Althea Gibson (213 views)

[kaji]

Althea Neale Gibson (25 August 1927 - 28 September 2003)
Voice Type: Contralto
Vocal Range: B♭2-G4

Significant High Notes:

G4 ("I Should Care")
F♯4 ("When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You)")
F4 ("Around the World", "Because of You", "I Should Care", "Jelly Roll Blues", "So Much to Live For")
E4 ("Around the World", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "I Can’t Give You Anything but Love", "I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "If")
E♭4 ("Because of You", "I Should Care", "Jelly Roll Blues", "Once in a While", "September Song", "When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You)")
D4 ("Around the World", "Because of You", "A Cottage for Sale", "Don’t Say No", "I Can’t Give You Anything but Love", "I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "If", "September Song", "So Much to Live For", "You’re My Everything")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("Around the World", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "I Can’t Give You Anything but Love", "I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "If", "So Much to Live For")
E♭3 ("A Cottage for Sale", "Once in a While", "When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You)")
D3 ("Because of You", "Don’t Say No", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "I Can’t Give You Anything but Love", "I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance", "Once in a While", "You’re My Everything")
C♯3 ("A Cottage for Sale")
C3 ("Around the World", "Because of You", "Don’t Say No", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "September Song", "So Much to Live For", "When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You)")
B2 ("Around the World", "A Cottage for Sale", "If", "September Song")
B♭2 ("You’re My Everything")
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Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

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{Discography}Althea Gibson Sings (1958) - B♭2-F4

[kaji]

Only briefly a singer. Her main career was in sports. She was the first black tennis player to have won a Grand Slam title, securing the French Open title. She went on to win Wimbledon and the US Open in both 1957 and 1958, amassing five Grand Slam singles titles. She also won six Grand Slam doubles titles. After her tennis career, Gibson became the first Black player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour in 1964, breaking barriers in yet another sport.

[Steingrim]

She sounds like a high baritone. Easier Bb2 than many tenors.

[mushymarionette]

These incredibly low-placed women are fascinating, great work!

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Nov 5, 2024 19:52:36 GMT kaji said:

F4 ("Jelly Roll Blues")

[EddieCheivz]

If I didn't already know she was a woman, it would probably take me several seconds to realize that it really isn't a man! specially on that low bolds.

Good thread!