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Ethel Waters (31 October 1896 - 1 September 1977)
Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range: C3-B5
Significant High Notes:
B5 ("Underneath the Harlem Moon")
A5 ("Throw the Dirt")
G5 ("I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Music Maestro Please", "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid")
F♯5 ("All the Time", "Buds Won't Bud" reprise, "There'll Be Some Changes Made" Kraft Music Hall, 1941)
F5 ("He's All I Need", "Memories of You", "No One Can Love Me (Like the Way You Do)", "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid", "They Say", "Three Little Words")
E5 ("All the Time", "Buds Won't Bud", "Frankie and Johnnie", "Got a Bran’ New Suit", "I Do, Don't You / Partners with God", "Long-Lost Mama", "Hottentot Potentate", "When the Trumpet Sounds" with Pearl Bailey, "Y' Had It Comin' to You")
E♭5 ("Am I Blue?", "Dinah" Shades of Blue version, "Down Home Blues", "Eli, Eli", "Ethel Sings 'Em", "Harlem on My Mind", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Memories of You", "The New York Glide", "No One Can Love Me (Like the Way You Do)", "Old Man Harlem", "The Steamboat Whistle", "Stop Myself from Worryin' Over You", "Taking a Chance on Love" film version, "There'll Be Some Changes Made" Kraft Music Hall, 1941, "Thief in the Night", "Who Said Blackbirds Are Blue?", "Without That Gal!", "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did")
D5 ("Blues in My Heart", "Bring Your Greenbacks", "Brother, You've Got Me Wrong", "Cabin in the Sky", "Come Rain or Come Shine / The Man I Love / The Floodgates of Despair", "Dinah" 1934 recording, "Dying with the Blues", "Frankie and Johnnie", "Georgia Blues", "Got a Bran’ New Suit", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "Heat Wave", "His Eye is on the Sparrow", "Hottentot Potentate", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "If You Ever Change Your Mind", "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby", "I'll Get Along Somehow", "I Wonder What's Become of Joe", "Jazzin' Babies Blues", "Li'l Black Sheep", "Little Black Boy", "Lonesome Walls", "Loadin' Time", "Lost Out Blues", "Memphis Man", "Midnight Blues", "Moonglow", "My Man", "Oh, How I Love Jesus / To Me It's So Wonderful", "Paper Moon", "Porgy", "River, Stay 'Way From My Door", "Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo", "Smile!", "St. Louis Blues" The Favorite Songs of Ethel Waters version, "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)" various live performances, "Summertime", "The Sunny Side of the Street", "Taking Your Time", "Tell 'Em 'Bout Me (When You Reach Tennessee)" 1925 recording, "That Da Da Strain", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "They Say", "Thief in the Night", "Three Little Words", "True Blue Lou", "Underneath the Harlem Moon", "Waiting at the End of the Road", "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Yesterdays", "You Can't Stop Me from Loving You")
C♯5 ("Am I Blue?", "Brown Baby", "Buds Won't Bud", "Down Home Blues", "Down in My Soul", "Easter Parade", "Ethel Sings 'Em", "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night", "Harlem on My Mind", "How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone?", "Kiss Your Pretty Baby Nice", "Li'l Black Sheep", "Long-Lost Mama", "Memories of You", "My Gal Sal", "My Kind of Man", "No Man's Mamma", "No One Can Love Me (Like the Way You Do)", "Old Man Harlem", "Quick Sands", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" Kraft Music Hall, 1941, "Sweet Man", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Thief in the Night", "To Be or Not to Be", "Without That Gal!", "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did", "You're a Sweetheart", "You're Lucky to Me")
C5 ("After All These Years", "Ain't Goin' Marry (Ain't Goin' Settle Down)", "Am I Blue?", "At the New Jump Steady Ball", "Baby, What Else Can I Do?", "Back-Bitin' Mamma", "The Birth of the Blues", "Blues in My Heart", "Blues in the Night", "Bread and Gravy", "Bring Your Greenbacks", "Brother, You've Got Me Wrong", "Cabin in the Sky", "Careless Love", "Come Rain or Come Shine / The Man I Love / The Floodgates of Despair", "The Crucifixion", "Darkies Never Dream", "Dinah", "Do I Know What I'm Doin'?", "Dying with the Blues", "Easter Parade", "Georgia Blues", "Georgia on My Mind", "Gospel Medley: He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield / Jesus is Mine", "Guess Who's in Town", "Heebie Jeebies", "His Eye is on the Sparrow", "Honey in a Hurry", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", "How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone?", "A Hundred Years from Today", "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "If You Can't Hold the Man You Love", "I Got Rhythm", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Music Maestro Please", "I'll Get Along Somehow", "I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead", "I've Found a New Baby", "Jeepers Creepers", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Little Black Boy", "Loadin' Time", "Lonesome Swallow", "Loud Speakin' Papa (You'd Better Speak Easy to Me)", "Love is the Thing", "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor", "Man Wanted", "Memphis Man", "Midnight Blues", "Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)", "My Gal Sal", "My Kind of Man", "My Man", "The New York Glide", "No One Can Love Me (Like the Way You Do)", "Oh Daddy", "Oh, How I Love Jesus / To Me It's So Wonderful", "Oh Joe, Play That Trombone", "One Man Nan", "Organ Grinder Blues", "Paper Moon", "Push Out", "Refrigeratin' Papa (Mama's Gonna Warm You Up)", "Shadows on the Swanee", "Shake That Thing", "Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Some of These Days", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", "The Steamboat Whistle", "St. Louis Blues", "Stop Myself from Worryin' Over You", "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)", "Sugar", "The Sunny Side of the Street", "Suppertime", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Sweet Man Blues", "Sympathetic Dan", "Taking Your Time", "Tell 'Em 'Bout Me (When You Reach Tennessee)", "That Da Da Strain", "That's What Harlem Means to Me", "They Say", "Three Little Words", "Throw Dirt in Your Face", "True Blue Lou", "Waiting at the End of the Road", "Weary Feet", "West End Blues", "What Goes Up Must Come Down", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Where Jesus Is, 'Tis Heaven", "Who Said Blackbirds Are Blue?", "Without That Gal!", "A Woman Without a Man", "Yesterdays", "Y' Had It Comin' to You", "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "You Can't Stop Me from Loving You", "You'll Want Me Back", "Young at Heart", "You're Mine", "You Took My Man")
B4 ("Better Keep Your Eye on Your Man", "Bread and Gravy", "Brown Baby", "Buds Won't Bud", "Craving Blues", "The Crucifixion", "Down Home Blues", "Down in My Soul", "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night", "Got a Bran’ New Suit", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "Harlem on My Mind", "Heat Wave", "He Brought Joy to My Soul", "If You Ever Change Your Mind", "I Just Can't Stay Here by Myself", "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby", "I Just Got a Letter", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Music Maestro Please", "I Want My Sweet Daddy Now", "Kiss Your Pretty Baby Nice", "Long Lean Lanky Mama", "Long-Lost Mama", "Lost Out Blues", "Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)", "Moonglow", "My Gal Sal", "My Handy Man", "No Man's Mamma", "Porgy", "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo", "Some of These Days", "Summertime", "Suppertime", "Sweet Man", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Tell 'Em 'Bout Me (When You Reach Tennessee)", "That Da Da Strain", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "They Say", "Thief in the Night", "Throw the Dirt", "Underneath the Harlem Moon", "We Don't Need Each Other Any More", "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue", "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "A Woman Without a Man", "You'll Need Me When I'm Long Gone", "You're a Sweetheart", "You're Lucky to Me", "You're Mine", "You Took Advantage of Me")
B♭4 ("After All These Years", "Ain't Goin' Marry (Ain't Goin' Settle Down)", "Am I Blue?", "At the New Jump Steady Ball", "Baby, What Else Can I Do?", "Back-Bitin' Mamma", "Birmingham Bertha", "Blues in the Night", "Bread and Gravy", "Bring Your Greenbacks", "Brother, You've Got Me Wrong", "Cabin in the Sky", "Can't Help Lovin' That Man", "Dat Suits Me", "Deep River", "Dinah", "Do I Know What I'm Doin'?", "Do What You Did Last Night", "Down in My Soul", "Easter Parade", "Eli, Eli", "Ethel Sings 'Em", "Ev'rybody Mess Aroun'", "Georgia Blues", "Get Up Off Your Knees", "Guess Who's in Town", "Harlem on My Mind", "He's All I Need", "Honey in the Honeycomb", "Hottentot Potentate", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", "How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone?", "A Hundred Years from Today", "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More", "I Cannot Fail the Lord", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "I Do, Don't You / Partners with God", "If You Don't Think I'll Do Sweet Pops (Just Try Me)", "I Like the Way He Does It", "I've Found a New Baby", "I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead", "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues", "Jersey Walk", "Joy to My Soul", "Little Black Boy", "Loadin' Time", "Lonesome Swallow", "Lonesome Walls", "Loud Speakin' Papa (You'd Better Speak Easy to Me)", "Love Turned the Light Out", "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor", "Maybe Not At All", "My Baby Sure Knows How to Love", "My Gal Sal", "My Kind of Man", "The New York Glide", "No Man's Mamma", "No One Can Love Me (Like the Way You Do)", "Oh Daddy", "Oh Joe, Play That Trombone", "Old Man Harlem", "Organ Grinder Blues", "Partners with God", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Pleasure Mad", "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid", "Quick Sands", "River, Stay 'Way From My Door", "Satisfyin' Papa", "Second Handed Man", "Shadows on the Swanee", "Smile!", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Someday, Sweetheart", "Stand by Me", "Suppertime", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Sweet Man Blues", "Three Little Words", "Throw Dirt in Your Face", "Throw the Dirt", "To Be or Not to Be", "Trav'lin' All Alone", "True Blue Lou", "Waiting at the End of the Road", "Weary Feet", "West End Blues", "What Goes Up Must Come Down", "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "When the Trumpet Sounds", "Who Said Blackbirds Are Blue?", "Yesterdays", "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did", "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "You Can't Stop Me from Loving You", "You'll Want Me Back", "You Took My Man")
A4 ("All the Time", "Baby, What Else Can I Do?", "Better Keep Your Eye on Your Man", "The Birth of the Blues", "Black Spatch Blues", "Blues in the Night", "Brown Baby", "Buds Won't Bud", "Careless Love", "Craving Blues", "The Crucifixion", "Dinah", "Don't Blame Me", "Dying with the Blues", "Georgia Blues", "Georgia on My Mind", "Get Up Off Your Knees", "Give Me a Heart to Sing To", "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "Heat Wave", "He Brought Joy to My Soul", "Heebie Jeebies", "Here is One / City Called Heaven", "His Eye is on the Sparrow", "Home (Cradle of Happiness)", "Honey in a Hurry", "I Cannot Fail the Lord", "If You Can't Hold the Man You Love", "If You Ever Change Your Mind", "I Got It Bad, And That Ain't Good", "I Got Rhythm", "I Just Can't Stay Here by Myself", "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby", "I Just Got a Letter", "I Like the Way He Does It", "I'll Get Along Somehow", "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues", "I Want My Sweet Daddy Now", "I Wonder What's Become of Joe", "Jeepers Creepers", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Kiss Your Pretty Baby Nice", "Little Black Boy", "Long Lean Lanky Mama", "Lost Out Blues", "Loud Speakin' Papa (You'd Better Speak Easy to Me)", "Love is the Thing", "Mammy", "Man Wanted", "Maybe Not At All", "Memphis Man", "Midnight Blues", "My Handy Man", "My Man", "One Sweet Letter from You", "Organ Grinder Blues", "Paper Moon", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Porgy", "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid", "Push Out", "Quick Sands", "Refrigeratin' Papa (Mama's Gonna Warm You Up)", "River, Stay 'Way From My Door", "Second Handed Man", "Shake That Thing", "Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo", "Smile!", "Some of These Days", "The Steamboat Whistle", "St. Louis Blues", "Stop Myself from Worryin' Over You", "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)", "Sweet Man", "Sympathetic Dan", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Taking Your Time", "Tell 'Em 'Bout Me (When You Reach Tennessee)", "That's What Harlem Means to Me", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "They Say", "Three Little Words", "Travelin'", "True Blue Lou", "Underneath the Harlem Moon", "Weary Feet", "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue", "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Where Jesus Is, 'Tis Heaven", "Who'll Get It When I'm Gone", "Without That Gal!", "A Woman Without a Man", "Y' Had It Comin' to You", "You'll Need Me When I'm Long Gone", "You're a Sweetheart", "You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim", "You Took Advantage of Me", "You've Seen Harlem at Its Best")
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("All the Time", "Baby, What Else Can I Do?", "Buds Won't Bud", "The Crucifixion", "Don't Blame Me", "Eli, Eli", "Everything Happens to Me", "Georgia Blues" 1929 recording, "Georgia on My Mind", "Heat Wave", "Heebie Jeebies", "Here is One / City Called Heaven", "He's All I Need", "Hottentot Potentate", "I Cannot Fail the Lord", "If You Ever Change Your Mind", "I Got It Bad, And That Ain't Good", "I Got Rhythm", "I Just Can't Stay Here by Myself", "I Like the Way He Does It", "In His Care", "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues", "I Wonder What's Become of Joe", "Jeepers Creepers", "Long Lean Lanky Mama", "Mammy", "Memphis Man", "My Savior Will Always Be There", "One Sweet Letter from You", "Paper Moon", "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid", "Push Out", "River, Stay 'Way From My Door", "Shadows on the Swanee", "Someday, Sweetheart", "Some of These Days", "St. Louis Blues", "Stop Myself from Worryin' Over You", "The Sunny Side of the Street", "Take Your Black Bottom Outside", "Taking a Chance on Love", "That's What Harlem Means to Me", "Thief in the Night", "Travelin'", "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue", "A Woman Without a Man", "You're Mine")
G♯3 ("Am I Blue?", "Birmingham Bertha", "Bread and Gravy", "Cabin in the Sky", "Can't Help Lovin' That Man", "Come Up and See Me Sometime", "Darkies Never Dream", "Down Home Blues" 1925 recording, "Do What You Did Last Night", "Eli, Eli", "Gospel Medley: He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield / Jesus is Mine", "Guess Who's in Town", "Harlem on My Mind", "He's with Me Each Step of the Way", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Music Maestro Please", "I'm Coming Virginia", "Is It Well With Your Soul?", "I Want Somebody All My Own", "Kind Lovin' Blues", "Lonesome Swallow", "Love Turned the Light Out", "Memories of You", "Moonglow", "My Special Friend is Back in Town", "Satisfyin' Papa", "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "That's What Harlem Means to Me", "To Be or Not to Be", "Trav'lin' All Alone", "What Goes Up Must Come Down", "Without That Gal!", "You Can't Stop Me from Loving You", "You're Just in Love", "You're Lucky to Me", "You're Mine", "You've Seen Harlem at Its Best")
G3 ("Ain't Goin' Marry (Ain't Goin' Settle Down)", "Am I Blue?" Shades of Blue version, "Baby, What Else Can I Do?", "Better Keep Your Eye on Your Man", "Blues in My Heart", "Blues in the Night", "Cabin in the Sky", "Come Rain or Come Shine / The Man I Love / The Floodgates of Despair", "Crying Holy Unto the Lord", "Don't Blame Me", "Frankie and Johnnie", "Georgia on My Mind", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe", "Heebie Jeebies", "Home (Cradle of Happiness)", "Honey in a Hurry", "Hottentot Potentate", "I Am a Pilgrim", "If You Ever Change Your Mind", "I Just Can't Stay Here by Myself", "I Just Got a Letter", "I'll Get Along Somehow", "I Wonder What's Become of Joe", "Joy to My Soul", "Long Lean Lanky Mama", "Love is the Thing", "Love Turned the Light Out", "Man Wanted", "Maybe Not At All", "Memphis Man", "My Baby Sure Knows How to Love", "My Gal Sal", "My Kind of Man", "Organ Grinder Blues", "Paper Moon", "Pickininny Blues", "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid", "Push Out", "Quick Sands", "River, Stay 'Way From My Door", "Second Handed Man", "Someday, Sweetheart", "Some of These Days", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", "The Steamboat Whistle", "St. Louis Blues" The Favorite Songs of Ethel Waters version, "Stop Myself from Worryin' Over You", "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)", "Suppertime", "Sympathetic Dan", "Take What You Want", "Take Your Black Bottom Outside", "They Say", "Thief in the Night", "Trade Mark", "Travelin'", "Underneath the Harlem Moon", "West End Blues", "Where Jesus Is, 'Tis Heaven", "Yesterdays", "You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim", "You Took My Man")
F♯3 ("Buds Won't Bud", "Gospel Medley: He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield / Jesus is Mine", "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" The Favorite Songs of Ethel Waters version, "How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone?", "Porgy" 1932 recording, "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "Summertime", "You're a Sweetheart")
F3 ("Baby, What Else Can I Do?", "The Birth of the Blues", "Bread and Gravy", "Careless Love", "Come Up and See Me Sometime", "Do I Know What I'm Doin'?", "Down in My Soul", "Give Me a Heart to Sing To", "Harlem on My Mind", "He's All I Need", "His Eye is on the Sparrow", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", "How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone?", "A Hundred Years from Today", "I Cannot Fail the Lord", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "If You Ever Change Your Mind", "I Got It Bad, And That Ain't Good", "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby", "I'll Get Along Somehow", "In His Care", "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues", "Jeepers Creepers", "Little Black Boy", "Loadin' Time", "Lonesome Walls", "Mammy", "Memories of You" 1957 recording, "My Man", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen", "One Sweet Letter from You", "Pickininny Blues", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Stand by Me", "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)", "The Sunny Side of the Street", "Suppertime" the Hollywood Palace, 1969, "That's What Harlem Means to Me", "Weary Feet", "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "When the Trumpet Sounds", "Without That Gal!", "You Can't Stop Me from Loving You", "You Took Advantage of Me")
E3 ("Frankie and Johnnie", "Here is One / City Called Heaven", "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More", "Joy to My Soul", "Love is the Thing", "Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)", "River, Stay 'Way From My Door", "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" Reminisces version, "Throw the Dirt", "When the Trumpet Sounds", "A Woman Without a Man", "Y' Had It Comin' to You", "You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim", "You're Mine")
E♭3 ("Birmingham Bertha", "Blues in the Night" Who Said Black Birds Are Blue? version, "Bread and Gravy", "Cabin in the Sky" Shades of Blue version, "Can't Help Lovin' That Man", "Choose Now / Shall You, Shall I", "Come Rain or Come Shine / The Man I Love / The Floodgates of Despair", "The Crucifixion", "Deep River", "Guess Who's in Town", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Is It Well With Your Soul?", "Partners with God", "Taking a Chance on Love" Shades of Blue version, "Who Said Blackbirds Are Blue?", "Young at Heart", "You're a Sweetheart")
D3 ("Bread and Gravy" the Hollywood Palace, 1969, "Cabin in the Sky" Reminisces version, "Dinah" 1934 recording, "His Eye is on the Sparrow", "I Do, Don't You / Partners with God", "Little Black Boy" Reminisces version, "My Savior Will Always Be There", "Summertime", "The Sunny Side of the Street")
C♯3 ("Deep River", "A Hundred Years from Today", "When the Trumpet Sounds" with Pearl Bailey)
C3 ("Can't Help Lovin' That Man" radio performance, 1950, "The Crucifixion" His Eye is on the Sparrow version, "Crying Holy Unto the Lord" with Barbara McNair, "His Eye is on the Sparrow", "I Just Got a Letter", "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues", "The Sunny Side of the Street", "You Took Advantage of Me")
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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}A5 ("I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Music Maestro Please" [1], "To Be or Not to Be" [3])
G♯5 ("Partners with God" [2])
D5 ("Sweet Georgia Brown" [3])
E3 ("Careless Love" [1])
D3 ("Man Wanted" [1], "River, Stay 'Way From My Door" [1])
C3 ("A Hundred Years from Today" 1947 recording [1])
B♭2 ("The Sunny Side of the Street" [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.
G♯5 ("Partners with God" [2])
D5 ("Sweet Georgia Brown" [3])
E3 ("Careless Love" [1])
D3 ("Man Wanted" [1], "River, Stay 'Way From My Door" [1])
C3 ("A Hundred Years from Today" 1947 recording [1])
B♭2 ("The Sunny Side of the Street" [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}Complete Jazz Series (1921-1923) - G3-E♭5
Complete Jazz Series (1923-1925) - G3-F♯5
Complete Jazz Series (1925-1926) - F3-D5
Complete Jazz Series (1926-1929) - E♭3-E♭5
Complete Jazz Series (1929-1931) - F3-F5
Complete Jazz Series (1931-1934) - C♯3-E♭5
At Home Abroad (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1935) - F3-F5
Complete Jazz Series (1935-1940) - C3-F5
The Music of Cabin in the Sky (1940) - G3-D5
Complete Jzz Series (1946-1947) - C3-A5
Shades of Blue (1950) - E♭3-E♭5
The Favorite Songs of Ethel Waters (1954) - C3-D5
His Eye is on the Sparrow (1960) - C3-E5
Reminisces (1962) - D3-F5
Who Said Black Birds Are Blue? (1981) - C3-G5
Complete Jazz Series (1923-1925) - G3-F♯5
Complete Jazz Series (1925-1926) - F3-D5
Complete Jazz Series (1926-1929) - E♭3-E♭5
Complete Jazz Series (1929-1931) - F3-F5
Complete Jazz Series (1931-1934) - C♯3-E♭5
At Home Abroad (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1935) - F3-F5
Complete Jazz Series (1935-1940) - C3-F5
The Music of Cabin in the Sky (1940) - G3-D5
Complete Jzz Series (1946-1947) - C3-A5
Shades of Blue (1950) - E♭3-E♭5
The Favorite Songs of Ethel Waters (1954) - C3-D5
His Eye is on the Sparrow (1960) - C3-E5
Reminisces (1962) - D3-F5
Who Said Black Birds Are Blue? (1981) - C3-G5