Post by IhateMana on Oct 30, 2019 23:47:55 GMT
Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 - 11 May 1981)
Member Of: Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963 - 1981)
Vocal Range: B♭2 - F♯5
{Vocal Summary}One of the biggest and most instantly recognisable figures of 70s pop culture, legendary rastaman Bob Marley brought the reggae music and culture of Jamaica to the spotlight. Marley and his music (of which the contributions of Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Lee "Scratch" Perry among others cannot go unrecognised either) have endured as protest emblems of peace, Jamaican idenity, spirituality and pan-africanism: the emancipation and unity of the downpressed people of Africa throughout the world. Starting out as a ska vocal group at the end of the 60s, The Wailers's relocation to London and Marley's conversion to Rastafarianism around this period saw the group shift toward the slow-rocking reggae for which they are known and saw them produce a slew of hits.
Marley's voice was equally iconic, rough round the edges and loud like any decent preacher man. Marley had more than sufficient support to belt right up through and out of the 4th octave, resulting in some pretty gnarly sounding passages at times and at most others, calm tranquility. His falsetto was light and airy, not particularly rich on tone, but nonetheless present. As far as low notes are concerned, his sweet spot was definitely the middle of the 3rd octave and though his voice sounds quite deep in places, his general lack of strength in his lower register and relative ease of his high notes smack of a higher-placed singer. Though of course, as you might've already been aware, Marley was a pretty heavy smoker of the mother 'erb, so there was probably some damage at play.
Marley's voice was equally iconic, rough round the edges and loud like any decent preacher man. Marley had more than sufficient support to belt right up through and out of the 4th octave, resulting in some pretty gnarly sounding passages at times and at most others, calm tranquility. His falsetto was light and airy, not particularly rich on tone, but nonetheless present. As far as low notes are concerned, his sweet spot was definitely the middle of the 3rd octave and though his voice sounds quite deep in places, his general lack of strength in his lower register and relative ease of his high notes smack of a higher-placed singer. Though of course, as you might've already been aware, Marley was a pretty heavy smoker of the mother 'erb, so there was probably some damage at play.
Significant High Notes
F♯5 ("Sugar Sugar")
F5 ("Lively Up Yourself")
E5 ("Crazy Baldhead")
D5 ("African Herbsman", "Lively Up Yourself", "Revolution", "Sun is Shining" Soul Revolution version, "Work")
C♯5 ("Hold on to This Feeling", "Rebel Music (3 O'clock Roadblock)", "Redder Than Red", "Sun is Shining")
C5 ("Burnin' and Lootin'", "Coming in From the Cold", "Do it Twice", "Fussing and Fighting", "Get Up, Stand Up", "Keep on Skanking", "Lick Samba", "Love Light", "Midnight Ravers", "Pour Down the Sunshine", "Rastaman Live Up!", "Reggae on Broadway", "Stiff Necked Fools", "Survival", "Trenchtown Rock" alternative mix of "Trench Town" 1971)
B4 ("Caution", "Guava Jelly", "Iron Lion Zion", "Jump Nyabinghi", "Mr. Brown", "My Cup", "Oh Lord, Got to Get There", "Pour Down the Sunshine", "Screwface", "Slave Driver", "Soul Almighty", "Soul Rebel", "Splish for My Splash", "Sugar Sugar", "Sun is Shining" Soul Revolution version, "Top Rankin'", "Wake Up and Live", "Want More", "What Goes Around Comes Around")
B♭4 ("Back Out", "Black Progress", "Cheer Up", "Fussing and Fighting", "Hold on to This Feeling", "I Shot the Sheriff", "Kaya", "Nice Time", "One Love/People Get Ready", "Running Away", "She Used to Call Me Dada", "Simmer Down", "Sun Is Shining", "There She Goes", "Trouble on the Road Again")
A4 ("Adam and Eve", "Am-A-Do", "Ambush in the Night", "Baby We've Got a Date (Rock it Baby)", "Babylon System", "Back Out", "Bad Card", "Blackman Redemption", "Buffalo Soldier", "Burnin' and Lootin'", "Caution", "Coming in From the Cold", "Concrete Jungle", "Corner Stone", "Could You Be Loved", "Craven Choke Puppy", "Crazy Baldhead", "Crisis", "Cry to Me", "Dance Do the Reggae", "Duppy Conqueror", "Exodus", "Forever Loving Jah", "Guava Jelly", "High Tide or Low Tide", "Hypocrites", "I Know", "I'm Hurting Inside", "Iron Lion Zion", "Is This Love", "Jamming", "Judge Not", "Lick Samba", "Lively Up Yourself", "Lonesome Feeling", "Long Long Winter", "Love Light", "Midnight Ravers", "Milk Shake and Potato Chips", "Mix Up, Mix Up", "My Cup", "Natty Dread", "Night Shift", "No More Trouble", "Oh Lord, Got to Get There", "One Drop", "One Love/People Get Ready", "Pimper's Paradise", "Pour Down the Sunshine", "Positive Vibration", "Put it On" Burnin' version, "Rastaman Live Up!", "Rebel Music (3 O'clock Roadblock)", "Redemption Song" Band version, "Reggae on Broadway", "Revolution", "Roots", "Satisfy My Soul", "Screwface", "Slave Driver", "Small Axe", "Smile Jamaica", "So Jah Seh", "Soul Almighty", "Soul Shakedown Party", "Stand Alone", "Stiff Necked Fools", "Stranger on the Shore", "Survival", "Talkin' Blues", "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)", "Three Little Birds", "Top Rankin'", "Trench Town", "Trouble on the Road Again", "Wake Up and Live", "Who the Cap Fit", "Zimbabwe", "Zion Train")
G♯4 ("Chances Are", "Falling in and Out of Love", "Feel Alright", "It's Alright", "Johnny Was", "Judge Not", "Kaya", "Keep on Moving", "Milk Shake and Potato Chips", "Mr. Brown", "Nice Time", "No Water", "Put it On", "Reaction", "Redder Than Red", "Rock to the Rock", "Rocking Steady", "She's Gone", "So Much Things to Say", "Soul Rebel", "Stay With Me", "Time Will Tell", "Try Me", "Waiting in Vain", "War", "What Goes Around Comes Around")
G4 ("Africa Unite", "African Herbsman", "All Day All Night", "Am-A-Do", "Babylon System", "Back Out", "Bad Card", "Bend Down Low", "Chant Down Babylon", "Cheer Up", "Coming in From the Cold", "Concrete Jungle", "Crisis", "Cry to Me", "Dem a Fi Get a Beatin'" The Wailers version, "Do it Twice", "Dreamland" Wailers version, "Duppy Conqueror", "Easy Skanking", "Exodus", "Fussing and Fighting", "Get Up, Stand Up", "Give Thanks & Praises", "Gonna Get You", "Guiltiness", "Hammer", "The Heathen", "I Need You", "I Shot the Sheriff", "Jamming", "Jump Nyabinghi", "Keep on Skanking", "Lick Samba", "Lonely Girl", "The Lord Will Make a Way", "Love and Affection", "Love Light", "Midnight Ravers", "Misty Morning", "Mix Up, Mix Up", "Natural Mystic", "Night Shift", "No Woman, No Cry", "One Drop", "One Love/People Get Ready", "Pimper's Paradise", "Rainbow Country", "Rastaman Chant", "Rat Race", "Real Situation", "Rebel Music (3 O'clock Roadblock)", "Redemption Song", "Revolution", "Ride Natty Ride", "Riding High", "Roots, Rock, Reggae", "Satisfy My Soul", "She Used to Call Me Dada", "Simmer Down", "So Jah Seh", "So Much Things to Say", "So Much Trouble in the World", "Soul Shakedown Party", "Stand Alone", "Stop That Train" Catch a Fire version, "Stranger on the Shore", "Sugar Sugar", "Talkin' Blues", "Thank You Lord", "This Train", "Three Little Birds", "Top Rankin'", "Trench Town", "Turn Your Lights Down Low", "Want More", "We and Dem", "What's New Pussycat?", "Who the Cap Fit", "Work")
F♯4 ("Ambush in the Night", "Baby We've Got a Date (Rock it Baby)", "Buffalo Soldier", "Can't You See", "Corner Stone", "Could You Be Loved", "Craven Choke Puppy", "Crazy Baldhead", "Dance Do the Reggae", "Falling in and Out of Love", "Feel Alright", "High Tide or Low Tide", "How Many Times", "I Know", "I'm Hurting Inside", "Iron Lion Zion", "Is This Love", "Jah Live", "Johnny Was", "Lonesome Feeling", "Mellow Mood", "Mr. Chatterbox", "My Cup", "Oh Lord, Got to Get There", "Positive Vibration", "Rastaman Chant", "Reaction", "Redemption Song", "Roots", "Roots, Rock, Reggae", "Rude Boy", "She's Gone", "Slave Driver", "Small Axe", "Smile Jamaica", "So Jah Seh", "Soul Almighty", "Soul Captives", "Splish for My Splash", "Stir it Up", "Ten Commandments of Love", "Touch Me", "Wake Up and Live", "Want More", "Work", "Zimbabwe")
Significant Low Notes
F♯3 ("400 Years", "Baby We've Got a Date (Rock it Baby)", "Corner Stone", "Craven Choke Puppy", "Forever Loving Jah", "High Tide or Low Tide", "Is This Love", "Jah Live", "Jump Nyabinghi", "Kaya", "Keep on Moving", "Roots", "Roots, Rock, Reggae", "She's Gone", "So Jah Seh", "Soul Almighty", "Stay With Me", "Sun Is Shining", "Top Rankin'", "Wake Up and Live", "Work", "You Can't Blame the Youth" Live at Capitol Studios 1973, "Zimbabwe")
F3 ("Bad Card", "Cry to Me" Acoustic version, "Duppy Conqueror", "Judge Not", "Love and Affection", "One Love/People Get Ready", "Redder Than Red", "Ride Natty Ride", "She Used to Call Me Dada", "Simmer Down", "Splish for My Splash", "Waiting in Vain", "War", "Who the Cap Fit")
E3 ("Africa Unite", "Baby We've Got a Date (Rock it Baby)", "Buffalo Soldier", "Coming in From the Cold", "Concrete Jungle", "Crazy Baldhead", "Fire Fire", "I Need You", "Jamming", "Johnny Was", "Lick Samba", "Mix Up, Mix Up', "Natural Mystic", "Pimper's Paradise", "Put it On", "Rastaman Chant", "Redemption Song", "Reincarnated Souls", "Revolution", "Roots", "Roots, Rock, Reggae", "Satisfy My Soul", "So Much Trouble in the World", "Soul Captives", "Stir it Up", "Survival", "Talkin' Blues", "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)", "Trench Town", "We and Dem", "What's New Pussycat?")
E♭3 ("Do You Still Love Me?", "One Cup of Coffee", "Rat Race", "Smile Jamaica", "Time Will Tell")
D3 ("Easy Skanking", "Give Thanks & Praises", "The Heathen", "I Need You", "I'm Hurting Inside", "I'm Still Waiting", "Lively Up Yourself", "The Lord Will Make a Way", "Misty Morning", "No Woman, No Cry", "Rainbow Country", "Real Situation", "Rude Boy", "Satisfy My Soul", "So Jah Seh", "Ten Commandments of Love", "Thank You Lord", "Wake Up and Live", "Want More", "What Goes Around Comes Around", "What's New Pussycat?")
C♯3 ("Chances Are", "Crisis", "Forever Loving Jah", "No Water", "Positive Vibration", "Put it On", "Rainbow Country", "Smile Jamaica", "Talkin' Blues", "Waiting in Vain", "War")
C3 ("Chant Down Babylon", "Guiltiness", "Judge Not", "Keep on Skanking", "No Woman, No Cry", "Running Away", "Selassie Is the Chapel", "So Much Things to Say", "This Train")
B2 ("Concrete Jungle", "Johnny Was")
B♭2 ("Easy Skanking", "Rock to the Rock", "Running Away", "She Used to Call Me Dada", "So Much Things to Say")
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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.
{Questionable Notes}
E6 ("Lively Up Yourself" Live, [1][2])
D6 ("Love Light" [3], "Wake Up and Live" [1])
A5 ("Lively Up Yourself" [5])
G♯5 ("Wake Up and Live" [5])
F♯5 ("Misty Morning" [1])
F5 ("Love Light" [5])
C♯5 ("Rat Race" [1])
B4 ("Stop That Train" Catch a Fire version, [2])
E3 ("Zimbabwe" [1])
C♯3 ("Baby We've Got a Date (Rock it Baby)" [1])
C3 ("Coming in From the Cold" [5], "When the Well Runs Dry" [2])
B2 ("The Heathen" [1])
G2 ("Real Situation" [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.
E6 ("Lively Up Yourself" Live, [1][2])
D6 ("Love Light" [3], "Wake Up and Live" [1])
A5 ("Lively Up Yourself" [5])
G♯5 ("Wake Up and Live" [5])
F♯5 ("Misty Morning" [1])
F5 ("Love Light" [5])
C♯5 ("Rat Race" [1])
B4 ("Stop That Train" Catch a Fire version, [2])
E3 ("Zimbabwe" [1])
C♯3 ("Baby We've Got a Date (Rock it Baby)" [1])
C3 ("Coming in From the Cold" [5], "When the Well Runs Dry" [2])
B2 ("The Heathen" [1])
G2 ("Real Situation" [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}
(1965) The Wailing Wailers (C♯3 - B♭4)
(1970) Soul Rebels (C♯3 - B4)
(1971) Soul Revolution (G3 - D5)
(1971) The Best of the Wailers (E3 - C5)
(1973) Catch a Fire (B2 - C5)
(1973) Burnin' (F3 - C5)
(1974) Natty Dread (C3 - F5)
(1976) Rastaman Vibration (B2 - E5)
(1977) Exodus (B♭2 - B♭4)
(1978) Kaya (B♭2 - C♯5)
(1979) Survival (D3 - C5)
(1980) Uprising (C♯3 - D5)
(1983) Confrontation (C3 - C5)
(1965) The Wailing Wailers (C♯3 - B♭4)
(1970) Soul Rebels (C♯3 - B4)
(1971) Soul Revolution (G3 - D5)
(1971) The Best of the Wailers (E3 - C5)
(1973) Catch a Fire (B2 - C5)
(1973) Burnin' (F3 - C5)
(1974) Natty Dread (C3 - F5)
(1976) Rastaman Vibration (B2 - E5)
(1977) Exodus (B♭2 - B♭4)
(1978) Kaya (B♭2 - C♯5)
(1979) Survival (D3 - C5)
(1980) Uprising (C♯3 - D5)
(1983) Confrontation (C3 - C5)
{Bolds}
B♭4 ("I Shot the Sheriff")
F♯4 ("Wake Up and Live")
D3 ("The Heathen")
C3 ("Selassie Is the Chapel")
B♭4 ("I Shot the Sheriff")
F♯4 ("Wake Up and Live")
D3 ("The Heathen")
C3 ("Selassie Is the Chapel")