Dave Davies (1,787 views)

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Dave Russell Gordon Davies (3 February 1947 - )
Associated Acts: The Kinks
Years Active: 1962 - 
Vocal Range: B♭2 - A5

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{Album Ranges}
The Kinks:
Kinks (1964): D3 - G5
Kinda Kinks (1965): G3 - B♭4
The Kink Kontroversy (1965): G3 - C5 - C♯5
Face to Face (1966): E3 - B4
Something Else (1967): E♭3 - A4 - E5
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968): D3 - B4 - D5
Arthur or the Decline and Fall of The British Empire (1969): C3 - E♭5 - F♯5
Lola vs. Powerman and The Moneygoround (1970): D3 - C♯5
Percy (1971): E3 - B♭4
Muswell Hillbillies (1971): B2 - C5 - D5
Everybody’s in Show-Biz (1972): D3 - D5
Preservation Act 1 (1973): B2 - C♯5 - D5
Preservation Act 2 (1974): C3 - E5
Soap Opera (1975): D3 - C5 - D5
Schoolboys In Disgrace (1975): C3 - F5
Sleepwalker (1977): E3 - C♯5
Misfits (1978): C3 - D5
Low Budget (1979): G3 - E5
Give The People What They Want (1981): A3 - C5
State of Confusion (1983): D4 - G♯5
Word of Mouth (1984): C3 - D5
Think Visual (1986): C4 - D5 - G5
UK Jive (1989): D3 - D5 - E5
Phobia (1993): F♯3 - F♯5

Solo:
AFL-1-3603 (1980): G3 - F5
Glamour (1981): F3 - D5
Chosen People (1983): D3 - D5 - F5
Fortis Green (1999): B♭2 - C5 - D5
Fragile (2001): F♯3 - A4 - D5
Bug (2002): F3 - C5
Fractured Mindz (2007):
I Will Be Me (2013):
Rippin Up Time (2014):
Open Road (2017):

 
Significant High Notes:
A5 (“Long Tall Sally”)
G♯5 (“State of Confusion”)
G5 (“Natural Gift”, “You Really Got Me”)
F♯5 (“Definite Maybe”, “Phobia”, “Some Mother’s Son”)
F5 (“Education”, “Harry Rag”, “Imaginations Real”, “Nothin’ More to Lose”, “Run”, “Take One More Chance”)
E5 (“Drivin'”, “In You I Believe”, “Life on The Road”, “Misery”, “Money Talks”, “Phobia”, “See The Beast”, “There’s a Change in The Weather”, “Visionary Dreamer”, “War is Over”, “Waterloo Sunset”, “(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman”, “The World Is Changing Hands”)
E♭5 (“Australia”, “Victoria”, “Visionary Dreamer”)
D5 (“7th Channel”, “Aggravation”, “Body”, “Definite Maybe”, “Do It Again”, “Cold Winter”, “Doing the Best For You”, “Glamour”, “Hatred”, “Have Another Drink”, “How Do I Get Close”, “Imaginations Real”, “In a Space”, “In You I Believe”, “Is This The Only Way”, “It’s Alright (Don’t Think About It)”, “Listen to The Spirit”, “Little Bit of Emotion”, "Massive Reductions", “Maximum Consumption”, “Move Over”, “No More Looking Back”, “Nothin’ More to Lose”, “Nothing to Say”, “Ordinary People”, “Perfect Strangers”, “Phobia”, “Reveal Yourself”, “Rock ‘N’ Roll Cities”, “A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”, “Run”, “Salvation Road”, “See The Beast”, “Sitting in the Midday Sun”, “Skin and Bone”, “Some Mother’s Son”, “State of Confusion”, “Trust Your Heart”, “UK Jive”, “Unreal Reality”, “Victoria”, “The Village Green Preservation Society”, "Violet Dreams", “War is Over”, “Where Do You Come From?”, “Word of Mouth”, “The World Is Changing Hands”, “Young Conservatives”)
C♯5 (“(A) Face in The Crowd”, “Back to Front”, “Catch Me Now I’m Falling”, “Complicated Life”, “Down All The Days”, “Hay Fever”, “In a Foreign Land”, “In You I Believe”, “Is It Any Wonder”, “It’s Alright (Don’t Think About It)”, “Juke Box Music”, “Labour of Love”, “Last of The Steam-Powered Trains”, “Life on The Road”, “A Little of Abuse”, “Lola”, “Matter of Decision”, “Misery”, “Move Over”, “One of The Survivors”, “Permanent Waves”, “Ring The Bells”, “Rock ‘N’ Roll Cities”, “Sleepwalker”, “Somebody Stole My Car”, “Trust Your Heart”, “Visionary Dreamer”, “War is Over”, “Where Do You Come From?”)
C5 ("20th Century Man" live, “7th Channel”, “Australia”, “Away From You”, “Bernadette”, “Body”, “Brainwashed”, “Cold Winter”, “Definite Maybe”, “Doing the Best For You”, “Don’t Forget to Dance”, “Fire Burning”, “Give The People What They Want”, “Glamour”, “Headmaster”, “Here Come the People in Grey”, “He’s Evil”, “Holiday Romance”, “How Are You”, “How Do I Get Close”, “Imaginations Real”, “I’m In Disgrace”, “Is This The Only Way”, "It Ain't Over, 'Till It's Done!", “Jack The Idiot Dunce”, “Killing Time”, “Let Me Be”, “Love in The World”, “Love Gets You”, "Massive Reductions", “Maximum Consumption”, “Milk Cow Blues”, “Money and Corruption / I Am Your Man”, “Money Talks”, “Moving Picture”, “Mr. Churchill Says”, “No More Looking Back”, “Nothin’ More to Lose”, “Now and Then”, “Ordinary People”, “Perfect Strangers”, “Picture Book”, “Predictable”, “Repetition”, “A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”, “Run”, “Shangri-La”, “Sitting By The Riverside”, “Sitting in the Midday Sun”, “Soothe Sayer”, “Stormy Sky”, “Summer’s Gone”, “Supersonic Rocket Ship”, “Think Visual”, “True Story”, “The Video Shop”, “Voices”, “Welcome to Sleazy Town”, “What Are We Doing”, “When You Were a Child”, “Word of Mouth”, “Working at The Factory”, “The World Is Changing Hands”, “World of Our Own”, “Yo-Yo”)
B4 (“Aggravation”, “Animal in The Zoo”, "Astral Nightmare", “Babies”, “Better Things”, “Body”, “Brother”, “Bright Lights”, “Charity”, “Chosen People”, “Come Dancing”, “Complicated Life”, “Close to The Wire”, “Danger Zone”, “Dear Margaret”, “Demolition”, “Drift Away”, “Education”, “Fire Burning”, “Freedom Lies”, “Funny Face”, “Hatred”, “A Gallon of Gas”, “Guilty”, “Here Comes Yet Another Day”, “Hot Potatoes”, “Gotta Get the First Plane Home”, “Have a Cuppa Tea”, “Hay Fever”, “Heart of Gold”, “How Do I Get Close”, “Life Goes On”, “A Little of Abuse”, “Little Bit of Emotion”, “Listen to The Spirit”, “Lola”, “A Long Way From Home”, “Love in The World”, "Massive Reductions", “Matter of Decision”, “Maximum Consumption”, “Misery”, “Misfits”, “Move Over”, “Nothing to Say”, “One of The Survivors”, “Out of The Wardrobe”, “Phobia”, “Preservation”, “Property”, “Rats”, “Scattered”, “See The Beast”, “Session Man”, “Skin and Bone”, “Sleepwalker”, “Surviving”, “Telepathy”, “This Time Tomorrow”, “Too Hot”, “Too Serious”, “Top of The Pops”, “True Story”, “Victoria”, “Visionary Dreamer”, “The Village Green Preservation Society”, “Voices”, “War is Over”, “Waterloo Sunset”, “What Are We Doing”, “Where Do You Come From?”, “(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman”, “Word of Mouth”, “The World Is Changing Hands”, “You Don’t Know My Name”, “You Make It All Worthwhile”)
B♭4 (“Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues”, “Charity”, “Cold Winter”, “Come On Now”, “Doing the Best For You”, “Drivin’”, “Eastern Eyes”, “Fortis Green”, “Glamour”, “God’s Children”, “Got My Feet On The Ground”, “Is It Any Wonder”, “Jack The Idiot Dunce”, “Let Me Be”, “Milk Cow Blues”, “Naggin’ Woman”, “Nothin’ More to Lose”, “Perfect Strangers”, “Run”, “Shangri-La”, “Sitting By The Riverside”, “Soothe Sayer”, “Starstruck”, “Stormy Sky”, “Take One More Chance”, “Unreal Reality”, “Visionary Dreamer”, “Welcome to Sleazy Town”, “Where Have All The Good Times Gone”)
A4 ("20th Century Man" live, “7th Channel”, “Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues”, “Add It Up”, “(A) Face in The Crowd”, “Afternoon Tea”, “All of My Friends Were There”, “Animal in The Zoo”, “Apeman”, “Arthur”, “Artificial Man”, “Art Lover”, “Autumn Almanac”, “Away From You”, “Babies”, “Back to Front”, “Beautiful Delilah”, “Bernadette”, “Big Sky”, “Black Messiah”, “Body”, “Bright Lights”, “Catch Me Now I’m Falling”, “Charity”, “Chosen People”, “Close to The Wire”, “Complicated Life”, “Cricket”, “Danger Zone”, “David Watts”, “Dead End Street”, “Definite Maybe”, “Destroyer”, “Doing the Best For You”, “Do It Again”, “Don’t”, “Don’t Forget to Dance”, “Dreams”, “Ducks on The Wall”, “Education”, “Entertainment”, “Fire Burning”, “The First Time We Fall In Love”, “Flash’s Confession”, “Freedom Lies”, “Full Moon”, “Funny Face”, “God’s Children”, “Got My Feet On The Ground”, “Guilty”, “Hatred”, “Have Another Drink”, “He’s Evil”, “Hot Potatoes”, “Imaginations Real”, “I’m a Lover Not a Fighter”, “I’m In Disgrace”, “In a Foreign Land”, “In You I Believe”, “Is It Any Wonder”, “Is This The Only Way”, "It Ain't Over, 'Till It's Done!", “It’s Alright (Don’t Think About It)”, “It’s Too Late”, “Jack The Idiot Dunce”, “Johnny Thunder”, “Juke Box Music”, “Life Goes On”, “Life on The Road”, “Listen to The Spirit”, “Living On a Thin Line”, “Lola”, “A Long Way From Home”, “Looney Balloon”, “Lost and Found”, “Love in The World”, “Love Me Til The Sun Shines”, “Low Budget”, “Matter of Decision”, “Maximum Consumption”, “Mean Disposition”, “Misery”, “Misfits”, “Missing Persons”, “Money and Corruption / I Am Your Man”, “Money Talks”, “Move Over”, “Mr. Big Man”, “National Health”, “Nobody Gives”, “Oklahoma USA”, “One of The Survivors”, “Only a Dream”, “Over the Edge”, “People Take Pictures of Each Other”, “Picture Book”, “Party Line”, “Powerman”, “Property”, “Rainy Day In June”, “Rats”, “Rock ‘N’ Roll Cities”, “A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”, “Run”, “Salvation Road”, “Schooldays”, “See The Beast”, “Shangri-La”, “Sitting By The Riverside”, “Sleepless Night”, “Sold Me Out”, “Somebody Stole My Car”, “Soothe Sayer”, “Still Searching”, “Strangers”, “State of Confusion”, “Sunny Afternoon”, “Supersonic Rocket Ship”, “Surviving”, “Sweet Lady Genevieve”, “Telepathy”, “Think Visual”, “This Time Tomorrow”, “Too Hot”, “Too Much On My Mind”, “Too Serious”, “True Phenomenon”, “True Story”, “Trust Your Heart”, “Uncle Son”, “The Village Green Preservation Society”, “Voices”, "Violet Dreams", “Waterloo Sunset”, “What Are We Doing”, "Who's Foolin' Who", “Wicked Annabella”, “World of Our Own”, “You Can’t Stop The Music”, “You Don’t Know My Name”, “Young and Innocent Days”, “You’re Looking Fine”)

Significant Low Notes:
F♯3 ("Astral Nightmare", “Autumn Almanac”, “Funny Face”, “Have Another Drink”, "It Ain't Over, 'Till It's Done!", “I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight”, “Mean Disposition”, “National Health”, “Scattered”, “The Village Green Preservation Society”, “War is Over”, “Wicked Annabella”, “You Don’t Know My Name”)
F3 (“All of My Friends Were There”, “Artificial Man”, “Black Messiah”, “Eastern Eyes”, "It Ain't Over, 'Till It's Done!", “Lazy Old Sun”, “Milk Cow Blues”, “Muswell Hillbilly”, “Soothe Sayer”, “Too Much Monkey Business”, “True Phenomenon”)
E3 (“Arthur”, “Chosen People”, “Dead End Street”, “Dreams”, “Fortis Green”, “Holiday In Waikiki”, “Juke Box Music”, “Matter of Decision”, “Most Exclusive Residence For Sale”, “Nobody Gives”, “Sleepwalker”, “A Well Respected Man”, “Where Are They Now?”, “Wicked Annabella”)
E♭3 (“Autumn Almanac”, "Big Brother", “Fortis Green”, "Orange Circus", “Tapas”)
D3 (“Daylight”, “Holiday Romance”, “I’ve Been Driving on a Bald Mountain”, “Listen to The Spirit”, “Living On a Thin Line”, “Shepherds of The Nation”, “Strangers”, “Take One More Chance”, “True Phenomenon”, “War is Over”, “Wicked Annabella”, “You Don’t Know My Name”)
C♯3 (“Act Nice and Gentle”, “Arthur”, “Don’t You Fret”)
C3 (“Artificial Man”, "Big Brother", “Black Messiah”, “Brainwashed”, “The First Time We Fall In Love”, “Listen to The Spirit”, “Living On a Thin Line”)
B2 (“Demolition”, “Skin and Bone”)
B♭2 (“Fortis Green”, “True Phenomenon”)
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Blue marks falsetto/head voice notes
Bold marks notes that would be considered impressive (click on the bold to see the note displayed)
Underline marks obscured notes
Italics mark non-melodic notes

Best Vocal Performances
1. Living On a Thin Line
2. Strangers
3. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
4. Young and Innocent Days
5. In You I Believe
6. Visionary Dreamer
7. Wicked Anabella
8. Milk Cow Blues
9. Trust Your Heart
10. Body

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{Questionable Notes}
C7 (“Reveal Yourself”[5])
B5 (“Got My Feet on The Ground”[5])

C3 (“Long Tall Shorty”[1])
A2 (“Living On a Thin Line”[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.

[rob]

Seeing that Questionable C7 made me genuinely check my eyes lol. Great thread!

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Sept 20, 2022 4:48:12 GMT rob said:

Seeing that Questionable C7 made me genuinely check my eyes lol. Great thread!

Yeah it definitely exists but it sounds like an inhaled mess