Barbara McNair (1,780 views)

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Barbara Jean McNair (4 March 1934 - 4 February 2007)
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: C3-A5

Significant High Notes:

A5 ("Pennies from Heaven" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970)
G5 ("Cross Over the Bridge")
F5 ("It's Gotta Be Real", "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game")
E5 ("All I Want is a Little Bit of Love", "Cross Over the Bridge", "I Can Tell", "I Feel a Song Comin' On" the Barbara McNair Special, 1966, "If You Can Want", "It Was Never Like This", "More Today Than Yesterday", "Something Happy", "Venus in Fur", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
E♭5 ("Alone Together", "If You Can Want", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "You Could Never Love Him (Like I Love Him)")
D5 ("After St. Francis", "A Lover's Prayer", "Always True to You in My Fashion", "Beatles Medley", "Cross Over the Bridge", "Everything is Beautiful" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Fancy Passes", "Forget You Ever Met Me Baby", "For Lonesome Me", "Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep", "He is a Man", "I Can Tell", "I Feel a Song Comin' On", "If I Had a Hammer", "In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)", "It's Gotta Be Real", "It Was Never Like This", "I've Got Your Number" the Barbara McNair Special, 1966, "Love Talk", "More Today Than Yesterday", "Murray, What's Your Hurry", "Never My Love", "Oh Happy Day" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Old Devil Moon", "People Got to Be Free", "Please Send Me Someone to Love" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "So Long, Dearie", "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game", "The Lady is a Tramp" the Barbara McNair Special, 1966, "Too Late the Spring", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "Waltz Me Around", "What a Day", "Windows of the World / What the World Needs Now", "You're Gonna Love My Baby", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
C♯5 ("All I Want is a Little Bit of Love", "And This is My Beloved", "A World Without You", "Come Fly with Me" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Cross Over the Bridge", "Day In - Day Out", "Didn't We", "Everytime", "Fancy Passes", "Flipped Over You", "For Lonesome Me", "I, Capricorn", "If I Had a Hammer", "If You Can Want", "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", "I'll Never Make It Easy (For You to Say Goodbye)", "In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)", "It Happens Every Time", "I've Got Your Number", "Love Has a Way", "People Got to Be Free", "So Long, My Love", "The Friendliest Thing", "The Wang Wang Blues", "Too Late the Spring", "Waltz Me Around", "You Could Never Love Him (Like I Love Him)", "You're Gonna Love My Baby")
C5 ("After St. Francis", "All About Love", "Alone Together", "Always True to You in My Fashion", "Baby A Go-Go", "Because of You", "Big Shot Nothing Bringer", "Bobby", "Don't Rain on My Parade", "Everytime", "Forget You Ever Met Me Baby", "For Once in My Life", "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Here I Am Baby", "Here I Am in Love Again", "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "Honeymoonin'", "I Can Tell", "I, Capricorn", "I Feel a Feeling", "I Feel a Song Comin' On", "If I Am Lucky", "If I Had a Hammer", "If I Were a Bell", "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)", "I Hear a Symphony", "Indiscreet", "In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)", "I Second That Emotion", "It Happens Every Time", "It's All Right with Me", "It's Gotta Be Real", "I've Got a Crush on You", "I've Got Your Number", "Just in Time", "Just One Teardrop (from a Broken Heart)", "Kansas City", "Loads of Love" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Love is a Simple Thing", "Love Talk", "Make Your Own Kind of Music" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Message to Michael", "Nothing Can Stop Me Now", "Oh Happy Day" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Old Devil Moon", "Put On a Happy Face", "Secret Love", "See If I Care", "So Long, Dearie", "Something Happy", "Son of a Preacher Man", "Steam Heat", "Sunny" the Hollywood Palace, 1968, "Talking in My Sleep", "Telephone Conversation", "The Friendliest Thing", "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game", "The Party's Over", "The Second Time Around", "The Sweetheart Tree", "The Touch of Time", "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "This Could Be the Start of Something", "Till There Was You", "United We Stand", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "Venus in Fur", "What a Day", "When in Rome", "When the Sun Comes Out", "Where Would I Be Without You", "You Could Never Love Him (Like I Love Him)", "You Done Me Wrong", "You've Got Possibilities", "You've Really Got a Hold on Me")
B4 ("After St. Francis", "A Hundred Dreams from Now", "Alley Cat", "Alone Together", "And This is My Beloved", "A World Without You", "Baby A Go-Go", "Beatles Medley", "Bobby", "Come Fly with Me" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Come Back, Meet Me Halfway", "Day In - Day Out", "Didn't We", "Everything is Beautiful" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Everytime", "Face to Face with Love", "Flipped Over You", "For Lonesome Me", "For Once in My Life", "Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep", "Here I Am Baby", "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "I Can Tell", "I Hear a Symphony", "I Know Better", "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", "It Happens Every Time", "It's All Right with Me", "It Was Never Like This", "I've Got Your Number", "Just in Time", "Just One Teardrop (from a Broken Heart)", "Kansas City", "Let Me Fix It", "Loads of Love" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Lost", "Love Has a Way", "Message to Michael", "More Today Than Yesterday", "Murray, What's Your Hurry", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Never My Love", "Old Devil Moon", "On the Other Side of the Tracks", "On Second Thought", "People Got to Be Free", "Please Send Me Someone to Love" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Secret Love", "Silver Bells", "So Long, My Love", "Steal Away Tonight", "Strangers in the Night", "Telephone Conversation", "The Best is Yet to Come", "The Second Time Around", "The Shadow of Your Smile" the Barbara McNair Special, 1966, "The Touch of Time", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "Up, Up and Away" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Waltz Me Around", "Wanted", "Whatever Lola Wants", "What Now My Love", "When I'm Gone", "When in Rome", "When the Sun Comes Out", "Windows of the World / What the World Needs Now", "You Done Me Wrong", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
B♭4 ("Ain't It a Shame", "All I Want is a Little Bit of Love", "A Lover's Prayer", "Always True to You in My Fashion", "Because of You", "Big Shot Nothing Bringer", "Cross Over the Bridge", "Day In - Day Out", "Didn't We", "Don't Rain on My Parade", "Everything is Beautiful" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Forget You Ever Met Me Baby", "For Lonesome Me", "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Goin Steady with the Moon", "He is a Man", "Here I Am in Love Again", "Hi-lili, Hi-lo", "Honeymoonin'", "I Feel a Song Comin' On", "If I Am Lucky", "If I Had a Hammer", "If I Love You a Mountain", "If You Can Want", "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)", "I Hear a Symphony", "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", "It's Gotta Be Real", "Just One Teardrop (from a Broken Heart)", "Little Things Mean a Lot", "Love is a Simple Thing", "Love Talk", "Mona Lisa" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Murray, What's Your Hurry", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Nature Boy" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Nobody Rings My Bell", "Nothing Can Stop Me Now", "Please Send Me Someone to Love" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "See If I Care", "So Long, Dearie", "Something Happy", "Son of a Preacher Man", "Steal Away Tonight", "Steam Heat", "Talking in My Sleep", "Telephone Conversation", "That's All I Want from You", "The Friendliest Thing", "The Lady is a Tramp" the Barbara McNair Special, 1966, "The Party's Over", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "The Sweetheart Tree", "The Wang Wang Blues", "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970,"This Could Be the Start of Something", "Till There Was You", "Wanted", "What a Day", "What Now My Love", "When in Rome", "When the Sun Comes Out", "Where Would I Be Without You", "Who Invented Heartache", "You Could Never Love Him (Like I Love Him)", "You're Gonna Love My Baby")
A4 ("A Hundred Dreams from Now", "All About Love", "Alone Together", "And This is My Beloved", "Beatles Medley", "Bobby", "Come Fly with Me" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Come Back, Meet Me Halfway", "Cross Over the Bridge", "Day In - Day Out", "Everything is Beautiful" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Everything is Good About You", "Everytime", "Face to Face with Love", "Fancy Passes", "Flipped Over You", "Forget You Ever Met Me Baby", "For Once in My Life", "Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep", "Hello Young Lovers", "Here I Am Baby", "He's a King", "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "Hi-lili, Hi-lo", "Honeymoonin'", "I, Capricorn", "I Enjoy Being a Girl", "I Feel a Feeling", "If I Had a Hammer", "If I Were a Bell", "I Hear a Symphony", "I Know Better", "I'll Never Make It Easy (For You to Say Goodbye)", "Indiscreet", "In the Ghetto", "Irma la Douce", "It Happens Every Time", "It's Only a Paper Moon" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "It Was Never Like This", "I've Got a Crush on You", "I've Got Your Number", "I Will Wait for You", "Just in Time", "Kansas City", "Let Your Love Flow", "Little Things Mean a Lot", "Loads of Love" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Love Has a Way", "Make Your Own Kind of Music" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Message to Michael", "Mona Lisa" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "More Today Than Yesterday", "Murray, What's Your Hurry", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "My World is Empty Without You", "Nobody Rings My Bell", "Oh Happy Day" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Old Devil Moon", "On Second Thought", "On the Other Side of the Tracks", "People Got to Be Free", "Put On a Happy Face", "Smile", "So Long, Dearie", "So Long, My Love", "Something", "Spinning Wheel" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Strangers in the Night", "Sunny" the Hollywood Palace, 1968, "The Best is Yet to Come", "The Best Things in Life are Free", "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game", "The Party's Over", "The Touch of Time", "Till There Was You", "Too Late the Spring", "United We Stand", "Venus in Fur", "Weekend in New England", "What are You Afraid of?", "When I'm Gone", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "You Done Me Wrong", "You're Gonna Love My Baby", "You've Got Possibilities", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "You've Really Got a Hold on Me")

Significant Low Notes:

A3 ("A Hundred Dreams from Now", "All About Love", "Alone Together", "Beatles Medley", "Because of You", "Everytime", "Face to Face with Love", "Fancy Passes", "I Can Tell", "I Feel a Feeling", "If Love Ain't There", "It Happens Every Time", "I'll Never Make It Easy (For You to Say Goodbye)", "In the Ghetto", "It Was Never Like This", "I've Got a Crush on You", "I Will Wait for You", "Let Your Love Flow", "Lost", "Love Has a Way", "Make Your Own Kind of Music" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Murray, What's Your Hurry", "My World is Empty Without You", "Never My Love", "Old Devil Moon", "On the Other Side of the Tracks", "People Got to Be Free", "Secret Love", "Smile", "So Long, Dearie", "So Long, My Love", "Steam Heat", "That's All I Want from You", "The Lady is a Tramp" the Barbara McNair Special, 1966, "The Second Time Around", "Till There Was You", "Too Late the Spring", "Waltz Me Around", "What a Day", "What are You Afraid of?", "When I'm Gone", "You're Gonna Love My Baby")
G♯3 ("Ain't It a Shame", "And This is My Beloved", "A World Without You", "Beatles Medley", "Come Back, Meet Me Halfway", "Goin Steady with the Moon", "Hello Young Lovers", "Here I Am in Love Again", "In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)", "Lost", "Love Has a Way", "Message to Michael", "My Love is a Wonderer", "Solitude" the Barbara McNair Special, 1966, "Son of a Preacher Man", "The Wang Wang Blues", "Wanted", "What Now My Love", "When the Sun Comes Out", "Where Would I Be Without You", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Windows of the World / What the World Needs Now")
G3 ("After St. Francis", "Baby A Go-Go", "Because of You", "Come Fly with Me" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Didn't We", "Everything is Good About You", "Forget You Ever Met Me Baby", "Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep", "Here I Am Baby", "Holy Unto the World", "I Can Tell", "I Enjoy Being a Girl", "I Feel a Feeling", "If I Had a Hammer", "If I Love You a Mountain", "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)", "I Know Better", "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", "In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "It Was Never Like This", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Never My Love", "Nothing Can Stop Me Now", "Put On a Happy Face", "Secret Love", "Steal Away Tonight", "Steam Heat", "That's All I Want from You", "The Best is Yet to Come", "The Party's Over", "The Second Time Around", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "United We Stand", "What are You Afraid of?", "You Done Me Wrong", "You're Gonna Love My Baby", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
F♯3 ("I, Capricorn", "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)", "Is That All There is", "Weekend in New England", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "You Could Never Love Him (Like I Love Him)")
F3 ("Around and Around", "Beatles Medley", "Didn't We", "Don't Rain on My Parade", "Everytime", "He is a Man", "Hi-lili, Hi-lo", "If I Were a Bell", "If Love Ain't There", "It's All Right with Me", "Love is a Simple Thing", "Mona Lisa" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Nature Boy" the Barbara McNair Show, 1971, "Steal Away Tonight", "The Best is Yet to Come", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "Up, Up and Away" the Barbara McNair Show, 1970, "Venus in Fur", "What a Day", "Whatever Lola Wants", "Windows of the World / What the World Needs Now", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
E3 ("Come Back, Meet Me Halfway", "Fancy Passes", "Hello Young Lovers", "If Love Ain't There", "I'll Never Make It Easy (For You to Say Goodbye)", "So Long, My Love", "Sunny" the Hollywood Palace, 1968, "The Touch of Time")
E♭3 ("I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", "My Love is a Wonderer", "Something", "The Best is Yet to Come", "When in Rome", "Where Would I Be Without You")
D3 ("After St. Francis", "Baby A Go-Go", "For Once in My Life", "Sunny" the Hollywood Palace, 1968)
C♯3 ("That's All I Want from You")
C3 ("If Love Ain't There", "Impersonation Medley" the Barbara McNair Special, 1966)
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice.
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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{Discography}
The Body Beautiful (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1958) (missing)
Front Row Central (1959) - E3 - E♭5
Love Talk (1960) - E3 - D5
The Livin' End (1964) - E♭3 - D5
I Enjoy Being a Girl (1966) - C3 - D5
Here I Am (1966) - D3 - D5
The Real Barbara McNair (1969) - E♭3 - F5
More Today Than Yesterday (1969) - D3 - F5

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Updated with several tracks from the Motown Unreleased albums series. C-sharps and E5s from "All I Want is a Little Bit of Love" were truly bad. It is quite unfortunate to see what has happened to her voice due to damage from drugs and what's not.