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Milton Grayson (1931 - 3 September 2005)
Member of: Billy Ward and his Dominoes (1955 - 1958), Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (1960 - 1964)
Voice Type: Baritone
Vocal Range: C2-A4
Significant High Notes:
A4 ("I Need Somebody in My Arms")
G4 ("Come On, Snake, Let's Crawl", "Hurry Sundown", "I Need Somebody in My Arms", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "Joshua", "The Lord Says")
F♯4 ("The Disco Walk", "Something That Gets to Me", "Your Old Standby")
F4 ("Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me", "I'm Just a Lucky So and So", "I Need Somebody in My Arms", "Jelly, Jelly", "Joshua", "The Lonely Ones", "The Lord Says", "One More Once", "Your Old Standby")
E4 ("Come On, Snake, Let's Crawl", "Deep River", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "How Long, How Long Blues", "Hurry Sundown", "May I Never Love Again", "Over the Rainbow", "Praise the Lord", "September Song" 1957 single, "Something That Gets to Me", "To Know You is to Love You", "When the Saints Go Marching In")
E♭4 ("The Blues", "Come On, Snake, Let's Crawl", "Deep River", "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me", "Goodbye", "I Am in Love", "I Left My Baby", "Jelly, Jelly", "Lonely Lover", "The Lonely Ones", "Lost in Loveliness", "Love You Madly", "Motherless Child", "One More Once", "Over the Rainbow", "Rock Plymouth Rock", "There is No Greater Love", "To Know You is to Love You", "Why Was I Born?")
D4 ("The Blues", "Come On, Snake, Let's Crawl", "The Disco Walk", "Don't Take Your Love from Me", "How Long, How Long Blues", "Hurry Sundown", "I Love You Much Too Much", "I'm Just a Lucky So and So", "I Need Somebody in My Arms", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "Lonely Lover", "The Lonely Ones", "The Lord Says", "May I Never Love Again", "One More Once", "Over the Rainbow", "Praise the Lord", "September Song", "Someone Greater Than I", "Stay As Sweet As You Are", "'Til Kingdom Come", "When Irish Eyes are Smiling", "When the Saints Go Marching In", "Your Old Standby")
C♯4 ("Come Sunday", "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me", "A Face in the Crowd", "I Am in Love", "In the Beginning God", "Lost in Loveliness", "September Song", "There is No Greater Love", "Wayfarin' Stranger", "Why Was I Born?")
C4 ("The Blues", "But Beautiful", "Come On, Snake, Let's Crawl", "Come Sunday", "Deed I Do", "Goodbye", "Hurry Sundown", "I Can Dream, Can't I?", "I Left My Baby", "I Like the Sunrise", "I'm Just a Lucky So and So", "I Need Somebody in My Arms", "It's Magic", "(It's) the Game", "Joshua", "The Lonely Ones", "Love You Madly", "Maybe It's Because", "May I Never Love Again", "Motherless Child", "Multi-Colored Blue", "Oh, Lady Be Good!", "One More Once", "Over the Rainbow", "Someone Greater Than I", "Something That Gets to Me", "Sophisticated Lady", "St. Louis Blues", "That's How You Know You're Growing Old", "'Til Kingdom Come", "To Each His Own", "When Irish Eyes are Smiling", "When the Saints Go Marching In")
B3 ("Answer Me", "Deep River", "The Disco Walk", "Don't Blame Me", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "I Am in Love", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "I Love You Much Too Much", "It's Magic", "Lost in Loveliness", "Love You Madly", "Multi-Colored Blue", "Someone Greater Than I", "Sophisticated Lady", "Stay As Sweet As You Are", "'Til Kingdom Come", "To Each His Own", "Wayfarin' Stranger", "When the Saints Go Marching In", "Why Was I Born?")
Significant Low Notes:
B♭2 ("The Blues", "But Beautiful", "Come Sunday", "I Am in Love", "I Can Dream, Can't I?", "In the Beginning God", "Jelly, Jelly", "Learnin' the Blues", "Love You Madly", "Maybe It's Because", "Roots Suite", "Sans Souci (Without Care)", "Sophisticated Lady", "They Didn't Believe Me")
A2 ("Answer Me", "Don't Blame Me", "Hurry Sundown", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "If You Pray Right", "I Love You Much Too Much", "Joshua" version with Vivian Reed, "Multi-Colored Blue", "Oh Marianne", "One Star", "Over the Rainbow", "Paris Blues", "Someone Greater Than I", "Strange Feeling")
G♯2 ("Come Sunday", "A Face in the Crowd", "Give Me You", "Goodbye", "Kyrie", "Learnin' the Blues", "Maybe It's Because", "Sophisticated Lady", "There is No Greater Love", "Wayfarin' Stranger")
G2 ("Answer Me", "The Blues", "Deep River", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "How Long, How Long Blues", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "I Left My Baby", "I Like the Sunrise", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "Lonely Lover", "Lost in Loveliness", "May I Never Love Again", "Motherless Child", "One Star", "People in Trouble", "September Song", "Someone Greater Than I", "Stay As Sweet As You Are", "To Each His Own", "To Know You is to Love You")
F♯2 ("Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me", "Don't Take Your Love from Me", "Giant Steps", "If You Pray Right", "Jelly, Jelly", "Lonely Lover", "Lost in Loveliness", "Roots Suite", "Why Was I Born?")
F2 ("Day In, Day Out", "Give Me You", "I Can Dream, Can't I?", "(It's) the Game", "Kyrie", "Mother Mercy", "Natural Spirit", "Paris Blues", "Right On! Right On! Right On!", "Theme for the Eulipions", "There Will Never Be Another You")
E2 ("Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me", "Oh Marianne", "Sophisticated Lady", "Strange Feeling", "A Tender Tale", "To Know You is to Love You", "Two Lovers")
E♭2 ("Don't Take Your Love from Me", "Drew's Tune", "Giant Steps", "Kyrie", "Love You Madly", "Struggle Bunny")
D2 ("The Disco Walk", "Don't Blame Me", "Don't Take Your Love from Me", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "Two Lovers")
C♯2 ("Mother Mercy")
C2 ("Strange Feeling")
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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.
{Questionable notes}F5 ("Deep River" [1])
A4 ("I Need Somebody in My Arms" [1])
E♭2 ("Sophisticated Lady" [1])
D2 ("To Each His Own" [1])
C♯2 ("Right On! Right On! Right On!" [3])
C2 ("It Ain't Necessarily So" [1])
A1 ("Stay As Sweet As You Are" [3])
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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.
A4 ("I Need Somebody in My Arms" [1])
E♭2 ("Sophisticated Lady" [1])
D2 ("To Each His Own" [1])
C♯2 ("Right On! Right On! Right On!" [3])
C2 ("It Ain't Necessarily So" [1])
A1 ("Stay As Sweet As You Are" [3])
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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.
{Discography}The Velvet Voice of Milton Grayson (1961) - D2-G4 (missing tracks 2-4, 6 and 8-9)
Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits Recorded "Live" in Concert (1967) - E2-F4
Music for Peace (1970) - E♭2-G4
For Lovers Only (2001) - D2-E♭4
Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits Recorded "Live" in Concert (1967) - E2-F4
Music for Peace (1970) - E♭2-G4
For Lovers Only (2001) - D2-E♭4