Post by Smitty. on Feb 6, 2022 8:33:29 GMT
Robert Clark Seger (06.05.1945 - )
Years Active: 1961 - present
Associated Acts: The Bob Seger System, Silver Bullet Band
Vocal Range E♭2 - A5
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("Highway Child")
G5 ("Evil Edna", "Heavy Music", "Katmandu", "Noah")
F♯5 ("Cat")
F5 ("Death Row", "Her Strut", "Let It Rock", "River Deep, Mountain High", "Train Man")
E5 ("Back in '72", "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight", "Black Eyed Girl", "Boomtown Blues", "Get Out of Denver", "Heavy Music", "Hummingbird", "I've Been Working", "If I Were A Carpenter", "Jesse James", "Katmandu", "The Last Song (Love Needs To Be Loved)", "Loneliness Is a Feeling", "Lonely Man", "Long Twin Silver Lane", "Lucifer", "Mary Lou", "Mongrel", "Noah", "Old Time Rock & Roll", "Paint Them a Picture Jane", "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man", "Rock and Roll Never Forgets", "School Teacher", "Simplicity", "Song to Rufus", "Tales of Lucy Blue", "Turn On Your Lovelight")
E♭5 ("Back In '72", "Evil Edna", "Her Strut", "Ivory", "Let It Rock", "Little Victories", "Louise", "Love The One You're With", "Mainstreet", "Sometimes" Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Song, "Stealer", "White Wall")
D5 ("Ain't Got No Money", "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight", "Black Eyed Girl", "Bo Diddley", "Cat", "Feel Like a Number", "House Behind A House", "Hummingbird", "I've Got Time", "If I Were A Carpenter", "Inervenus Eyes", "The Last Song (Love Needs To Be Loved)" , "Leanin' on My Dream", "Lennie Johnson", "Lonely Man", "Lucifer", "Mongrel", "Nutbush City Limit", "Paint Them a Picture Jane", "School Teacher", "Shinin' Brightly", "Song to Rufus", "Teachin' Blues", "Tightrope", "Turn On Your Lovelight")
C♯5 ("American Storm", "Black Night", "Down Home", "Even Now", "Fire Lake", "Fortnunate Son", "Good For Me", "Her Strut", "Highway Child", "Hollywood Nights", "If I Were A Carpenter", "Jesse James", "Little Victories", "Loneliness Is a Feeling", "Love's the Last To Know", "Need Ya", Noah", "Old Time Rock & Roll", "Real Mean Bottle", "Shame On the Moon", "Sometimes" Bob Seger & the Sliver Bullet Song, "Train Man", "White Wall", "You'll Accomp'ny Me")
C5 ("Ain't Got No Money", "The Ballad Of The Yellow Beret", "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight", "Beautiful Loser", "Big River", "Brand New Morning", "Brave Strangers", "Cat", "Evil Edna", "The Fire Inside", "Get Out of Denver", "Jumpin' Humpin' Hip Hypocrite", "The Last Song (Love Needs To Be Loved)", "Let It Rock", "Like A Rock", "Lock and Load", "Lonely Man", "Long Twin Silver Line", "Louise", "Love The One You're With", "Mainstreet", "Makin' Thunderbirds", "Midnight Rider", "Momma", "Night Moves", "Paint Them a Picture Jane", "River Deep, Mountain High", "Roll Me Away", "Song to Rufus", "Stealer", "Sunburst", "The Fire Down Below", "U.M.C (Upper Middle Class)")
B4 ("20 Years From Now", "Against the Wind", "All Your Love", "Back In '72", "Black Eyed Girl", "Black Night", "Bo Diddley", "Boomtown Blues", "Come to Poppa", "Cross Of Gold", "Even Now", "Evil Edna", "The Famous Final Scene", "Feel Like a Number", "Fortunate Son", "Heavy Music", "Hummingbird", "Hollywood Nights", "Innervenus Eyes", "I Can't Save You Angeline", "I've Been Working", "I've Got Time", "Ivory", "Katmandu", "Leanin' on My Dream", "Lennie Johnson", "Little Victories", "Long Twin Silver Lane", "Love's the Last To Know", "Lucifer", "Mary Lou", "Momma", "Mongrel", "Mongrel Too", "Neon Sky", "Railroad Days", "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man", "Rock and Roll Never Forgets", "Shinin' Brightly", "Something Like", "Somewhere Tonight", "Song For Him", "So I Wrote You a Song", "Tales of Lucy Blue", "Teachin' Blues", "Train Man", "Turn On Your Lovelight", "We've Got Tonight", "White Wall", "You'll Accomp'ny Me")
B♭4 ("The Aftermath", "Ain't Got No Money", "Brave Strangers", "Her Strut", "The Horizontal Bop", "Lock And Load", "Love The One You're With", "Nutbush City Limit", "Sailing Nights", "She Can't Do Anything Wrong", "The Fire Down Below")
A4 ("2 + 2 = ?", "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ounce Six", "All Your Love", "American Storm", "Are You", "Big River", "Boomtown Blues", "Brand New Morning", "Busload of Faith", "Come to Poppa", "Comin' Home", "Death Row", "Down Home", "Feel Like a Number", "Fire Lake", "Good For Me", "Heavy Music", "Highway Child", "House Behind A House", "I've Been Working", "I Can't Save You Angeline", "I've Got Time", "If I Were A Carpenter", "It's You", "Jesse James", "Katmandu", "The Last Song (Love Needs To Be Loved)", "Louise", "Makin' Thunderbirds", "Miami", "Midnight Rider", "Need Ya", "Noah", "No Man's Land", "No More", "The Ring", "River Deep, Mountain High", "Old Time Rock & Roll", "The Real Love", "Real Mean Bottle", "Red Eye To Memphis", "Rock and Roll Never Forgets", "Roll Me Away", "Sailing Nights", "Seen a Lot of Floors", "School Teacher", "Something Like", "Sometimes" Bob Seger & the Sliver Bullet Song, "Song For Him", "So I Wrote You a Song", "Sunburst", "Take A Chance", "Tales of Lucy Blue", "T.G.I.F. (Thank Goodness It's Friday)", "Tightrope", "Til It Shines", "Travelin' Man", "We've Got Tonight", "You Know Who You Are")
G♯4 ("American Storm", "Back In '72", "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight", "Even Now", "The Fire Inside", "Fortnuate Son", "Gates of Eden", "Gracile", "The Highway", "Hollywood Nights", "Jumpin' Humpin' Hip Hypocrite", "Like A Rock", "Little Victories", "The Long Way Home", "Love's the Last To Know", "Mary Lou", "Mongrel Too", "The Mountain", "Neon Sky", "New Coat Of Paint", "Night Moves", "No Matter Who You Are", "Revisionism Street", "Rosalie", "Simplicity", "Something More", "Somewhere Tonight', "Song For Him", "U.M.C (Upper Middle Class)", "We've Got Tonight")
G4 ("16 Shells From a Thirty-Ounce Six", "The Aftermath", "Against the Wind", "Ain't Got No Money", "Are You", "The Ballad Of The Yellow Beret", "Beautiful Loser", "Black Night", "Blind Love", "Blue Ridge", "Bo Diddley", "Brand New Morning", "Brave Strangers", "Busload of Faith","Comin' Home", "Face the Promise", "Forward Into The Past", "Get Out of Denver", "Hands In the Air", "The Horizontal Bop", "I Knew You When", "I'll Remember You", "It's You", "Let It Rock", "Lock And Load", "Louise", "Long Twin Silver Lane", "Mainstreet", "Maybe Today", "No Man's Land", "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man", "Real All the Time", "The Ring", "Roll Me Away", "Seen a Lot of Floors", "She Can't Do Anything Wrong", "Sometimes", "So I Wrote You a Song", "Stealer", "Still the Same", "Sunspot Baby", "Take A Chance", "T.G.I.F. (Thank Goodness It's Friday)", "The Fire Down Below", "Til It Shines", "Turn the Page", "West Side of the Moon", "Wreck This Heart", "You Know Who You Are")
F♯4 ("20 Years From Now", "American Storm", "Between", "Blue Ridge", "California Stars", "Detroit Made", "The Famous Final Scene", "Fire Lake", "The Fireman's Talkin'", Gates of Eden", "Good For Me", "Gracile", "It's a Mystery", "The Long Way Home", "Love's the Last To Know", "Maybe Today", "Neon Sky", "No More", "Railroad Days","Runaway Train", "Shame On the Moon", "Something More", "Tightrope", "Travelin' Man", "Which Way", "Won't Stop", "You'll Accomp'ny Me")
F4 ("16 Shells From a Thirty-Ounce Six", "Always In My Heart", "Blind Love", "Democracy", "Gates of Eden", "Hands In the Air", "Hey Gypsy", "The Horizontal Bop", "I Can't Save You Angeline", "I Knew You When", "It's a Mystery", "I'll Remember You", 'I Wonder", "It's You", "It's Your World", "Jody Girl", "Like a Rock", "The Lonely One" live with Timothy White, "The Long Goodbye", "Makin' Thunderbirds", "New Coat Of Paint", "No Man's Land", "Real All the Time", "The Real Love", "Rite of Passage", "The Sea Inside", "She Can't Do Anything Wrong", "Sightseeing", "Someday", "Still the Same", "U.M.C (Upper Middle Class)", "Wait For Me", "West Side of the Moon")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Adam and Eve", Detroit Made", "Down Home", "Face the Promise", "The Famous Final Scene", "Fire Lake", "The Fireman's Talkin'", "Forward Into The Past", "Heavy Music", "The Highway", "Highway Child", "Let It Rock", "Let the Rivers Run", "Listen", "The Long Way Home", "Miami", "Sailing Nights", "Ship of Fools", "Somewhere Tonight', "Song For Him", "Tales of Lucy Blue", "Turn On Your Lovelight", "Turn the Page", "You'll Accomp'ny Me")
E♭3 ("Always In My Heart", "Democracy", "The Fire Inside", "It's a Mystery", "Mainstreet", "The Mountain", "She Can't Do Anything Wrong", "U.M.C (Upper Middle Class)", "Wait For Me")
D3 ("2 + 2 = ?", "Against the Wind", "Black Night", "Brave Strangers", "Busload of Faith", "Comin' Home", "Death Row", "The Fireman's Talkin'", "Glenn Song", "Good For Me", "Hands In the Air", "House Behind A House", "Hummingbird", "I've Been Working", "Long Song Comin'", "Long Twin Silver Lane", "Momma", "The Real Love", "Real Mean Bottle", "Railroad Days", "The Sea Inside", "Shinin' Brightly", "Someday", "Sometimes", "Travelin' Man", "Turn the Page")
C♯3 ("The Famous Final Scene", "Gates of Eden", "Golden Boy", "Gracile", "Jody Girl", "Manhattan", "Ride Out", "Train Man", "You Know Who You Are")
C3 ("2 + 2 = ?", "Against the Wind", "By the River", "The Fire Inside", "I Wonder", "The Lonely One" live with Timothy White, "Louise", "Roll Me Away", "Sometimes", "West Side of the Moon")
B2 ("The Ballad Of The Yellow Beret", "Golden Boy", "The Ring", "Somewhere Tonight", "You'll Accomp'ny Me")
B♭2 ("I Wonder", "You Know Who You Are")
A2 ("The Answer's In the Question", "Midnight Rider", "Sometimes")
G♯2 ("West Side of the Moon")
G2 ("The Answer's In the Question", "Fine Memory", "Nutbush City Limits", "The Ring")
F♯2 ("Jody Girl", "Manhattan")
E2 ("Katmandu", "Manhattan")
E♭2 ("Marie")
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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.
{Questionable Notes}G5 ("Mongrel" [1], "Song to Rufus" [5])
F♯5 ("Black Eyed Girl" [5], "House Behind A House" [3])
F5 ("Loneliness Is a Feeling" [5])
C3 ("Gone" [2])
B2 ("Against the Wind" [4], "Train Man" [2])
G♯2 ("Hummingbird" [1])
F2 ("The Ring" [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.
F♯5 ("Black Eyed Girl" [5], "House Behind A House" [3])
F5 ("Loneliness Is a Feeling" [5])
C3 ("Gone" [2])
B2 ("Against the Wind" [4], "Train Man" [2])
G♯2 ("Hummingbird" [1])
F2 ("The Ring" [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.
{Album Ranges}with The Bob Seger System:
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969): C3 - F5 (Platypus)
Noah (1969): D3 - F♯5 (Platypus)
Mongrel (1970): E3 - G5 - A5 (Platypus)
with Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band:
Night Moves (1976): E♭3 - E5 (Smitty.)
Stranger In Town (1978): C♯3 - D5 - E5 (Smitty.)
Against the Wind (1980): B2 - D3 - F5 (Smitty.)
The Distance (1982): C3 - E5 (Smitty.)
Like a Rock (1986): G2 - E♭5 (Smitty. )
The Fire Inside (1991): C3 - C5 (Smitty.)
It's a Mystery (1995): E2 - C5 (Smitty.)
Solo:
Brand New Morning (1971): A2 - E♭5 (Platypus)
Smokin' O.P.'S (1972): D3 - F5 (Platypus)
Back in '72 (1973): A2 - E5 (Smitty.)
Seven (1974): D3 - E5 (Smitty.)
Beautiful Loser (1975): E2 - G5 (Smitty.)
Face the Promise (2006): G2 - A4 - E5 (Smitty.)
Ride Out (2014): C♯3 - F♯4 - G♯4 (Smitty.)
I Knew You When (2017): E♭2 - A4 (Platypus)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969): C3 - F5 (Platypus)
Noah (1969): D3 - F♯5 (Platypus)
Mongrel (1970): E3 - G5 - A5 (Platypus)
with Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band:
Night Moves (1976): E♭3 - E5 (Smitty.)
Stranger In Town (1978): C♯3 - D5 - E5 (Smitty.)
Against the Wind (1980): B2 - D3 - F5 (Smitty.)
The Distance (1982): C3 - E5 (Smitty.)
Like a Rock (1986): G2 - E♭5 (Smitty. )
The Fire Inside (1991): C3 - C5 (Smitty.)
It's a Mystery (1995): E2 - C5 (Smitty.)
Solo:
Brand New Morning (1971): A2 - E♭5 (Platypus)
Smokin' O.P.'S (1972): D3 - F5 (Platypus)
Back in '72 (1973): A2 - E5 (Smitty.)
Seven (1974): D3 - E5 (Smitty.)
Beautiful Loser (1975): E2 - G5 (Smitty.)
Face the Promise (2006): G2 - A4 - E5 (Smitty.)
Ride Out (2014): C♯3 - F♯4 - G♯4 (Smitty.)
I Knew You When (2017): E♭2 - A4 (Platypus)