John Oates (1,515 views)

[Goober]

John William Oates (April 7th, 1948)
Associated Acts: Hall & Oates
Voice Type George Michael Baritone (Baritone)
Vocal Range: F♯1 - C6

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{Album Ranges}With Hall & Oates: 

Whole Oates (1972): A2 - A5

Abandoned Luncheonette (1973): F2 - D5 Bink

War Babies (1974): B♭2 - G5

Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975): A2 - E5

Bigger Than Both of Us (1976): F2 - E5

Beauty on a Back Street (1977): B2 - E♭5

Along the Red Ledge (1978): E♭3 - G5

X-Static (1979): B♭2 - F5

Voices (1980): E2 - F5 Bink

Private Eyes (1981): F2 - E5

H2O (1982): A2 - E5

Big Bam Boom (1984): C♯2 - E5

Ooh Yeah! (1988): B1 - E5 Bink

Change Of Season (1990): B1 - E5

Marigold Sky (1997): A2 - C♯5

Do It for Love (2003): C♯2 - D5

Our Kind of Soul (2004): G♯2 - F♯5

Home For Christmas (2006): G2 - F5 Bink

Solo:

Phunk Shui (2002): C2 - F♯5

1000 Miles of Life (2008): E2 - F5

Mississippi Mile (2011): D2 - C♯5

Good Road to Follow (2014): C2 - G5

Arkansas (2018): E2 - F5

Reunion (2024): E2 - C♯5

Significant High Notes:

C6 ("Funky Broadway" Live Hampton + Roanoke 1982)
B♭5 ("Funky Broadway" Live Boston 1981)
A5 ("I'm Sorry", "Lilly (Are You Happy)", "Possession Obsession" Live The Liberty Concert 1985, "Sweet Soul Music" Live Philadelphia 1983)
G♯5 ("Funky Broadway" Live Baltimore 1982, "Sara Smile" Various Live Performances, "The Emptyness" Live Boston 1977)
G5 ("Bad Bad Love", "Is It a Star", "Pleasure Beach", "Stand Strong")
F♯5 ("Don't Blame It On Love", "High Maintenance", "Johnny Gore and the "C" Eaters", "Lily (Are You Happy)", "Phunk Shui", "Rockability", "She's Gone" Live New Orleans 1973, "Soul Slide", "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" Live New York 1977)
F5 ("All You Want Is Heaven", "Bad Luck And Trouble", "Carved In Stone", "Children Go Where I Send Thee", "Color Of Love", "Dig Back Deep", "Goodnight and Goodmorning", "Halfway There", "I'm In Pieces", "I Want It That Way" Live Masked Singer 2023, "Rich Girl" Live Boston 1979, "Stand Strong", "The Last Time", "You Make My Dreams (Come True)")
E5 ("All The Way From Philadelphia", "All You Want Is Heaven", "Back Together Again", "Camelia", "Change Of Season", "Color Of Love", "Dig Back Deep", "Do What You Want, Be What You Are", "Have I Been Away Too Long", "I Blinked Once", "It's Uncanny", "Keep On Pushin' Love", "One On One", "Only Love", "Out of Touch", "Private Eyes", "The Head That Wears the Crown", "Rockability", "Rocket to God", "Time Will Tell", "Wait for Me", "War Baby Son of Zorro", "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", "Why Can't We Live Together", "You're Much Too Soon")
E♭5 ("All Good People", "Don't Change", "Let's Drive", "Rock Steady", "Times Up (Alone Tonight)", "War Baby Son of Zorro", "Who Said The World Was Fair", "You're Much Too Soon")
D5 ("Beanie G. and The Rose Tattoo", "Color Of Love", "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "Everytime I Look at You", "Everytime You Go Away", "Have I Been Away Too Long", "High Maintenance", "Ice", "I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man", "Intuition", "Keep On Pushin' Love", "Lady Rain", "Mano A Mano", "Out Of Me, Out of You", "Portable Radio", "Private Eyes", "Realove", "Running From Paradise", "Six Men", "Spinning Down", "Soul Love", "United State", "Used To Be My Girl", "What A Wonderful World", "When The Morning Comes")
C♯5 ("Alone Too Long", "Believe In Me", "Do It for Love" "Goodnight and Goodmorning", "Little Angel", "Marigold Sky", "Reunion", "Sara Smile" Live Pittsburgh 1980, "Someday We'll Know", "Stack O Lee", "Time Will Tell", "Why Can't We Live Together")
C5 ("All American Girl", "All Our Love", "Art of Heartbreak", "Back Together Again", "Children Go Where I Send Thee", "Did It In a Minute", "Edge Of The World", "Everything Your Heart Desires", "Fall in Philadelphia", "Grounds for Separation", "I'm In Pieces", "Is It a Star", "Italian Girls", "Let It Rock", "Kiss on My List", "Miss DJ", "Missed Oppourtunity", "Mona Lisa's Eyes", "Number One", "Open All Night", "Out Of Me, Out of You", "Out of Touch", "Pleasure Beach", "Rocket to God", "The Emptyness", "The Head That Wears the Crown", "You Are Everything", "You Make My Dreams (Come True)", "You're Much Too Soon")
B4 ("Beauty", "Carved In Stone", "Change Of Season" + 1000 Miles Of Life Version, "Come Back Baby", "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices)", "Don't Go Out", "Downtown Life", "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "Everytime You Go Away", "Funky Broadway" Various Live Performances, "Gino (The Manager)", "Go Solo", "Give It Up (Old Habits)", "Heavy Rain", "Home For Christmas", "I Blinked Once", "Ice", "I Don't Wanna Lose You", "It's A Laugh", "Lady Rain", "Let Love Take Control", "Looking For A Good Sign", "Melody For A Memory", "Ooh Child", "Pallet", "Pallet Soft And Low", "Pushing a Rock Uphill", "Realove", "She's Gone", "Soul Slide", "Stand Strong", "Starting All Over Again", "The Girl Who Used to Be", "Time Won't Pass Me By", "When The Morning Comes", "Your Imagination", "You're Much Too Soon", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling")
B♭4 ("Arkansas", "Better Watch Your Back", "Different Kind Of Groove Sometime", "Everything Your Heart Desires", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Lord Send Me, "Mano A Mano", "Mary Had a Baby", "Pleasure Beach", "Soul Love", "Talking All Night", "Times Up (Alone Tonight)", "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", "You'll Never Learn", "You Make My Dreams (Come True)")
A4 ("1000 Miles Of Life", "Africa", "All Shook Up", "At Tension", "Camelia" Live Wantagh 1991, "Carved In Stone", "Christmas Must Be Tonight", "Crazy Eyes", "Deep River", "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "Everytime You Go Away", "Gino (The Manager)", "Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)", "Had I Known You Better Then", "Home For Christmas", "How Does It Feel to Be Back", "I Blinked Once", "I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man)", "I'm Watching You (A Mutant Romance)", "It Girl", "Lady Rain", "Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)", "Love Hurts (Love Heals)", "Make You Stay", "Melody For A Memory", "Missed Oppourtunity", "Mona Lisa's Eyes", "No Child Should Ever Cry On Christmas", "Overture / First Noël", "Pallet", "Pallet Soft And Low", "Possession Obession" + Live The Liberty Concert 1985, "Rich Girl", "Rockability", "Reunion", "Serious Music", "Six Men", "Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee", "Stand Strong", "Starting All Over Again", "The Emptyness", "The Woman Comes And Goes", "Time Won't Pass Me By", "United State", "Who Said The World Was Fair", "You'll Never Learn", "You Make My Dreams Come True" Mississippi Mile Version, "You Must Be Good for Something")
G♯4 ("At Tension", "Bad Bad Love", "Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)", "Come Back Baby", "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices)", "Don't Cross Me Wrong", "Dig Back Deep", "Electric Ladyland", "Friday Let Me Down", "Ghost Town", "Greatest Mistake", "I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man)", "Little Angel", "Love in a Dangerous Time", "Mississippi Mile", "My Creole Belle", "Please Send Me Someone To Love", "Ravens", "Sara Smile", "She's Gone", "Soul Slide", "You Are Everything", "You'll Never Learn")
G4 ("Alley Katz", "All Shook Up", "Arkansas", "Bad Habits and Infections", "Bad Luck And Trouble", "Beauty", "Camelia", "Carved In Stone", "Children Go Where I Send Thee", "Crazy Eyes", "Deep River", "Do What You Want, Be What You Are", "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "Go Deep", "Going Thru the Motions", "Home For Christmas", "How Does It Feel to Be Back", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", "It's All Right", "Keep On Pushin' Love", "Kiss on My List", "Lady Rain", "Love Hurts (Love Heals)", "Mano A Mano", "Mary Had a Baby", "Melody For A Memory", "Nothing At All", "Out of the Blue", "Pallet Soft And Low", "Portable Radio", "Rockability", "Reunion", "Searchin'", "Save Me", "Sending Me Angels", "Serious Music", "She's Gone", "Some Men", "Six Men", "So Close", "Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee", "Stone Cold Love", "The Good Son", "Too Late To Break Your Fall", "Unspoken", "War of Words", "Why Can't We Live Together", "You Must Be Good for Something", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling")
F♯4 ("After The Dance", "Africa", "All Good People", "Bad Bad Love", "Change Of Season" 1000 Miles Of Life Version, "Christmas Must Be Tonight", "Ghost Town", "Gino (The Manager)", "How Does It Feel to Be Back", "Lord Send Me, "Love in a Dangerous Time", "Overture / First Noël", "Phunk Shui", "Pushing a Rock Uphill", "Soul Slide", "The Head That Wears the Crown", "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling")
F4 ("1000 Miles Of Life", "All Good People", "All I Am", "Anytime", "Arkansas", "Bebop/Drop", "Better Watch Your Back", "Big Kids", "Children Go Where I Send Thee", "Circle Of Three", "Close", "Cold Dark and Yesterday", "Come Back Baby", "Don't Cross Me Wrong", "Don't Go Out", "Dig Back Deep", "Edge Of The World", "Electric Ladyland", "Friday Let Me Down", "Get Your Smile On", "Had I Known You Better Then", "Hard to Be In Love With You", "He Was A Friend Of Mine", "High Maintenance", "I Blinked Once", "I Don't Wanna Lose You", "Italian Girls", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Kiss on My List", "Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)", "Let It Rock", "Let Love Take Control", "Let's Drive", "Looking For A Good Sign", "Lose It In Louisiana", "Love in a Dangerous Time", "Love Out Loud", "Love TKO", "Mano A Mano", "Mary Had a Baby", "Method of Modern Love", "Mississippi Mile", "Miss The Mississippi And You", "No Child Should Ever Cry On Christmas", "Pallet Soft And Low", "Possession Obession", "Sara Smile", "Save Me", "Sending Me Angels", "So Close", "Soldering", "Soul Love", "Spinning Down", "Stack O Lee", "The Christmas Song", "The Emptyness", "The Good Son", "The Head That Wears the Crown", "The Sky Is Falling", "Too Late To Break Your Fall", "Wait for Me", "(You Know) It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "You Make My Dreams Come True" Mississippi Mile Version)

Significant Low Notes:

C3 ("All Shook Up", "Alone Too Long", "Carved In Stone", "Change Of Season" 1000 Miles Of Life Version, "Do It for Love", "Had I Known You Better Then", "Getaway Car", "High Maintenance", "Hard to Be In Love With You", "Home For Christmas", "I Ain't Gonna Take It This Time", "Ice", "I Found Love" + Reunion Remix, "I'm In Pieces", "Intravino", "Is It a Star", "It Girl", "It's All Right", "Kerry", "Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)", "London, Luck & Love", "Man on a Mission", "Mississippi Mile", "Miss The Mississippi And You", "Mona Lisa's Eyes", "Only Love", "Portable Radio", "Rocket to God", "Searchin'", "(She) Got Me Bad", "Soldering", "Sometimes", "Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee", "Southeast City Window", "Spinning Down", "The Christmas Song", "The Head That Wears the Crown", "Time Won't Pass Me By", "What's Important To Me", "When Carolina Comes Home Again", "You Are Everything", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling")
B2 ("Africa", "All Good People", "All I Ask Of You", "Bad Luck And Trouble", "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices)", "Dig Back Deep", "Downtown Life", "Go Deep", "Going Thru the Motions", "Halfway There", "Head Above Water", "He Was A Friend Of Mine", "Ice", "I'll Be Around", "Intravino", "Is It a Star", "London, Luck & Love", "Lord Send Me", "Man on a Mission", "Mary Had a Baby", "Realove", "She's Gone", "Soldering", "Spinning Down", "Stand Strong", "Thank You For…", "The Girl Who Used to Be")
B♭2 ("All You Want Is Heaven", "Forever for You", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Lily (Are You Happy)", "Love in a Dangerous Time", "Ooh Child", "Ravens", "Save Me", "Soul Slide", "Thank You For…", "Want To")
A2 ("Africa", "All I Am", "Anytime", "Crime Pays", "Getaway Car", "Ice", "I Found Love" Reunion Remix, "Long Monday", "Looking For A Good Sign", "Miss The Mississippi And You", "Overture / First Noël", "Pallet Soft And Low", "Pushing a Rock Uphill", "Searchin'", "Someday We'll Know", "Sometimes", "Southeast City Window", "You'll Never Learn", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling")
G♯2 ("Forever for You", "Go Deep", "Love in a Dangerous Time", "Stack O Lee", "Standing in the Shadows of Love")
G2 ("Breath of Your Life", "Children Go Where I Send Thee", "Crime Pays", "Don't Cross Me Wrong", "Heartbreak Time", "I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man)", "Keep On Pushin' Love", "Let It Rock", "Looking For A Good Sign", "Out Of Touch", "Pallet Soft And Low", "Please Send Me Someone To Love", "Soul Slide", "The Good Son", "This Field Is Mine")
F♯2 ("All The Way From Philadelphia", "Long Monday", "Lose It In Louisiana", "Pushing a Rock Uphill", "Too Late To Break Your Fall", "You'll Never Learn")
F2 ("Come Back Baby", "Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)", "Had I Known You Better Then", "Let It Rock", "Looking For A Good Sign", "My Creole Belle", "Save Me", "Six Men", "Stand Strong", "Time Will Tell", "You'll Never Learn")
E2 ("Change Of Season" 1000 Miles Of Life Version, "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices)", "Electric Ladyland", "Let's Drive", "Phunk Shui", "Possession Obsession" Live Los Angeles 1984, "Rockability", "Soul Slide", "Spike Driver Blues", "Six Men", "Stone Cold Love", "This Field Is Mine", "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" Live New York 1977)
E♭2 ("Close", "Come Back Baby", "Dance Hall Girls", "Different Kind Of Groove Sometime", "Pallet Soft And Low")
D2 ("Color Of Love", "Get Your Smile On", "Go Deep", "Pallet", "Please Send Me Someone To Love", "Six Men", "Stone Cold Love")
C♯2 ("All American Girl", "Close", "Different Kind Of Groove Sometime", "Let's Drive", "Love in a Dangerous Time" Phunk Shui Version, "(She) Got Me Bad")
C2 ("All I Am", "Bad Bad Love", "Color Of Love", "Six Men")
B1 ("Get Your Smile On", "Keep On Pushin' Love", "Starting All Over Again")
G♯1 ("Soul Slide" The Making Of Phunk Shui)
F♯1 ("Soul Slide" The Making Of Phunk Shui)

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{Questionable Notes}G♯5 ("Do What You Want, Be What You Are" ^[2])
G5 ("Believe In Me" ^[1], "Different Kind Of Groove Sometime" ^[1])
F♯5 ("You're Much Too Soon" ^[2])
F5 ("Alley Katz" ^[2])

E2 ("Mona Lisa's Eyes" ^[1])
D2 ("Pallet Soft And Low" ^[1][5], "Stack O Lee" ^{Accidental Subharmonic})
C♯2 ("Dance Hall Girls" + Reunion Version ^[5], "Phunk Shui" ^[5])
C2 ("Spike Driver Blues" ^[5])
B1 ("Carved In Stone" ^[5], "Electric Ladyland" Weak Trill, "Soul slide" [5])
A1 ("Do It for Love" ^[5], "Miss The Mississippi And You" ^[1], "Six Men" ^[5], "When Carolina Comes Home Again" ^[5])
G♯1 ("Mona Lisa's Eyes" ^[5], "That'll Never Happen No More" ^[1][5])
G1 ("Edge Of The World" ^[5], "Keep On Pushin' Love"^[3])
F♯1 ("Pallet" ^[5])
F1 ("Soul Slide" ^[5])

[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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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.

[Homelander]

I think it's ironic that Oates has nearly an octave more of range than Daryl Hall, even though Hall was usually the one who is thought by most to have more range.

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