Donald Fagen (7,502 views)

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Donald Jay Fagen (10 January 1948 - present)
Years Active: 1965 - present
Associated Acts: Steely Dan
Vocal Range: G2 - E♭5

Significant High Notes:

E♭5 ("Pixeleen")
D5 ("Gaslighting Abbie", "Lunch with Gina", "Parker's Band", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Things I Miss the Most", "What a Shame About Me")
C♯5 ("Black Friday", "Dirty Work", "Hey Nineteen", "Your Gold Teeth II")
C5 ("Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", "Barrytown", "Everything Must Go", "Josie", "Lunch with Gina", "Only a Fool Would Say That", "Parker's Band", "Pearl of the Quarter", "Slinky Thing", "With a Gun")
B4 ("Black Friday", "Blues Beach", "The Boston Rag", "Chain Lightning", "Charlie Freak", "Countermoon", "Don't Take Me Alive", "The Fez", "Maxine", "Morph the Cat", "My Old School", "Night By Night", "Only a Fool Would Say That", "Pretzel Logic", "Razor Boy", "Reelin' In The Years", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Springtime", "Things I Miss the Most", "Trans-Island Skyway", "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again", "Two Against Nature", "Walk Between Raindrops")
B♭4 ("Almost Gothic", "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", "Bodhisattva", "Brite Nightgown", "Change of the Guard", "Home at Last", "The Last Mall", "The Night Belongs to Mona", "Show Biz Kids", "Snowbound", "Third World Man", "Tomorrow's Girls", "Walk Between Raindrops", "Your Gold Teeth")
A4 ("Aja", "Bad Sneakers", "Barrytown", "Black Cow", "The Boston Rag", "Chain Lightning", "Countermoon", "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More", "Deacon Blues", "Do It Again", "Doctor Wu", "Everyone's Gone to the Movies", "Everything Must Go", "Everything You Did", "FM (No Static at All)", "Gaucho", "The Goodbye Look", "The Great Pagoda of Funn", "Green Earrings", "Green Flower Street", "Hey Nineteen", "H Gang", "I Got the News", "I'm Not the Same Without You", "Josie", "Kid Charlemagne", "King of the World", "Kings", "Lunch with Gina", "Maxine", "Midnite Cruiser", "Miss Marlene", "Monkey in Your Soul", "Morph the Cat", "The New Breed", "New Frontier", "Night By Night", "The Nightfly", "On the Dunes", "Only a Fool Would Say That", "Out of the Ghetto", "Parker's Band", "Pearl of the Quarter", "Peg", "Pretzel Logic", "Razor Boy", "Reelin' In the Years", "Rose Darling", "Sail the Waterway", "Sign In Stranger", "Slinky Thing", "Springtime", "Teahouse on the Tracks", "Trans-Island Skyway", "West of Hollywood", "What I Do", "With a Gun")
G♯4 ("Babylon Sisters", "Black Friday", "Blues Beach", "The Caves of Altamira", "Cousin Dupree", "Dirty Work", "Fire in the Hole", "Gaslighting Abbie", "Godwhacker", "Green Book", "Haitian Divorce", "I.G.Y.", "Jack of Speed", "Lunch with Gina", "Mary Shut the Garden Door", "My Rival", "Negative Girl", "The Night Belongs to Mona", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Ruby Baby", "Throw Back the Little Ones", "What a Shame About Me", "Your Gold Teeth")
G4 ("Aja", "Almost Gothic", "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", "Black Cow", "Brite Nightgown", "Century's End", "Confide in Me", "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More", "Deacon Blues", "Do It Again", "Doctor Wu", "Don't Take Me Alive", "Everyone's Gone to the Movies", "Florida Room", "Gaucho", "Glamour Profession", "The Goodbye Look", "The Great Pagoda of Funn", "Green Earrings", "Green Flower Street", "H Gang", "Home at Last", "I'm Not the Same Without You", "Janie Runaway", "Josie", "King of the World", "Kings", "The Last Mall", "Maxine", "Morph the Cat", "My Old School", "The New Breed", "The Night Belongs to Mona", "Night By Night", "The Nightfly", "Peg", "Pixeleen", "Planet D'Rhonda", "Pretzel Logic", "Rhymes", "The Royal Scam", "Security Joan", "Sign In Stranger", "Slinky Thing", "Trans-Island Skyway", "Tomorrow's Girls", "Two Against Nature", "Viva Viva Rock 'n' Roll" live 2006, "Walk Between Raindrops", "What a Shame About Me", "With a Gun")
F♯4 ("Any Major Dude Will Tell You", "Bad Sneakers", "Barrytown", "Black Cow", "The Caves of Altamira", "Countermoon", "Everything You Did", "FM (No Static at All)", "Gaslighting Abbie", "Good Stuff", "Haitian Divorce", "Here at the Western World", "Hey Nineteen", "Jack of Speed", "Mary Shut the Garden Door", "Monkey in Your Soul", "My Rival", "New Frontier", "On the Dunes", "Out of the Ghetto", "Razor Boy", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Rose Darling", "Snowbound", "Things I Miss the Most", "Through with Buzz", "Time Out of Mind", "Weather in My Head", "West of Hollywood")
F4 ("Almost Gothic", "Babylon Sisters", "Blues Beach", "Bodhisattva", "Don't Take Me Alive", "Everything Must Go", "Fire in the Hole", "Gaucho", "Godwhacker", "Hey Nineteen", "I.G.Y.", "I Got the News", "Kid Charlemagne", "Lunch with Gina", "Memo to Willie", "Memorabilia", "Miss Marlene", "Only a Fool Would Say That", "Peg", "Pixeleen", "Security Joan", "Show Biz Kids", "Sign In Stranger", "Third World Man", "Throw Back the Little Ones", "Tin Foil Hat", "Tomorrow's Girls", "Two Against Nature", "What a Shame About Me", "Your Gold Teeth")
E4 ("Aja", "Black Cow", "Black Friday", "The Boston Rag", "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More", "Doctor Wu", "The Fez", "Florida Room", "Gaslighting Abbie", "The Goodbye Look", "Mary Shut the Garden Door", "Morph the Cat", "My Old School", "Negative Girl", "The New Breed", "Pearl of the Quarter", "Rhymes", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Sail the Waterway", "Slinky Thing", "Snowbound", "Trans-Island Skyway", "With a Gun", "Your Gold Teeth II")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("Any Major Dude Will Tell You", "Barrytown", "Black Friday", "Charlie Freak", "Gaslighting Abbie", "H Gang", "My Rival", "Negative Girl", "The Nightfly", "Only a Fool Would Say That", "Razor Boy", "Sail the Waterway", "Things I Miss the Most", "Tomorrow's Girls")
E♭3 ("Snowbound")
D3 ("Century's End", "Countermoon", "The Great Pagoda of Funn", "Janie Runaway", "Morph the Cat", "Out of the Ghetto", "Pixieleen", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Rose Darling", "Show Biz Kids", "Springtime", "Teahouse on the Tracks", "West of Hollywood", "What a Shame About Me")
C♯3 ("Brite Nightgown", "Gaslighting Abbie", "Monkey in Your Soul")
C3 ("Cousin Dupree", "Through with Buzz")
B2 ("Brite Nightgown", "Maxine", "West of Hollywood")
A2 ("Blues Beach", "Out of the Ghetto", "Springtime")
G2 ("What a Shame About Me")

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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.

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{Album Ranges}Steely Dan:
Can't Buy a Thrill (1972): E3 - C♯5
Countdown to Ecstasy (1973): D3 - B4 - C5
Pretzel Logic (1974): C3 - C5 - D5
Katy Lied (1975): D3 - C♯5
The Royal Scam (1976): F3 - B4
Aja (1977): F♯3 - B♭4 - C5
Gaucho (1980): E3 - B♭4 - C♯5
Two Against Nature (2000): G2 - A4 - D5
Everything Must Go (2003): A2 - C5 - E♭5

Solo:
The Nightfly (1982): B2 - B♭4 - B4
Kamakiriad (1993): A2 - B4
Morph the Cat (2006): B2 - A4 - B4
Sunken Condos (2012): A2 - A4 - C5

[josephrose]

Thanks for the thread. I'm a pretty big fan of the band. Not to nitpick, but the C5s in Only a Fool Would Say That seem like pretty clear falsetto to me.