parade Passes By", "Bill Bailey", "Blues in the Night", "Born to Lose / Crying Time", "By Myself / Being Alive", "Cabaret", "Call On Dolly & I Put My Hand In", "Come In From The Rain", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Congratulations", "Consider Yourself", "Cry", "Dancing", "Detour", "Don't Sleep In The Subway", "Elegance", "Ella Fitzgerald Medley", "Everything's Made for Love", "Everytime", "For Those In Love", "Friends Medley", "Get Me to the Church on Time", "Golden Rainbow", "Hallelujah, I Love Him So", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "Hello Dolly Medley", "Here's That Rainy Day / Stormy Weather", "Here's to Life", "Hit the Road Jack", "Honeysuckle Rose", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "I Cried for You", "If I Just Stand Still", "If My Friends Could See Me Now!", "I Love Being Here With You", "I Love You Today", "I'm a Woman", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down / Ain't Misbehavin' / Honeysuckle Rose", "I See the Rainbow Now", "Isn't That What Friends Are For", "It's a Most Unusual Day", "It's Today", "I've Learned the Way to Sing the Blues", "I Will Wait For You", "Java", "Johnny Mercer Medley", "Just for a Thrill", "Kansas City", "Let Me Be There", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Livin' Alone", "Long Ago", "Love Me True", "Love-Wise", "Luck Be a Lady", "Lush Life", "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "Mame", "Montage From How Sweet It Is", "More Than You Know", "Mr. Lucky", "My Melancholy Baby", "My Romance", "Never Tell Me", "New York, New York Medley", "No Bad News", "Ode To Billy Joe", "On A Clear Day", "On To Something New", "Our Love is Here to Stay", "Petite Fleur (A Time to Love a Time to Cry)", "Play It Again, Sam", "Popularity", "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", "Rain", "Rainbow Medley", "Sherry!", "Show Me Where The Good Time Are", "Sing Me a Tune", "So Long Dearie", "Spinning Wheel", "Spring Is Here / Sunny Gets Blue / Little Girl Blue / Bluesette", "Star", "Step To The Rear", "Take Five", "That Face / Your Smiling Face / I Love to See You Smile", "The Chiefs Are On The Warpath", "The Children In the Street", "The Happiest Sound In Town", "The Lamp Is Low", "The Most", "The Need to Be", "The Night We Called It a Day", "The Preacher", "The Song Is You", "The Sweetest Sounds", "Think Summer", "Till You Come Back", "Time After Time / Just in Time", "Time And Time Again", "Too Late Now", "Too Little Time", "Too Many Mornings", "Too Much In Love", "Try to Remember", "University Of Okoboja", "Washington Square", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "When I'm In Love", "When Sunny Gets Blue", "When We All Get Together", "Where Are You", "Won't Someone Please Belong to Me", "Words and Music", "Yesterday I Heard the Rain", "You Do", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "Young Medley", "You're Gonna Hear from Me", "You've Got a Friend", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")

Significant Low Notes:

A3 ("April Fool", "Before The Parade Passes By (Reprise)", "Bill Bailey", "Call On Dolly & I Put My Hand In", "Consider Yourself", "Elegance", "For Those In Love", "Get Me to the Church on Time", "Here's That Rainy Day / Stormy Weather", "If I Were in Your Shoes", "If My Friends Could See Me Now!", "I'll Know", "I Love You Today", "I'm a Woman", "Isn't That What Friends Are For", "I Will Wait For You", "Java", "Let Me Be There", "Livin' Alone", "Love Me True", "Make Someone Happy", "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "Misty", "Mr. Clown", "My Ship", "New York, New York Medley", "Night of My Nights", "Oh So Charming", "Popularity", "Put on a Happy Face", "Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", "Snowbound", "So Long Dearie", "Someday (Forget Me Not)", "The Most", "The Night We Called It a Day", "Too Little Time", "Too Much In Love", "What Do You Say (When You Say Goodbye?)", "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "When I'm In Love", "Where Are You", "Won't Someone Please Belong to Me", "Your Cheatin' Heart", "You Will Be Loved")
G♯3 ("By Myself / Being Alive", "Celebration", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Cry", "Don't Set Me Free", "Don't Sleep In The Subway", "Esther of Estherville", "Everything Old Is New Again", "Feelin'", "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May", "Georgia On My Mind", "Hallelujah, I Love Him So", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "Hit the Road Jack", "I Like Being I", "Isn't That What Friends Are For", "I've Learned the Way to Sing the Blues", "Losing My Mind", "Love-Wise", "Make Someone Happy", "Midnight Sun", "Montage From How Sweet It Is", "More Than You Know", "Mr. Lucky", "Never Tell Me", "Ode To Billy Joe", "Ode to Rosamonde", "Sailing", "Sherry!", "Sing Me a Tune", "Someday (Forget Me Not)", "Star", "Sunny", "Take Five", "That Face / Your Smiling Face / I Love to See You Smile", "The Children In the Street", "The Preacher", "The Song Is You", "Till You Come Back", "Time And Time Again", "Try to Remember", "Washington Square", "Watch What Happens", "When Sunny Gets Blue", "Yesterday I Heard the Rain")
G3 ("A Brand New Me", "Ain't Misbehavin", "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", "As Time Goes By", "Before The Parade Passes By (Reprise)", "Busted", "Congratulations", "Consider Yourself", "Detour", "Esther of Estherville", "Everything's Made for Love", "Everytime", "Get Me to the Church on Time", "If I Just Stand Still", "If You'll Just Come Back to Me", "I'll Know", "I’m Getting Sentimental Over You", "I Need You", "It Never Entered My Mind", "I Will Wait For You", "Kansas City", "Let It Be Me", "Let Me Be There", "Livin' Alone", "Love Me True", "Misty", "More Than You Know", "My Buddy / What’ll I Do", "My Last Fling", "My Man", "My Melancholy Baby", "My Ship", "On the Street Where You Live", "Popularity", "Put on a Happy Face", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", "Ribbons Down My Back", "Sherry!", "Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", "Something Cool", "Spring Is Here / Sunny Gets Blue / Little Girl Blue / Bluesette", "Star", "Step To The Rear", "The Need to Be", "Too Late Now", "What A Wonderful World", "Words and Music", "You're Gonna Hear from Me", "You've Got To Be There")
F♯3 ("April Fool", "Blues in the Night", "Born to Lose / Crying Time", "Don't Sleep In The Subway", "Everything Old Is New Again", "Ev'ry Time", "Getting to Know You", "Hallelujah, I Love Him So", "I See the Rainbow Now", "It Takes A Woman", "Jimmy", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Midnight Sun", "No Bad News", "Old Friends", "On To Something New", "Play It Again, Sam", "So Long Dearie", "Sunny", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
F3 ("All of Me", "Am I Blue", "Blame It On My Youth", "Call On Dolly & I Put My Hand In", "Cry", "Detour", "Elegance", "Georgia On My Mind", "Getting to Know You", "Hello Dolly!", "I Can’t Stop Loving You", "If He Walked into My Life", "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down / Ain't Misbehavin' / Honeysuckle Rose", "It Had to Be You", "It's a Most Unusual Day", "I Will Wait For You", "Johnny Mercer Medley", "Just for a Thrill", "Losing My Mind", "Luck Be a Lady", "Lush Life", "Make Your Own Kind of Music" MAC Awards, 2009, "Mean to Me", "Misty", "Mr. Lucky", "My Man", "My Melancholy Baby", "My Romance", "New York Medley", "Ode To Billy Joe", "Our Love is Here to Stay", "Play It Again, Sam", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", "Rain", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Show Me Where The Good Time Are", "Someday (Forget Me Not)", "Those Were the Days / I Will Survive", "University Of Okoboja", "Washington Square", "What'll I Do", "You Don’t Know Me", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "Young Medley")
E3 ("After You've Gone", "Estherville", "Friends Medley", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" with the Heartland's Men's Chorus, 2013, "Here's That Rainy Day / Stormy Weather", "I Love Being Here With You", "Isn't That What Friends Are For", "Midnight Sun", "New York, New York Medley", "Old Friends", "Rainbow Medley", "That Face / Your Smiling Face / I Love to See You Smile", "The Children In the Street", "The Man That Got Away", "The Song Is You" St. Louis, 2020, "What I Did For Love", "Your Cheatin' Heart")
E♭3 ("America the Beautiful", "Am I Blue", "Blame It On My Youth", "Blues in the Night", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Ella Fitzgerald Medley", "Everytime", "Georgia On My Mind", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Hello Dolly!" Marilyn Maye Sings All of Jerry Herman's Hello Dolly version, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "I Cried for You", "I’m Getting Sentimental Over You", "I'm Still Here", "It Only Takes A Moment", "It's Today", "Mean to Me", "New York Medley", "On A Clear Day", "On the Street Where You Live" Metropolitan Room, 2017, "Thanks For The Memory", "Time After Time / Just in Time", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "What A Wonderful World")
D3 ("Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", "As Time Goes By", "Come In From the Rain" Live in 2019, "Dancing", "I Love Being Here With You", "It Had to Be You", "My Buddy / What’ll I Do", , "New York, New York Medley", "Put on a Happy Face" Live in October, 2020, "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", "Ribbons Down My Back", "Sails", "Spring Is Here / Sunny Gets Blue / Little Girl Blue / Bluesette", "Step To The Rear" Provincetown, 2021, "Take Five" New York, 2018, "What I Did For Love", "What'll I Do", "What The World Needs Now Is Love" various live performances)
C♯3 ("After You've Gone" Live in September, 2021, "Autumn in New York / Autumn Leaves", "Born to Lose / Crying Time", "Cabaret" Feinstein's/54 Below, 2021, "Ev'ry Time", "I’m Getting Sentimental Over You", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down / Ain't Misbehavin' / Honeysuckle Rose", "I'm Still Here", "It Only Takes A Moment", "No Bad News", "Rainbow Medley", "Sailing", "That Face / Your Smiling Face / I Love to See You Smile", "The Man That Got Away")
C3 ("Busted", "Esther of Estherville", "Hello Dolly Medley", "Here's That Rainy Day / Stormy Weather", "If He Walked into My Life", "Look For The Silver Lining", "Something Cool", "Time After Time / Just in Time", "You Don’t Know Me", "Your Cheatin' Heart")
B2 ("Ella Fitzgerald Medley", "Ev'ry Time", "Hello Dolly Medley", "Here's to Life", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down / Ain't Misbehavin' / Honeysuckle Rose", "Lush Life", "Rainbow Medley")
B♭2 ("Autumn in New York / Autumn Leaves", "Getting to Know You", "Spring Is Here / Sunny Gets Blue / Little Girl Blue / Bluesette")
A2 ("Ella Fitzgerald Medley")
G♯2 ("Honeysuckle Rose" Birdland Theater, 30 December, 2021)
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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.

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{Discography}
The Most (1961) - F♯3 - C♯5
Meet Marvelous Marilyn Maye (1965) - F3 - F5 - G5
The Second of Maye (1965) - F3 - E5 - F5
The Lamp Is Low (1966) - F3 - E♭5
A Taste of "Sherry!" (1967) - F♯3 - E5 - F5
Step to the Rear (1967) - F3 - E5
The Happiest Sound in Town (1968) - F3 - F5 - A5
Marilyn Maye, Girl Singer (1970) - E3 - F♯5
Super Singer - Live in New Orleans (1983) - C3 - E5 - G5
Marilyn Maye Sings All Of Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly (1985) - C♯3 - E5 - F5
Rapport: Marilyn Maye and Mark Frank Communicate (2000) - B2 - E♭5 
Maye Sings Ray (2007) - C3 - D5
The Singing Side of Life (2011) - C♯3 - C♯5
Super Singer: A Tribute to Johnny Carson (2014) (missing) 

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Updated with the Marilyn Maye Sings All Of Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly (1985) album. New bold Bb4. 

[kaji]

Updated with three of her 2000s albums. Also updated with some missing singles from the 1960s and the 1970s, included new bolded Eb5 from one of them.