Post by kaji on Sept 23, 2024 21:49:13 GMT
Carrie Louise Smith (25 August 1925 - 20 May 2012)
Voice Type: Contralto
Vocal Range: G♯2-B♭5
Significant High Notes:
B♭5 ("Low Down Blues", "What a Body")
F♯5 ("Blues in the Night")
E5 ("When I Been Drinking")
E♭5 ("Black and Blue", "Do You Want a Gal Like Me", "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way", "I'll Fly Away", "In the Dark", "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man", "On Revival Day", "Say It Isn't So", "Singing the Blues", "You Don't Know How Blessed You Are")
D5 ("Am I Blue", "Back of Town Blues", "Back Water Blues", "Black Coffee", "Canaan Land", "Confessin' the Blues", "Doin' Things for Her", "Give Your Mama One Smile", "I Believe" Every Now and Then version, "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" Black and Blue: A Musical Revue version, "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way", "I'm a Woman", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out", "No Man is Going to Change Me", "Rough and Ready", "She's Funny That Way" June Night version, "Since I Fell for You", "Smokestack Lightning", "Someday You'll Be Sorry", "Something Got a Hold on Me", "St. Louis Blues" Newport, 1990, "Trouble in Mind", "What a Body", "Workin' Couple")
C♯5 ("Coffee Grinder Blues / Empty Bed Blue", "Days Like That Again", "Didn't It Rain", "Empty Bed Blues", "Every Day I Have the Blues", "Good Ol' Waggon", "I Cried for You" Do Your Duty version, "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water", "It Takes My Love Come Down", "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean", "Moon Indigo", "See See Rider", "Singing the Blues", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Trouble in Mind", "When I Been Drinking", "When You Go to Town Tomorrow", "You Don't Know How Blessed You Are")
C5 ("Accentuate the Positive", "All of Me", "Back of Town Blues", "Back Water Blues", "Black and Blue", "Blues in the Night", "Bourbon Street Parade" Jacky Milliet Jazz Band version, "Canaan Land", "Credit Card Blues", "Days Like That Again", "Deed I Do", "Don't Look Under the Bed", "Do Your Duty", "Do You Want a Gal Like Me", "Every Now and Then", "Fine and Mellow", "Gimme a Pigfoot", "God Bless the Child", "Good Ol' Waggon", "I Believe", "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water", "If You Were Mine", "I'll Fly Away", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "In the Dark", "It Only Takes One Man", "It Won't Be Long", "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man", "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Kansas City", "King Jesus is All", "Lazybones", "My Blue Heaven", "Only You Can Do It", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Rockin' Chair", "Saint Louis Blues", "Say It Isn't So", "Secret Love", "See See Rider", "She's Funny That Way", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "St. Louis Blues", "Stormy Monday", "Wasted Life Blues", "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", "When I Been Drinking", "When You're Smiling", "Without a Song", "You Don't Know How Blessed You Are")
B4 ("Black Coffee", "Confessin' the Blues", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Give Your Mama One Smile", "Human Feelings", "I Believe", "I Cried Holy", "It Only Takes One Man", "It Takes My Love Come Down", "I've Got the World on a String", "Low Down Blues", "Make My Love Come Down", "Maybe Not at All (Not on the First Night Baby)", "On Revival Day", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Since I Fell for You", "Singing the Blues", "Smokestack Lightning", "Someday You'll Be Sorry", "Stardust", "Sweethearts on Parade", "That Ole Devil Called Love", "You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)")
B♭4 ("Am I Blue", "Back of Town Blues", "Back Water Blues", "Bill Bailey", "Billie's Blues", "Black and Blue", "Black Coffee", "Bourbon Street Parade", "Canaan Land", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Careless Love", "Coffee Grinder Blues / Empty Bed Blue", "Country Man", "Credit Card Blues", "Days Like That Again", "Didn't It Rain", "Doin' Things for Her", "Do You Want a Gal Like Me", "Empty Bed Blues", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Every Day I Have the Blues", "Everything You Need", "Fine and Mellow", "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "Good Ol' Waggon", "I Cried Holy", "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water", "I Got It Bad", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way", "I'll Wind", "I'm a Woman", "I Need a Shoulder to Cry On" Every Now and Then version, "In the Dark", "It Took a Miracle", "It Won't Be Long", "I Want a Little Boy", "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me", "June Night", "Just Friends", "Let's Fall in Love", "Love is Here to Stay", "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean", "Moon Indigo", "Mystique", "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out", "No Man is Going to Change Me", "Only You Can Do It", "Rockin' Chair", "Rough and Ready", "Saint Louis Blues", "Say It Isn't So", "See See Rider", "Some Rainy Day", "Something Got a Hold on Me", "Stardust", "Stormy Monday", "Trouble in Mind", "Wade in the Water", "What a Difference a Day Made", "When You're Smiling", "Workin' Couple", "You Don't Know How Blessed You Are")
A4 ("Accentuate the Positive", "All of Me", "Am I Blue", "Blues in the Night", "Deed I Do", "Don't Look Under the Bed", "Do Your Duty", "Gimme a Pigfoot", "Give Your Mama One Smile", "God Bless the Child", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "He Will Call Again", "I Believe", "If I Had a Hammer", "If You Were Mine", "I Got It Bad", "I'll Wind", "It's Love I'm After", "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "King Jesus is All", "Low Down Blues", "Maybe Not at All (Not on the First Night Baby)", "Memories of You", "Moon Indigo", "My Blue Heaven", "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Saint Louis Blues", "She's Funny That Way", "Some Rainy Day", "St. Louis Blues", "Stormy Weather", "That Ole Devil Called Love", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", "When You Go to Town Tomorrow", "When You're Smiling", "Without a Song")
G♯4 ("Back of Town Blues", "Confessin' the Blues", "Country Man", "Didn't It Rain", "Don't Be That Way", "Empty Bed Blues", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Every Now and Then", "How Did He Look", "I Cried for You", "I Cried Holy", "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "In the Dark", "It Takes My Love Come Down", "It Took a Miracle", "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me", "June Night", "Just Friends", "Kansas City", "Make My Love Come Down", "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean", "Mandy is Two", "Only You Can Do It", "On Revival Day", "Rockin' Chair", "Roll 'Em Pete", "Rough and Ready", "Secret Love", "Singing the Blues", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Stormy Weather", "Wasted Life Blues", "What a Body", "When I Been Drinking", "You Don't Know How Blessed You Are")
G4 ("All of Me", "Am I Blue", "Back Water Blues", "Bill Bailey", "Black and Blue", "Black Coffee", "Blues in the Night", "Bourbon Street Parade", "Canaan Land", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Careless Love", "Days Like That Again", "Doin' Things for Her", "Don't Be That Way", "Don't Look Under the Bed", "Do Your Duty", "Do You Want a Gal Like Me", "Every Now and Then", "Fine and Mellow", "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "Gimme a Pigfoot", "Give Your Mama One Smile", "Good Ol' Waggon", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "He Will Call Again", "How Did He Look", "Human Feelings", "I Believe", "I Cried for You", "If I Had a Hammer", "I Got It Bad", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I'll Fly Away", "I'll Wind", "I'm a Woman", "I'm Waiting for Jesus", "I Need a Shoulder to Cry On", "It Only Takes One Man", "It's Love I'm After", "It's Only a Paper Moon", "It Won't Be Long", "I've Got the World on a String", "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man", "I Want a Little Boy", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Love is Here to Stay", "Low Down Blues", "Mandy is Two", "Memories of You", "Miss Brown to You", "Moon Country", "Mystique", "The Nearness of You", "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out", "No Man is Going to Change Me", "One Morning in May", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Rockin' Chair", "Saint Louis Blues", "Say It Isn't So", "See See Rider", "Skylark", "Small Fry", "Smokestack Lightning", "Someday You'll Be Sorry", "Something Got a Hold on Me", "St. Louis Blues", "Sweethearts on Parade", "That Ole Devil Called Love", "Trouble in Mind", "Wade in the Water", "What a Body", "What a Difference a Day Made", "Without a Song", "Workin' Couple", "You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)")
Significant Low Notes:
G3 ("Back Water Blues", "Billie's Blues", "Bourbon Street Parade" Jacky Milliet Jazz Band version, "Canaan Land", "Coffee Grinder Blues / Empty Bed Blue", "Deed I Do", "Doin' Things for Her", "Don't Look Under the Bed", "Fine and Mellow", "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "Give Your Mama One Smile", "God Bless the Child", "Good Ol' Waggon", "How Did He Look", "Human Feelings", "I Cried for You", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "I Need a Shoulder to Cry On", "It's Love I'm After", "It Won't Be Long", "I've Got the World on a String", "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man", "I Want a Little Boy", "Lazybones", "Make My Love Come Down", "Maybe Not at All (Not on the First Night Baby)", "Miss Brown to You", "The Nearness of You", "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out", "Say It Isn't So", "Since I Fell for You", "Smokestack Lightning", "Something Got a Hold on Me", "Sweethearts on Parade", "That Ole Devil Called Love", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "Wade in the Water", "What a Body", "What a Difference a Day Made", "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", "When the Sun Comes Out")
F♯3 ("Back of Town Blues", "Every Day I Have the Blues", "I'll Wind", "June Night", "The Lady Sings the Blues", "Someday You'll Be Sorry", "Stardust", "Stormy Monday")
F3 ("Accentuate the Positive", "Am I Blue", "Blues in the Night", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Careless Love", "Deed I Do" Do Your Duty version, "Doin' Things for Her", "Don't Explain", "Every Now and Then", "God Bless the Child", "He Will Call Again", "How Did He Look", "I Believe", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way", "I Need a Shoulder to Cry On", "In the Dark", "It's Only a Paper Moon", "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me", "The Lady Sings the Blues", "Love is Here to Stay", "Mandy is Two", "Miss Brown to You", "Moon Country", "Moon Indigo", "My Blue Heaven", "The Nearness of You", "No Man is Going to Change Me", "Only You Can Do It", "On Revival Day", "Rockin' Chair", "Secret Love", "She's Funny That Way", "Skylark", "Small Fry", "Some Rainy Day", "St. Louis Blues" Newport, 1990, "Trouble", "Wasted Life Blues", "What a Difference a Day Made", "Without a Song", "Workin' Couple")
E3 ("Credit Card Blues", "Fine and Mellow", "Georgia on My Mind", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "If It's Magic", "If You Were Mine", "I Got It Bad", "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)", "Smokestack Lightning", "Someday You'll Be Sorry", "Some Rainy Day", "Sweethearts on Parade", "That Ole Devil Called Love", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "When You Go to Town Tomorrow")
E♭3 ("Am I Blue", "Black and Blue", "Blues in the Night" I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues version, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Confessin' the Blues", "Days Like That Again", "Every Now and Then", "June Night", "Lazybones", "Let's Fall in Love", "Love is Here to Stay", "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)", "Lush Life", "Mandy is Two", "Moon Country", "My Resistance is Low", "One Morning in May", "Over the Rainbow", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Rough and Ready", "Secret Love", "Singing the Blues", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Stardust", "Stormy Weather", "Wasted Life Blues")
D3 ("Black Coffee", "Canaan Land", "Don't Be That Way", "Don't Explain", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "He Will Call Again", "I Cover the Waterfront", "If It's Magic", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" Black and Blue: A Musical Revue version, "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way", "I Need a Shoulder to Cry On" Carrie Smith version / Every Now and Then version, "It Only Takes One Man", "Ivy", "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man", "Let's Fall in Love", "Memories of You", "Moon Indigo" Limoges, 1993, "My One and Only Love", "Mystique", "She's Funny That Way" June Night version, "Skylark", "Small Fry", "That Ole Devil Called Love", "Trouble", "Wade in the Water", "Willow Weep for Me", "Without a Song")
C♯3 ("Stardust", "Stormy Weather")
C3 ("Accentuate the Positive", "Every Now and Then", "God Bless the Child", "He Will Call Again", "I Believe", "I Cover the Waterfront", "If You Were Mine", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" Limoges, 1993, "I'll Wind" alternate take, "It's Love I'm After", "Ivy", "Lush Life", "Memories of You", "My One and Only Love", "One Morning in May", "Over the Rainbow", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "That Old Black Magic", "Trouble", "When the Sun Comes Out", "Willow Weep for Me")
B2 ("Days Like That Again", "Don't Explain")
B♭2 ("Ivy", "Memories of You", "Moon Country", "My Resistance is Low", "Rough and Ready", "Trouble")
A2 ("If You Were Mine", "I'll Wind" I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues version, "When You Go to Town Tomorrow", "Without a Song")
G♯2 ("Stardust")
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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}{Questionable notes}
B5 ("Smokestack Lightning" [1])
B♭5 ("Singing the Blues" [1])
G5 ("It Only Takes One Man" [3], "Low Down Blues" [3])
F5 ("Lazybones" [3])
D5 ("I've Got the World on a String" [1])
C♯5 ("Everybody Loves My Baby" [1], "Only You Can Do It" [1])
E♭3 ("Good Ol' Waggon" [1])
D3 ("I Want a Little Boy" [1], "Miss Brown to You" [1])
C3 ("Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" [1], "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" [1])
B♭2 ("Willow Weep for Me" [1])
F2 ("That Old Black Magic" [3], "Trouble" [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.
B5 ("Smokestack Lightning" [1])
B♭5 ("Singing the Blues" [1])
G5 ("It Only Takes One Man" [3], "Low Down Blues" [3])
F5 ("Lazybones" [3])
D5 ("I've Got the World on a String" [1])
C♯5 ("Everybody Loves My Baby" [1], "Only You Can Do It" [1])
E♭3 ("Good Ol' Waggon" [1])
D3 ("I Want a Little Boy" [1], "Miss Brown to You" [1])
C3 ("Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" [1], "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" [1])
B♭2 ("Willow Weep for Me" [1])
F2 ("That Old Black Magic" [3], "Trouble" [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.
{Discography}{Discography}
Do Your Duty (1976) - C3 - D5
When You're Down and Out (1977) - E♭3 - E♭5
Harlem on Parade 77 (1977) - C3 - E5
Nice Jazz 1978 (recorded 1978) - C3 - E♭5
Carrie Smith (1979) - B♭2 - E5
Barrelhouse Jazzband & Carrie Smith (1979) - E3 - D5
Jacky Milliet Jazz Band (recorded 1979) - G3 - C5
Gospel Time (1982) - B♭2 - E♭5
Jazz & Blues on Marians' Records (recorded 1982) -
Fine and Mellow: Carrie Smith Sings Billie Holliday (1983) - B2 - C5
Only You Can Do It (1983) - C3 - B♭5
Highlights in Jazz: Anniversary Concert (1985) - C3 - F♯5
The Authentic Art Hodes Rhythm Section (recorded 1985) - E♭3 - D5
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1989) - D3 - E♭5
June Night (1993) - A2 - E♭5
Every Now and Then (1994) - G♯2 - D5
Fine and Mellow: Carrie Smith Sings Hoagy Carmichael (1994) - B♭2 - C5
Live on QE2 (recorded 1999) - F♯3 - C♯5
I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues (2002) - A2 - C5
Since I Fell for You (2015) - F♯3 - D5
Do Your Duty (1976) - C3 - D5
When You're Down and Out (1977) - E♭3 - E♭5
Harlem on Parade 77 (1977) - C3 - E5
Nice Jazz 1978 (recorded 1978) - C3 - E♭5
Carrie Smith (1979) - B♭2 - E5
Barrelhouse Jazzband & Carrie Smith (1979) - E3 - D5
Jacky Milliet Jazz Band (recorded 1979) - G3 - C5
Gospel Time (1982) - B♭2 - E♭5
Jazz & Blues on Marians' Records (recorded 1982) -
Fine and Mellow: Carrie Smith Sings Billie Holliday (1983) - B2 - C5
Only You Can Do It (1983) - C3 - B♭5
Highlights in Jazz: Anniversary Concert (1985) - C3 - F♯5
The Authentic Art Hodes Rhythm Section (recorded 1985) - E♭3 - D5
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1989) - D3 - E♭5
June Night (1993) - A2 - E♭5
Every Now and Then (1994) - G♯2 - D5
Fine and Mellow: Carrie Smith Sings Hoagy Carmichael (1994) - B♭2 - C5
Live on QE2 (recorded 1999) - F♯3 - C♯5
I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues (2002) - A2 - C5
Since I Fell for You (2015) - F♯3 - D5