Georgia Gibbs (1,711 views)

[kaji]

Georgia Gibbs (17 August 1918 - 9 December 2006)
Vocal Range: B2-C♯6

Significant High Notes:

C♯6 ("Dance with Me Henry" the Ed Sullivan Show, 1955)
A5 ("Great Balls of Fire")
G5 ("Kiss of Fire" Call Me Georgia Gibbs version, "Tom's Tune")
F♯5 ("Come To Baby, Do!", "Dance with Me Henry" the Ed Sullivan Show, 1955, "Great Balls of Fire")
F5 ("Fun Lovin' Baby")
E5 ("Dance with Me Henry", "Rock Right")
E♭5 ("The Huckleback")
D5 ("Be Doggone Sure You Call", "Blueberries", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "Kiss of Fire", "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet", "Red Hot Mama", "Tra La La")
C♯5 ("A Moth and a Flame", "Kiss of Fire", "I'll Be Seeing You", "It Had to Be You" the Eddy Duchin Show, 1949, "Melancholy Baby" the Ed Sullivan Show, 1958, "More Than Ever", "The More I See You", "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)", "Tra La La", "Wish You Were Waiting For Me")
C5 ("A Home Lovin' Man", "A Lasting Thing", "A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz", "Be Doggone Sure You Call", "Come To Baby, Do!", "Dance with Me Henry", "Deed I Do", "Ev'ry Time", "Fool That I Am", "Get Out Those Old Records", "Hello Happiness, Goodbye Blues", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra", "How Deep is the Ocean", "How Long Has This Been Going On", "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine", "I Feel So Smoochie", "If I Had You", "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Have Baked a Cake", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "I'm Gonna Love That Guy", "In Acapulco", "I Never Had the Blues", "In Time", "It Had to Be You", "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way", "Kansas City", "Kiss Me Another", "Kiss of Fire" Call Me Georgia Gibbs version, "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Loch Lomond", "Lonesome Road", "Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter", "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet", "My Favorite Song", "Nine Girls Out Of Ten Girls", "Old Man Mose", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Red Hot Mama", "Shoo Shoo Baby", "So in Love", "So Madly in Love", "Somebody Loves Me", "Somebody Nobody Loves", "Stay with the Happy People", "The Greatest Thing", "The Huckleback", "The Photograph on the Piano", "Venice Blue", "What Does It Mean To Be Lonely", "Where's the Music Coming From", "Wish You Were Waiting For Me", "You're Doin' It", "24 Hours A Day (365 A Year)")
B4 ("Absent Minded Moon", "A Lasting Thing", "As Long As I'm Dreaming", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White", "Comme ci, comme ça", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Dance with Me Henry", "Deed I Do", "Do It Again", "Dream", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Feudin' and Fightin'", "Fool of the Year", "Fun Lovin' Baby", "Great Balls of Fire", "Hamburgers, Frankfurters and Potato Chips", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "Happiness Street", "Hello Happiness, Goodbye Blues", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra", "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine", "If I Had You", "If I Were a Bell", "I'll Always Be in Love with You", "I'll Get Myself a Choo Choo Train (And Go Far, Far Away)", "I'll Know", "I Love Paris", "I Miss You", "I'm Walking the Floor Over You", "In Other Words", "In Time", "I Will Follow You", "Kansas City", "Keep in Touch", "Kiss of Fire", "Let Him Know", "Loch Lomond", "Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter", "Make Me Love You", "Mambo Baby", "Melancholy Baby" the Ed Sullivan Show, 1958, "More Than Ever", "Necessity", "Not Mine", "Once Upon a Nickel", "Red Hot Mama", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Rock Right", "Seven Lonely Days", "Shoo Shoo Baby", "Sinner Or Saint", "So Madly in Love", "Something's Gotta Give", "Stormy Weather", "Sugar Candy", "Sugar Puff", "Tess's Torch Song", "The Hula Hoop Song", "The Laziest Gal in Town", "The Man I Love", "The Man That Got Away", "The More I See You", "The Stanley Steamer", "The Stroll That Stole My Heart", "Tico Tico", "Tra La La", "Venice Blue", "Wait For Me, Darling", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)", "Where's the Music Coming From", "Whistle and I'll Dance", "You Came Along (From Out of Nowhere)", "You Can Never Get Away from Me", "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song", "You Made Me Love You", "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You", "You're Wrong, All Wrong", "You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night")
B♭4 ("After You've Gone", "A Little Bit Independent", "A Moth and a Flame", "A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz", "A Stranger in Town", "Ballin' the Jack", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "Be Doggone Sure You Call", "Big Wide World", "Bill", "Blueberries", "But Not For Me", "Call Me", "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White", "Cherry Stones", "Comme ci, comme ça", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Comes Love", "Come To Baby, Do!", "Cry", "Deed I Do", "Don't Cry Joe", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Finjan", "Fool of the Year", "For Me, For Me", "Fun Lovin' Baby", "Get Out Those Old Records", "Got Him Off My Hands", "Hamburgers, Frankfurters and Potato Chips", "Hello Happiness, Goodbye Blues", "He's Funny That Way", "How Deep is the Ocean", "How Did He Look", "Hushabye", "I Am a Heart, a Heart, a Heart", "I Feel So Smoochie", "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Have Baked a Cake", "If I Were a Bell", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "I Got the Sun in the Morning", "I'll Always Be in Love with You", "I'll Buy That Dream", "I'll Get Myself a Choo Choo Train (And Go Far, Far Away)", "I Miss You", "Is It Worth It", "I Still Feel the Same About You", "It Had to Be You", "(I Wanna Go Where You Go, Do What You Do) Then I'll Be Happy", "I Want You to Be My Baby", "I Will Follow You", "Kiss Me Another", "Last Night When We Were Young", "Let Me Cry on Your Shoulder", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Lonesome Road", "Love Me", "Morning, Noon and Night", "My Favorite Song", "My Sin", "Old Man Mose", "Once Upon a Nickel", "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)", "(Ooh-oo, Ooh-oo Ooh-oo) What You Do To Me", "Out of This World", "Play a Simple Melody", "Pretend", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Say It Isn't So", "Seven Lonely Days", "Silent Lips", "Sinner Or Saint", "So in Love", "So Madly in Love", "Somebody Nobody Loves", "Stay Here With Me (Resta Cu'mme)", "Stay with the Happy People", "Stormy Weather", "Sweet and Gentle", "The Greatest Thing", "The Gypsy", "The Huckleback", "The Laziest Gal in Town", "The More I See You", "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)", "The Photograph on the Piano", "The Sheik of Araby", "The Trolley Song", "Thunder and Lightning", "Tom's Tune", "Tweedle Dee", "Venice Blue", "What Does It Mean To Be Lonely", "What'll I Do", "While We're Young", "While You Danced, Danced, Danced", "Whistle and I'll Dance", "Wish You Were Waiting For Me", "You Do", "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song", "You're Doin' It", "You're Wrong, All Wrong")
A4 ("Absent Minded Moon", "A Home Lovin' Man", "A Little Bit Independent", "All Alone", "A Moth and a Flame", "A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz", "Arrivederci, Roma", "As Long As I'm Dreaming", "Autumn Leaves", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "Be My Life's Companion", "Better Loved You'll Never Be", "Big Wide World", "Blue Grass", "Cherry Stones", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Comes Love", "Dance with Me Henry", "Do It Again", "Dream", "Every Road Must Have a Turning", "Fool That I Am", "Fun Lovin' Baby", "Good Morning Mister Echo", "Got Him Off My Hands", "Great Balls of Fire", "Hamburgers, Frankfurters and Potato Chips", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "Happiness Street", "Hello Happiness, Goodbye Blues", "How About Me", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra", "How Deep is the Ocean", "How Did He Look", "How Long Has This Been Going On", "I Am a Heart, a Heart, a Heart", "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "If I Had You", "If I Were a Bell", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'll Know", "I Love Paris", "I'm Gonna Love That Guy", "I Miss You", "In Acapulco", "I Never Had the Blues", "In Other Words", "In Time", "Is It Worth It", "I Still Feel the Same About You", "It Had to Be You", "It's the Talk of the Town", "(I Wanna Go Where You Go, Do What You Do) Then I'll Be Happy", "I Will Follow You", "I Wish, I Wish", "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way", "Kansas City", "Keep in Touch", "Kiss Me Another", "Let Him Know", "Let Me Cry on Your Shoulder", "Let Me Dream", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Loch Lomond", "Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter", "Love Letters", "Love Me", "Make Me Love You", "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet", "More Than Ever", "Morning, Noon and Night", "My Blue Heaven", "My Old Flame", "Necessity", "Nine Girls Out Of Ten Girls", "Not Mine", "Old Man Mose", "Once Upon a Nickel", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Play a Simple Melody", "Put Yourself in My Place, Baby", "Red Hot Mama", "Regret, If You Can", "Rock Right", "Shoo Shoo Baby", "So Madly in Love", "Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell", "Somebody Loves Me", "Something's Gotta Give", "So Would I", "Stay with the Happy People", "Sugar Candy", "Sugar Puff", "Sweet and Gentle", "Tater Poon", "Tess's Torch Song", "The Bridge of Sighs", "The Greatest Thing", "The Huckleback", "The Hula Hoop Song", "The Man I Love", "The Man That Got Away", "The Oklahoma Polka", "There's No You", "The Stanley Steamer", "The Stroll That Stole My Heart", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "The Trolley Song", "Thunder and Lightning", "Tico Tico", "Tweedle Dee", "Venice Blue", "Way, Way Down", "What Does It Mean To Be Lonely", "What'll I Do", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)", "Where's the Music Coming From", "While We're Young", "Whistle and I'll Dance", "Willow Road", "Winter’s Here Again", "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams", "You Can Never Get Away from Me", "You Came Along (From Out of Nowhere)", "You Made Me Love You", "You're Doin' It", "You're Wrong, All Wrong", "You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night", "24 Hours A Day (365 A Year)")

Significant Low Notes:

A3 ("A Home Lovin' Man", "All Alone", "A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz", "As Long As I'm Dreaming", "Autumn Leaves", "Big Wide World", "Blue Grass", "Call Me", "Cherry Stones", "Comes Love", "Cry", "Do It Again", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Fool That I Am", "Hello Happiness, Goodbye Blues", "How About Me", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra", "How Deep is the Ocean", "How Did He Look", "How Long Has This Been Going On", "I Am a Heart, a Heart, a Heart", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "If I Had You", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "I'm Gonna Love That Guy", "I Miss You", "I Never Had the Blues", "It Had to Be You", "(I Wanna Go Where You Go, Do What You Do) Then I'll Be Happy", "I Wish, I Wish", "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way", "Keep in Touch", "Let Him Know", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "Love Letters", "Love Me", "My Blue Heaven", "Not Mine", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Pretty, Pretty", "Red Hot Mama", "Regret, If You Can", "Shoo Shoo Baby", "Somebody Loves Me", "Something's Gotta Give", "So Would I", "Sugar Puff", "Sweet and Gentle", "The Greatest Thing", "The Hula Hoop Song", "The Man I Love", "The Man That Got Away", "The Oklahoma Polka", "The Photograph on the Piano", "The Stroll That Stole My Heart", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "Thunder and Lightning", "Tweedle Dee", "Under Paris Skies", "Wait For Me, Darling", "What Does It Mean To Be Lonely", "Willow Road", "Willow, Tit-Willow", "Winter’s Here Again", "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams", "You Came Along (From Out of Nowhere)", "You Can Never Get Away from Me", "You Made Me Love You", "You're Doin' It" )
G♯3 ("A Little Bit Independent", "Arrivederci, Roma", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "Bill", "But Not For Me", "Comme ci, comme ça", "Deed I Do", "Don't Cry Joe", "Ev'ry Time", "Happiness Street", "He's Funny That Way", "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Have Baked a Cake", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'll Buy That Dream", "I'll Get Myself a Choo Choo Train (And Go Far, Far Away)", "I'll Never Tell You I Love You", "I'm Walking the Floor Over You", "In Time", "(I Wanna Go Where You Go, Do What You Do) Then I'll Be Happy", "Last Night When We Were Young", "Let Me Cry on Your Shoulder", "Let Me Dream", "Lonesome Road", "Melancholy Baby", "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet", "More Than Ever", "Necessity", "Once Upon a Nickel", "Out of This World", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Seven Lonely Days", "Stormy Weather",  "Tammy", "The Laziest Gal in Town", "The More I See You", "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)", "The Sheik of Araby", "Tico Tico", "Tom's Tune", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)", "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song", "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You")
G3 ("After You've Gone", "As Long As I'm Dreaming", "A Stranger in Town", "Autumn Leaves", "Be My Life's Companion", "Better Loved You'll Never Be", "Blueberries", "Blue Grass", "But Not For Me", "Cherry Stones", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Come To Baby, Do!", "Dance with Me Henry", "Deed I Do", "Do It Again", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Get Out Those Old Records", "Good Morning Mister Echo", "Got Him Off My Hands", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "Hello Happiness, Goodbye Blues", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra", "How Did He Look", "How Long Has This Been Going On", "Hushabye", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "I Feel So Smoochie", "If I Had You", "If It's Good (Then I Want it)", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "I Got the Sun in the Morning", "I'll Get Myself a Choo Choo Train (And Go Far, Far Away)", "I'll Know", "I Love Paris", "I'm Gonna Love That Guy", "In Acapulco", "It Had to Be You", "Kansas City", "Keep in Touch", "Kiss Me Another", "Let Me Cry on Your Shoulder", "Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter", "My Favorite Song", "My Sin", "Regret, If You Can", "Say It Isn't So", "Sinner Or Saint", "So in Love", "Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell", "Somebody Loves Me", "Something's Gotta Give", "So Would I", "Stop Beating Around the Mulberry Bush", "The Greatest Thing", "The Huckleback", "The Man That Got Away", "The Oklahoma Polka", "The Photograph on the Piano", "The Stanley Steamer", "The Stroll That Stole My Heart", "Under Paris Skies", "Wait For Me, Darling", "Way, Way Down", "What'll I Do", "While We're Young", "Winter’s Here Again", "You Can Never Get Away from Me", "You're Doin' It", "You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night")
F♯3 ("A Lasting Thing", "A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz", "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White", "Comme ci, comme ça", "Cry", "Feudin' and Fightin'", "If I Were a Bell", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "I'll Always Be in Love with You", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'll Buy That Dream", "I'll Never Tell You I Love You", "I'm Walking the Floor Over You", "In Time", "Kiss of Fire", "Loch Lomond", "Make Me Love You", "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet", "Necessity", "Old Man Mose", "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)", "Pretend", "So Madly in Love", "So Would I", "Stay Here With Me (Resta Cu'mme)", "Tammy", "Tater Poon", "Tess's Torch Song", "The Bridge of Sighs", "The Stanley Steamer", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "Tico Tico", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)", "While You Danced, Danced, Danced", "Whistle and I'll Dance", "You Do", "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song", "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You")
F3 ("A Home Lovin' Man", "A Moth and a Flame", "For Me, For Me", "I Feel So Smoochie", "Is It Worth It", "I Still Feel the Same About You", "It Had to Be You" the Eddy Duchin Show, 1949, "It's the Talk of the Town", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "(Ooh-oo, Ooh-oo Ooh-oo) What You Do To Me", "Put Yourself in My Place, Baby", "Stay with the Happy People", "The Gypsy", "Wish You Were Waiting For Me")
E3 ("Every Road Must Have a Turning", "Fool That I Am", "I Am a Heart, a Heart, a Heart", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I Never Had the Blues", "Kiss of Fire" live in 1984, "Love Me", "My Blue Heaven", "My Old Flame", "Red Hot Mama", "There's No You", "Willow Road", "You're Wrong, All Wrong")
E♭3 ("Fool of the Year", "He's Funny That Way", "How Deep is the Ocean", "I Want You to Be My Baby", "I Will Follow You", "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)")
D3 ("In Other Words", "Put Yourself in My Place, Baby", "Somebody Loves Me", "Tater Poon", "Where's the Music Coming From", "You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night")
C♯3 ("Melancholy Baby", "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)")
B2 ("How About Me")
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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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{Questionable notes}
B5 ("The Hula Hoop Song" ^[2])
G♯5 ("The Gypsy" ^[2)]
G5 ("Kiss Me Another" ^[1], "Way, Way Down" ^[2])
F♯5 ("Let Me Dream" ^[2])
E3 ("Mambo Baby" ^[1])
D3 ("Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell" ^[1], "What'll I Do" ^[1], "You Made Me Love You" ^[1])
C♯3 ("I'll Always Be in Love with You" ^[1])
B2 ("Kiss of Fire" Call Me Georgia Gibbs version ^[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.

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{Discography}
Ballin' the Jack (1951) - E3 - D5
Georgia Sings the Oldies (1953) - D3 - C5
The Man That Got Away (1954) - E3 - C♯5 
Swinging With Her Nibs (1956) - C♯3 - D5
Song Favorites Of Georgia Gibbs (1956) - C♯3 - E5
Her Nibs (1958) - F3 - C5
Something's Gotta Give (1960) - F3 - C5
Call Me Georgia Gibbs (1966) - F♯3 - G5

[Steingrim]

Man, that pic looked old. How about something like this instead ?

[Velsarie Vivardesque]

Neah I think that one better

['S]

Oct 4, 2022 11:47:26 GMT kaji said:

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{georgia goofs}

Not sure if older or just supremely goofy. I mean ig it could have its charm if she was a comic type

l o l

[kaji]

C#6 and F#5 youtu.be/Q5LhLI0ZhWY?t=67