Post by BAZanine on Jan 22, 2022 5:30:48 GMT
Robert Anthony Plant (August 20, 1948)
Member of: Led Zeppelin
Vocal Range: F♯2-C♯6
{Vocal Summary by Holsety }Robert Plant is the widely-known lead singer of Led Zeppelin. Famous for his limitless vocal gymnastics and setting the scene for range wankers to come, he has delivered some iconic performances with unsettling ease. His short vocal prime is responsible for some absolutely insane sirens and passionate belting, though his repertoire is somewhat limited to blues rock and hard rock, with some folk mixed in. As Led Zeppelin grew more diverse as a band, Plant became more limited as a singer, often delivering tense, yearning vocal performances over his bandmates with exceptional style. Since Zeppelin's breakup he's enjoyed success with his solo albums and projects with Jimmy Page lovingly labelled Page & Plant. Having mellowed out since the erratic, grotesque and obscene performances he delivered with Zeppelin (in the studio and the bedroom), he sometimes gives his sage words to the public or tours with a fun and strong setlist.
In early recordings Plant has a husky tone that suits him well for blues standards or various songs he works on. When he started working with Zeppelin he started working with vocal sirens and gritty passionate singing that seemed limitless. His voice sounds similar but clean and sexy on Led Zeppelin III. One can hear the wear in his voice by the time Led Zeppelin IV is out, seeing that he gets shrill in places where he didn't before. He didn't have a warm-up routine and he went all out at every live show. At one show in 1973 or so, he walked to a show in the rain with the flu and gave a blistering performance that cost him. In later Zeppelin albums he had a scratchy tone to his voice that we get moments of as early as Houses Of The Holy, with Physical Graffiti showing it off often as well. He mainly stays in a comfortable range on Presence, but he exaggerates his scratchy sound more on In Through The Out Door to sound lower than before. In harmonies he shows off clean sound in high harmonies to show he's making the intentional choice to manipulate his tone. His voice cleaned up a bit by the time he went solo, and in concerts in the 80s, 90s and even recently he will occasionally go for high screams and the like, but he isn't quite as tonally consistent as he was in his prime.
In early recordings Plant has a husky tone that suits him well for blues standards or various songs he works on. When he started working with Zeppelin he started working with vocal sirens and gritty passionate singing that seemed limitless. His voice sounds similar but clean and sexy on Led Zeppelin III. One can hear the wear in his voice by the time Led Zeppelin IV is out, seeing that he gets shrill in places where he didn't before. He didn't have a warm-up routine and he went all out at every live show. At one show in 1973 or so, he walked to a show in the rain with the flu and gave a blistering performance that cost him. In later Zeppelin albums he had a scratchy tone to his voice that we get moments of as early as Houses Of The Holy, with Physical Graffiti showing it off often as well. He mainly stays in a comfortable range on Presence, but he exaggerates his scratchy sound more on In Through The Out Door to sound lower than before. In harmonies he shows off clean sound in high harmonies to show he's making the intentional choice to manipulate his tone. His voice cleaned up a bit by the time he went solo, and in concerts in the 80s, 90s and even recently he will occasionally go for high screams and the like, but he isn't quite as tonally consistent as he was in his prime.
Significant High Notes:
C♯6 ("You Shook Me" live in Miami 1969)
B5 ("Adriatic Sea View")
B♭5 ("Dazed And Confused" live BBC 10/8/69, "How Many More Times" live Washington 1968, "Since I've Been Loving You" live Paris 1973 / live Chicago 1995)
A5 ("Black Dog", "Communication Breakdown" live BBC 16/6/1969, "How Many More Times" live BBC 27/6/1969 "I Can't Quit You Baby" live Washington 1968, "Nobody's Fault but Mine" live Sun Coast Dome 1990, "What Is And What Should Never Be" live BBC 24/6/1969, "Whole Lotta Love" live Ipswich 1971)
G♯5 ("Communication Breakdown" live BBC 27/6/1969, "Heartbreaker" live BBC 1/4/1971, "How Many More Times" live in Boston 1969, "I Can't Quit You Baby", "I'm Gonna Crawl", "I've Got a Secret", "Nirvana", "Whole Lotta Love", "You Shook Me")
G5 ("As Long as I Have You" live Washington 1968, "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Baby Come on Home", "Billy And Jeanie" live in Hamilty 1988, "Boogie With Stu", "Communication Breakdown", "Dazed And Confused", "Four Sticks", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "Misty Mountain Hop", "Operator", "Rock and Roll" live L.A. Forum 1971, "Since I've Been Loving You", studio / live Paris Theatre 1971 BBC, "Tall Cool One" live in Joplin, "Trampled Underfoot" live Richfield 1977, "Whole Lotta Love", "You Shook Me")
F♯5 ("Communication Breakdown", "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" live BBC 16/6/1969, "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", "Immigrant Song" live Belfast 1971, "Nirvana", "No Quarter", "Whole Lotta Love (Medley)" live BBC 1/4/1971)
F5 ("Anniversary", "Good Times Bad Times", "How Many More Times", "No Quarter", "Since I've Been Loving You")
E5 ("Adriatic Sea View", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Baby Come on Home", "Battle Of Evermore", "Big Love", "Black Country Woman", "Black Dog", "Boogie With Stu", "Celebration Day", "Communication Breakdown", "Four Sticks", "Gallows Pole", "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" live BBC 16/6/1969, "Hats Off to [Roy] Harper", "Houses of the Holy", "How Many More Times", "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "Immigrant Song", "In My Time Of Dying", Let's Have a Party" live Australia 1972, "Memory Song (Hello Hello)", "Misty Mountain Hop", "Night Flight", "The Ocean", "Promised Land", "Ramble On", "Road to the Sun", "Rock And Roll", "The Rover", "Out on the Tiles", "Stairway to Heaven", "Sugar Mama", "Watching You", "What Is And What Should Never Be", "You Shook Me")
E♭5 ("Adriatic Sea View", "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp", "Friends", "Key to the Highway/Trouble In Mind", "Since I've Been Loving You", "Somebody Knocking", "The Song Remains the Same", "When the Levee Breaks")
D5 ("29 Palms", "Big Love", "Black Country Woman", "Boogie With Stu", "Celebration Day", "Dazed and Confused", "Down by the Seaside", "For Your Life", "Four Sticks", "Gallows Pole", "Hey Hey What Can I Do", "Houses Of the Holy", "In the Evening", "The Lemon Song", "Like I've Never Been Gone", "Memory Song (Hello Hello)", "Mystery Title", "Night Flight", "No Quarter", "Operator", "Over the Hills And Far Away", "The Rain Song", "Road to the Sun", "The Rover", "Slow Dancer", "S S S & Q", "Steal Away", "Trampled Underfoot", "Upon a Golden Horse", "The Wanton Song", "Wearing And Tearing", "We're Gonna Groove", "What Is And What Should Never Be")
C♯5 ("Custard Pie", "For What It's Worth", "Houses Of the Holy", "I Believe", "Immigrant Song", "Kashmir", "Misty Mountain Hop", "The Ocean", "Out on the Tiles", "Ramble On", "The Song Remains the Same", "Takamba", "That's the Way" live BBC 1/4/1971, "Travelling Riverside Blues" live BBC 24/6/1969)
C5 ("Adriatic Sea View", "Anniversary", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Baby Come on Home", "Battle Of Evermore", "Black Country Woman", "Black Dog", "Boogie With Stu", "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp", "Celebration Day", "Custard Pie", "Dancing Days", "Darkness, Darkness", "Doo Doo a Do Do", "Down by the Seaside", "Down to the Sea", "D'yer Mak'er", "Easily Lead", "Fat Lip", "For Your Life", "Friends", "Going to California", "Great Spirit", "The Greatest Gift", "Hats Off to [Roy] Harper", "Heartbreaker", "Helen Of Troy", "Hey Hey What Can I Do", "Hey Joe", "Hip to Hoo", "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", "Horizontal Departure", "Hot Dog", "I Got a Woman", "In My Time Of Dying", "In The Light", "Kallalou Kallalou", "Kashmir", "Key to the Highway/Trouble In Mind", "Little by Little", "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)", "Memory Song (Hello Hello)", "Mystery Title", "Network News", "Night Flight", "No Quarter", "One More Cup Of Coffee", "Red Dress", "Rock and Roll", "Slow Dancer", "S S S & Q", "Stairway to Heaven", "Stand by Me" live in Osaka 1972, "Stranger Here… Then Over There", "The Rain Song", "South Bound Suarez", "Ten Years Gone", "Too Loud", "Trampled Underfoot", "Wearing and Tearing", "We're Gonna Groove", "When the Levee Breaks", "White, Clean and Neat", "Whole Lotta Love", "Win My Train Fare Home (If I Ever Get Lucky)", "Worse Than Detroit", "Wreckless Love", "You Better Run")
B4 ("29 Palms", "Achilles Last Stand", "All My Love", "Billy's Revenge", "Bluebirds Over the Mountain", "Bring It on Home", "Calling to You", "Carouselambra", "Come Into My Life", "Communication Breakdown", "The Crunge", "Dazed and Confused", "Funny In My Mind (I Believe I'm Fixing to Die)", "Good Times Bad Times", "The Greatest Gift", "Heartbreaker", "Hey Hey What Can I Do", "Hot Dog", "Hots on for Nowhere", "House Of Love", "How Many More Times", "I Believe", "I'm Gonna Crawl", "I've Got a Secret", "Immigrant Song", "In the Evening", "The Lemon Song", "Like I've Never Been Gone", "Mystery Title", "Nirvana", "Nobody's Fault but Mine", "One Love", "Oompa (Watery Bint)", "Operator", "Out on the Tiles", "Over the Hills and Far Away", "Ozone Baby", "Promised Land", "Ramble On", "Rockin' at Midnight", "The Rover", "Royal Orleans", "She Said", "Sick Again", "The Song Remains the Same", "Stranger Here… Then Over There", "Sugar Mama", "Sunshine Woman" live BBC, "Tall Cool One", "Thank You", "Thru' With the Two Step", "Too Loud", "Twist and Shout" live Osaka 1971, "Walking Towards Paradise", "Walter's Walk", "Watching You", "The Way I Feel", "We're Gonna Groove", "What Is And What Should Never Be", "When I Was a Child", "White, Clean And Neat", "Whole Lotta Love", "Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night", "Your Time Is Gonna Come", "You Shook Me")
B♭4 ("Battle Of Evermore", "Bones Of Saints", "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp", "Burning Down One Side", "Dancing Days", "Darkness, Darkness", "Darlene", "Dark Moon - Acoustic", "Down to the Sea", "D'yer Mak'er", "Everybody's Gonna Say", "Fat Lip", "Frankfurt Special" unknown live performance, "Freedom Fries", "Friends", "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)", "Heaven Knows", "If I Were a Carpenter", "In the Mood", "Long Time Coming", "Most High", "Nobody's Fault but Mine" Page/Plant version, "Slow Dancer", "Somethin' Else" live BBC 16/6/69, "Steal Away", "Stranger Here… Then Over There", "The Rain Song", "Red Dress", "Sixes and Sevens", "South Bound Suarez", "Tea for One", "That's the Way", "Tin Pan Alley, "Trampled Underfoot", "The Wanton Song", "Why")
A4 ("Achilles Last Stand", "All My Love", "All the Money in the World", "Angel Dance", "Anniversary", "Arbaden (Maggie's Baby)", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Baby Come on Home", "Battle Of Evermore", "Big Log", "Big Love", "Black Dog", "Blue Train", "Brother Ray", "Burning Up", "Calling to You", "Candy Store Rock", "Carving Up the World Again… a Wall And Not a Fence, "Carouselambra", "Central Two-O-Nine", "Colours of a Shade", "Come Into My Life", "The Crunge", "Custard Pie", "Dance on My Own", "Doo Doo a Do Do", "Down by the Seaside", "Easily Lead", "The Enchanter", "Even This Shall Pass Away", "Far Post", "Freedom Fries", "Fool in the Rain", "For What It's Worth", "For Your Life", "Funny in My Mind (I Believe I'm Fixing to Die)", "Gallows Pole", "Going to California", "Good Times Bad Times", "Great Spirit", "The Greatest Gift", "Heartbreaker", "Helen Of Troy", "Hip to Hoo", "Hots on for Nowhere", "House Of Love", "How Many More Times", "Horizontal Departure", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "I Cried", "I Get a Thrill", "I Got a Woman", "I'm Gonna Crawl", "In the Evening", "In the Light", "Kallalou Kallalou", "Kashmir", "Last Time I Saw Her", "Like I've Never Been Gone", "Lively Up Yourself" live in Houston 1983, "Mighty Rearranger", Moonlight in Samosa", "Most High", "Little by Little", "Mystery Title", "Network News", "Night Flight", "Nobody's Fault but Mine", "One Love", "Oompa (Watery Bint)", "Operator", "Other Arms", "Our Song", "Ozone Baby", "Pink and Black", "Pledge Pin", "Poor Tom", "Rainbow", "The Rain Song", "Red, White, And Blue", "Road to the Sun", "Rockin' at Midnight", "Rollercoaster - Demo", "Royal Orleans", "Shine It All Around", "Sixes and Sevens", "Somebody Knocking", "Sons Of Freedom", "South Bound Suarez", "S S S & Q", "Stairway to Heaven", "Takamba", "Ten Years Gone", "That's the Way", "Tie Die on the Highway", "Tin Pan Alley", "Trouble Your Money", "Twist and Shout" live Osaka 1971, "Upon a Golden Horse", "Walking Into Clarksdale", "A Way With Words", "Wearing And Tearing", "We're Gonna Groove", "When I Was a Child", "When the World Was Young", "White, Clean And Neat", "Worse Than Detroit", "Wreckless Love", "Yallah", "You Can't Buy Love", "Your Time Is Gonna Come")
Significant Low Notes:
F3 ("All the Money in the World", "Anniversary", "Black Country Woman", "Can't Let Go", "Candy Store Rock", "Central Two-O-Nine", "D'yer Mak'er", "Embrace Another Fall", "Falling in Love Again", "Far Post", "Gallows Pole" Page/Plant version, "Go Your Way", "Harm's Swift Way", "Last Kind Words Blues", "Like I've Never Been Gone", "Monkey", "No Quarter", "Philadelphia Baby", "Steal Away", "Stick With Me Baby", "Tangerine", "When the Levee Breaks", "Win My Train Fare Home" live in Timbuktu)
E3 ("All the King's Horses", "Angel Dance", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Big Love", "Bones Of Saints", "Burning Up", "Calling To You", "Carry Fire", "Don't Look Back", "Down to the Sea", "For Your Life", "Friends", "Funny in My Mind (I Believe I'm Fixing to Die)", "Good Times Bad Times", "Harm's Swift Way", "Heart in Your Hand", "Heaven Sent", "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", "I Believe", "I Cried", "I Got a Woman", "Last Time I Saw Her", "Little Hands", "Morning Dew", "New World...", "Nirvana", "Nobody's Fault but Mine", "One More Cup Of Coffee", "Nothin'", "One Love", "Philadelphia Baby", "Please Read the Letter", "Quattro (World Drifts In)", "Rainbow", "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down", "Silver Rider", "Skip's Song", "Somebody There", "Song to the Siren", "Stairway to Heaven", "Tie Dye on the Highway", "Trouble Your Money", "Turn It Up", "Wah Wah", "Walking Into Clarksdale", "Walter's Walk", "Watching You", "A Way With Words", "What Is And What Should Never Be", "When I Was a Child", "White, Clean And Neat", "Worse Than Detroit", "You Can't Buy My Love", "You Shook Me", "You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)" live, "Young Boy Blues", "Your Long Journey")
E♭3 ("Another Tribe", "Down to the Sea", "Falling in Love Again", "High and Lonesome", "Our Song", "Since I've Been Loving You", "Stick With Me Baby", "That's the Way", "Trouble With My Lover", "You Led Me to the Wrong")
D3 ("29 Palms", "Arbaden (Maggie's Baby)", "Battle Of Evermore", "Blue Train", "Bones Of Saints", "Bring It on Home", "Central Two-O-Nine", "Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday", "Come Into My Life", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" live Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 1992, "Dance With You Tonight", "Dancing in Heaven", "Dazed And Confused", "The Enchanter", "Going to California", "Great Spirit", "Heaven Knows", "Heaven Sent", "Hey Joe" 2002 version, "Hey Hey What Can I Do", "Kashmir", "Killing the Blues", "Liars Dance", "Mighty Rearranger", "Monkey", "Morning Dew", "New World...", "Nirvana", "The Only Sound That Matters", "Oompa (Watery Bint)", "Over the Hills and Far Away", "Poor Howard", "Red, White, And Blue", "Rockin' at Midnight", "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down", "Sea Of Love", "Ship Of Fools", "Sixes and Sevens", "Somebody There", "Thank You", "Up on the Hollow Hill (Understanding Arthur)", "A Way With Words", "Win My Train Fare Home (If I Ever Get Lucky)", "When the World Was Young", "Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night")
C♯3 ("8:05", "House Of Love", "If I Were a Carpenter", "King Creole" unknown live performance, "Night Flight", "Please Read the Letter", "Tangerine", "That's the Way", "Turn It Up", "When the World Was Young", "Wonderful One", "You Led Me to the Wrong", "Your Long Journey")
C3 ("Colours of a Shade", "Darkness, Darkness", "Doo Doo a Do Do", "Harm's Swift Way", "Little Hands", "The Ocean", "The Only Sound That Matters", "Searching for My Love", "Since I've Been Loving You", "S S S & Q", "Stairway to Heaven" live Dublin 1971, "Turnaround", "Win My Train Fare Home (If I Ever Get Lucky)")
B2 ("29 Palms" live 2006, "Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday", "Poor Howard", "Silver Rider", "Thank You", "What Is And What Should Never Be")
B♭2 ("Darkness, Darkness", "Duke of Earl" live The Tonight Show 2014, "Red Dress", "Searching for My Love", "Since I've Been Loving You" rough mix, "Young and Beautiful" unknown live performance)
A2 ("Arbaden (Maggie's Baby)", "Central Two-O-Nine", "Dance With You Tonight", "Frankfurt Special" unknown live performance, "Going to California", "The Ocean", "Turn It Up", "You Shook Me" live in Paris 1969)
G♯2 ("Whole Lotta Love (Medley)" live BBC 1/4/1971)
G2 ("Don't" live, "Going to California" live Mexico City 2012, "Love Me" live Southampton 1973, "Tie Dye on the Highway")
F♯2 ("Heartbreak Hotel / Heartbreaker" interview)
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*Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered impressive in relation to this person's vocal capabilities.
*Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix of the song.
{Album Ranges}Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin I (1969): D3 - G♯5
Led Zeppelin II (1969): B2 - G5 - G♯5
Led Zeppelin III (1970): C3 - G5
Led Zeppelin IV (1971): A2 - A5
Houses of the Holy (1973): A2 - F♯5
Physical Graffiti (1975): C♯3 - G5
Presence (1977): E3 - D5
In Through The Out Door (1979): G3 - G♯5
Coda (1982): D3 - G5
Live At The BBC (1997): G♯2 - B♭5
Solo
Pictures at Eleven (1982): E3 - D5
The Principle of Moments (1983): C3 - C5
Shaken 'n' Stirred (1985): C3 - C5
Now and Zen (1988): D3 - C5
Manic Nirvana (1990): G2 - G♯5
Fate of Nations (1993): C3 - E5
Dreamland (2002): B♭2 - C5
Mighty Rearranger (2005): D3 - C♯5 - E♭5
Band of Joy (2010): A2 - A4
Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar (2014): A2 - A4
Carry Fire (2017): A2 - B4
The Honeydrippers
The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984): D3 - C5
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Raising Sand (2007): C♯3 - B♭4
Raise the Roof (2021): B♭2 - G4
Led Zeppelin I (1969): D3 - G♯5
Led Zeppelin II (1969): B2 - G5 - G♯5
Led Zeppelin III (1970): C3 - G5
Led Zeppelin IV (1971): A2 - A5
Houses of the Holy (1973): A2 - F♯5
Physical Graffiti (1975): C♯3 - G5
Presence (1977): E3 - D5
In Through The Out Door (1979): G3 - G♯5
Coda (1982): D3 - G5
Live At The BBC (1997): G♯2 - B♭5
Solo
Pictures at Eleven (1982): E3 - D5
The Principle of Moments (1983): C3 - C5
Shaken 'n' Stirred (1985): C3 - C5
Now and Zen (1988): D3 - C5
Manic Nirvana (1990): G2 - G♯5
Fate of Nations (1993): C3 - E5
Dreamland (2002): B♭2 - C5
Mighty Rearranger (2005): D3 - C♯5 - E♭5
Band of Joy (2010): A2 - A4
Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar (2014): A2 - A4
Carry Fire (2017): A2 - B4
The Honeydrippers
The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984): D3 - C5
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Raising Sand (2007): C♯3 - B♭4
Raise the Roof (2021): B♭2 - G4
{Notewatched Discography and Credits}BAZanine
Live At The BBC (1997)
Mighty Rearranger (2005)
Raising Sand (2007)
Band of Joy (2010)
Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar (2014)
Carry Fire (2017)
Raise the Roof (2021)
Holsety
Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Physical Graffiti (1975)
In Through The Out Door (1979)
Coda (1982)
The Principle of Moments (1983)
The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984)
Now and Zen (1988)
Fate of Nations (1993)
No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded (New/Available Tracks) (1994)
Walking Into Clarksdale (1998)
Dreamland (2002)
rebaru
Led Zeppelin I (1969)
Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Houses of the Holy (1973)
Presence (1977)
Pictures at Eleven (1982)
Shaken 'n' Stirred (1985)
Manic Nirvana (1990)
Thank you to medik for the additional notes.
Live At The BBC (1997)
Mighty Rearranger (2005)
Raising Sand (2007)
Band of Joy (2010)
Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar (2014)
Carry Fire (2017)
Raise the Roof (2021)
Holsety
Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Physical Graffiti (1975)
In Through The Out Door (1979)
Coda (1982)
The Principle of Moments (1983)
The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984)
Now and Zen (1988)
Fate of Nations (1993)
No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded (New/Available Tracks) (1994)
Walking Into Clarksdale (1998)
Dreamland (2002)
rebaru
Led Zeppelin I (1969)
Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Houses of the Holy (1973)
Presence (1977)
Pictures at Eleven (1982)
Shaken 'n' Stirred (1985)
Manic Nirvana (1990)
Thank you to medik for the additional notes.
Special thanks to CT for telling me one thing.
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