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Cory Allan Michael Monteith (11 May, 1982 - 13 July, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician, best known for his role as Finn Hudson on the television series Glee. Vocally, he was known for his upper-fourth octave belts and strength in the classic rock genre. He made his singing debut with a live performance of REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling" on Glee's pilot episode.
Vocal Range: F♯2 - B♭5
Associated Act: Glee Cast (2009 - 2013)
Significant High Notes
B♭5 ("Jump")
A5 ("Jump" imitation in interview, "You Get What You Give")
G5 ("You Get What You Give")
F♯5 ("I Can't Go for That/You Make My Dreams", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "More Than a Woman")
F5 ("Paradise by the Dashboard Light")
E5 ("Jingle Bells", "More Than a Woman")
D5 ("I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams", "Marry You", "You Get What You Give")
C♯5 ("Time Warp")
C5 ("Don't Go Breaking My Heart"", "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", "Stayin' Alive")
B4 ("Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'", "Borderline/Open Your Heart", "Faithfully", "Hello, Goodbye", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Man in the Mirror", "Moves Like Jagger/Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Time Warp", "You Get What You Give", "You're the One That I Want" Glee 4x06)
B♭4 ("Don't Dream, It's Over", "Fight for Your Right (to Party)", "Hello, I Love You", "Hot for Teacher", "I'll Stand by You", "Just the Way You Are", "Light Up the World", "Shout it Out Loud", "Stop! in the Name of Love/Free Your Mind", "Tongue Tied", "You're the One that I Want" Glee 1x01)
A4 ("Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'", "Barely Breathing", "Borderline/Open Your Heart", "Can't Fight this Feeling", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Don't Speak", "Faithfully", "Glory Days", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "Hit Me With Your Best Shot/One Way or Another", "A House Is Not a Home", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Imagine", "It's My Life/Confessions Pt. II", "I've Gotta Be Me", "Jump", "Marry You", "One", "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", "Pretending", "Pure Imagination", "Roots Before Branches", "Seasons of Love", "Somebody to Love", "True Colors" (Glee Live, LA, 2010), "We Are Young", "You Can't Always Get What You Want")
G♯4 ("Don't Speak", "Don't Stop Believin'" live on X Factor, "Jessie's Girl", "Just the Way You Are", "Jukebox Hero", "Home/Homeward Bound", "Hot for Teacher", "Man in the Mirror", "No Air", "Not the End", "Red Solo Cup", "Stop! in the Name of Love/Free Your Mind", "There's a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)", "Tongue Tied", "Total Eclipse of the Heart")
G4 ("Bye Bye Bye/I Want It That Way", "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Don't Stop", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Fight for Your Right (to Party)", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "Hello, Goodbye", "I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams", "I'll Stand By You", "Jingle Bells", "Jump", "Keep Holding On", "Last Christmas", "Light Up the World", "Like a Virgin", "Push It", "The Rain in Spain", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Seasons of Love", "Sing", "She's Not There", "Smile" (Lily Allen cover), "We Are The Champions", "We Are Young", "What It Feels Like for a Girl", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "You're Having My Baby")
F♯4 ("Can't Fight This Feeling", "Give Up the Funk", "Glory Days", "Hit Me with Your Best Shot/One Way or Another", "I Don't Want to Know", "I Love New York/New York New York", "Jukebox Hero", "Like a Prayer", "My Life Would Suck Without You", "One", "One of Us", "Pretending", "Red Solo Cup", "To Sir, with Love", "Welcome Christmas")
Significant Low Notes
E3 ("Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'", "Can't Fight This Feeling", "Don't Stop Believin'" live on X Factor, "Faithfully", "Give Up the Funk", "Glory Days", "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", "Jingle Bells", "Like a Prayer", "Like a Virgin", "Not the End", "Pretending", "Pure Imagination", "Red Solo Cup", "Run Joey Run", "The Scientist", "What It Feels Like for a Girl")
E♭3 ("Ben", "Borderline/Open Your Heart", "Damn It, Janet", "Empire State of Mind", "Homeward Bound/Home", "Just the Way You Are", "One of Us", "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin cover), "Somebody to Love", "Welcome Christmas", "With You I'm Born Again)
D3 ("Barely Breathing", "Deck the Rooftop", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "Hello, I Love You", "I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams", "Keep Holding On", "Loser", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "She's Not There", "Smile" (Lily Allen cover), "True Colors" (Glee Live, LA, 2010), "We Are Young", "You Can't Always Get What You Want")
C♯3 ("Empire State of Mind", "I've Gotta Be Me", "Jessie's Girl", "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "We've Got Tonite")
C3 ("Don't Speak", "Good Vibrations", "Last Christmas", "Man in the Mirror", "Marry You", "You're Having My Baby")
B2 ("Blame It", "Don't Stop Believin'" live on X Factor, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "With You I'm Born Again")
B♭2 ("Ben", "Damn It, Janet")
A2 ("Jukebox Hero", "Le Freak")
G♯2 ("Girls Just Wanna Have Fun")
F♯2 ("Arts camp intro" on The Simpsons, "Thriller/Heads Will Roll" (single version))
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*Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.
*Underlines mark notes that are sung in chorus, subordinate duet, or an otherwise obscured harmony.
*Boldface marks moments where Cory hit us with his best shot.
{Questionable Notes}
F♯5 ("Time Warp" [1])
B2 ("Give Up the Funk" [5] - implied harmony - "na na na" is sung in unison with female line, not in harmony as in chorus)
A2 ("What It Feels Like for a Girl" [3])
E2 ("Red Solo Cup" [?], "Thriller/Heads Will Roll" (album and episode versions) [4])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range that may not have been intentional.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that are not confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that do not have significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit any of the above criteria, but are otherwise of insufficient quality to count towards this vocalist's range.
F♯5 ("Time Warp" [1])
B2 ("Give Up the Funk" [5] - implied harmony - "na na na" is sung in unison with female line, not in harmony as in chorus)
A2 ("What It Feels Like for a Girl" [3])
E2 ("Red Solo Cup" [?], "Thriller/Heads Will Roll" (album and episode versions) [4])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range that may not have been intentional.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that are not confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that do not have significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit any of the above criteria, but are otherwise of insufficient quality to count towards this vocalist's range.
{Career Ranges}
{Glee Season 1 (2009-2010): A2 - B4 - Bb5}
1x01: "Pilot"
"Can't Fight This Feeling": E3 - A4
"You're the One That I Want": C4 - A4
"Don't Stop Believin'": G3 - G4
1x02: "Showmance"
"Le Freak": A2 - A3
"Push It": G♯3 - G4
1x03: "Acafellas"
"I Wanna Sex You Up": A3 - E4
1x05: "The Rhodes Not Taken"
"Somebody to Love": F3 - G♯4
1x06: "Vitamin D"
"It's My Life/Confessions Pt. II": A3 - A4
1x07: "Throwdown"
"No Air": F♯3 - G♯4
"Keep Holding On": G3 - G4
1x10: "Ballad"
"I'll Stand By You": B♭3 - B♭4
"You're Having My Baby": C3 - G4
1x11: "Hairography"
"Imagine": A3 - B3 - A4
1x12: "Mattress"
"Jump": G3 - A4 - B♭5
"Smile" (Lily Allen): D3 - G4
"Smile" (Charlie Chaplin): E♭3 - E♭4
1x13: "Sectionals"
"You Can't Always Get What You Want": D3 - A4
"My Life Would Suck WIthout You": B3 - F♯4
1x14: "Hell-O"
"Hello, I Love You": D3 - B♭4
"Hello, Goodbye": C4 - B4
1x15: "The Power of Madonna"
"Borderline/Open Your Heart": E♭3 - B4
"Like a Virgin": E3 - G4
"What It Feels Like for a Girl": E3 - G4
"Like a Prayer": E3 - F♯4
1x16: "Home"
"A House Is Not a Home": A3 - A4
1x17: "Bad Reputation"
"Run Joey Run": E3 - F4
"Total Eclipse of the Heart": C♯3 - G♯4
1x18: "Laryngitis"
"Jessie's Girl": C♯3 - G♯4
"One" A3 - A4
1x20: "Theatricality"
"Shout It Out Loud": B♭3 - B♭4
"Beth": G3 - F4
1x21: "Funk"
"Loser": D3 - E4
"Good Vibrations" (rap only): C3 - E4
"Give Up the Funk": B2 - F♯4
1x22: "Journey (to Regionals)"
"Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'": E3 - A4
"Faithfully": E3 - B4
"Don't Stop Believin'": G3 - G4
"To Sir, with Love": F♯3 - F♯4
1x01: "Pilot"
"Can't Fight This Feeling": E3 - A4
"You're the One That I Want": C4 - A4
"Don't Stop Believin'": G3 - G4
1x02: "Showmance"
"Le Freak": A2 - A3
"Push It": G♯3 - G4
1x03: "Acafellas"
"I Wanna Sex You Up": A3 - E4
1x05: "The Rhodes Not Taken"
"Somebody to Love": F3 - G♯4
1x06: "Vitamin D"
"It's My Life/Confessions Pt. II": A3 - A4
1x07: "Throwdown"
"No Air": F♯3 - G♯4
"Keep Holding On": G3 - G4
1x10: "Ballad"
"I'll Stand By You": B♭3 - B♭4
"You're Having My Baby": C3 - G4
1x11: "Hairography"
"Imagine": A3 - B3 - A4
1x12: "Mattress"
"Jump": G3 - A4 - B♭5
"Smile" (Lily Allen): D3 - G4
"Smile" (Charlie Chaplin): E♭3 - E♭4
1x13: "Sectionals"
"You Can't Always Get What You Want": D3 - A4
"My Life Would Suck WIthout You": B3 - F♯4
1x14: "Hell-O"
"Hello, I Love You": D3 - B♭4
"Hello, Goodbye": C4 - B4
1x15: "The Power of Madonna"
"Borderline/Open Your Heart": E♭3 - B4
"Like a Virgin": E3 - G4
"What It Feels Like for a Girl": E3 - G4
"Like a Prayer": E3 - F♯4
1x16: "Home"
"A House Is Not a Home": A3 - A4
1x17: "Bad Reputation"
"Run Joey Run": E3 - F4
"Total Eclipse of the Heart": C♯3 - G♯4
1x18: "Laryngitis"
"Jessie's Girl": C♯3 - G♯4
"One" A3 - A4
1x20: "Theatricality"
"Shout It Out Loud": B♭3 - B♭4
"Beth": G3 - F4
1x21: "Funk"
"Loser": D3 - E4
"Good Vibrations" (rap only): C3 - E4
"Give Up the Funk": B2 - F♯4
1x22: "Journey (to Regionals)"
"Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'": E3 - A4
"Faithfully": E3 - B4
"Don't Stop Believin'": G3 - G4
"To Sir, with Love": F♯3 - F♯4
{Glee Season 2 (2010-2011): F#2 - B2 - C♯5 - D5}
2x01: "Audition"
"Empire State of Mind": C♯3 - F♯3
2x03: "Grilled Cheesus"
"Losing My Religion": G♯3 - F4
"One of Us": E♭3 - F♯4
2x04: "Duets"
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart": D3 - A4 - "C5"
"With You I'm Born Again": B2 - C4
2x05: "The Rocky Horror Glee Show"
"There's a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)": F♯3 - G♯4
"Damn It, Janet": B♭2 - E3 - F4
"Time Warp": E4 - C♯5
2x06: "Never Been Kissed"
"Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind": B♭3 - B♭4
2x08: "Furt"
"Marry You": C3 - A4 - D5
"Just the Way You Are": E♭3 - B♭4
2x10: "A Very Glee Christmas"/"Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album"
"Jingle Bells": E3 - G4 - E5
"Deck the Rooftop": D3 - A3
"Last Christmas": F3 - G4
2x11: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle"
"She's Not There": D3 - G4
"Thriller/Heads Will Roll" (single version only): F♯2 - B♭2
2x13: "Comeback"
"Sing": G3 - G4
2x16: "Original Song"
"Loser Like Me": F3 - F4
2x18: "Born This Way"
"I've Gotta Be Me": C♯3 - A4
2x19: "Rumours"
"I Don't Want to Know": F♯3 - F♯4
"Don't Stop":: G3 - G4
2x21: "Funeral"
"Pure Imagination": E3 - A4
2x22: "New York"
"I Love New York/New York New York": A3 - F♯4
"Pretending": E3 - A4
"Light Up the World": D4 - B♭4
2x01: "Audition"
"Empire State of Mind": C♯3 - F♯3
2x03: "Grilled Cheesus"
"Losing My Religion": G♯3 - F4
"One of Us": E♭3 - F♯4
2x04: "Duets"
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart": D3 - A4 - "C5"
"With You I'm Born Again": B2 - C4
2x05: "The Rocky Horror Glee Show"
"There's a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)": F♯3 - G♯4
"Damn It, Janet": B♭2 - E3 - F4
"Time Warp": E4 - C♯5
2x06: "Never Been Kissed"
"Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind": B♭3 - B♭4
2x08: "Furt"
"Marry You": C3 - A4 - D5
"Just the Way You Are": E♭3 - B♭4
2x10: "A Very Glee Christmas"/"Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album"
"Jingle Bells": E3 - G4 - E5
"Deck the Rooftop": D3 - A3
"Last Christmas": F3 - G4
2x11: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle"
"She's Not There": D3 - G4
"Thriller/Heads Will Roll" (single version only): F♯2 - B♭2
2x13: "Comeback"
"Sing": G3 - G4
2x16: "Original Song"
"Loser Like Me": F3 - F4
2x18: "Born This Way"
"I've Gotta Be Me": C♯3 - A4
2x19: "Rumours"
"I Don't Want to Know": F♯3 - F♯4
"Don't Stop":: G3 - G4
2x21: "Funeral"
"Pure Imagination": E3 - A4
2x22: "New York"
"I Love New York/New York New York": A3 - F♯4
"Pretending": E3 - A4
"Light Up the World": D4 - B♭4
{Glee Season 3 (2011-2012): G♯2 - C5 - G5}
3x01: "The Purple Piano Project"
"You Can't Stop the Beat": G♯3 - E♭4
3x03: "Asian F"
"It's All Over": F3 - F4
3x06: "Mash Off"
"Hot for Teacher": F4 - B♭4
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot/One Way or Another": A3 - A4
"I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams": D3 - G4 - F♯5
3x07: "I Kissed a Girl"
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun": G♯2 - F♯3
3x08: "Hold On to Sixteen"
"Red Solo Cup": E3 - E4 - F♯4 - G♯4
"Man in the Mirror": C3 - G♯4 - B4
"We Are Young": D3 - A4
3x09: "Extraordinary Merry Christmas"
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town": D3 - G4
"Do They Know It's Christmas?": F3 - G4
3x10: "Yes/No"
"Summer Nights": G3 - C4
3x11: "Michael"
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You": G3 - B4 - F♯5
"Ben": B♭2 - C4
3x14: "On My Way"
"Fly/I Believe I Can Fly": B♭3 - F4
3x16: "Saturday Night Glee-ver"
"More Than a Woman": F♯4 - F♯5
"Stayin' Alive": F3 - F4 - C5
3x18: "Choke"
"The Rain in Spain": B3 - G4
3x21: "Nationals"
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light": A3 - C5 - F5
"Tongue Tied": B♭3 - B♭4
"We Are the Champions": B3 - G4
3x22: "Goodbye"/"Glee: The Music, the Graduation Album"
"You Get What You Give": A3 - B4 - A5
"Glory Days": E3 - A4
"Roots Before Branches": F♯3 - A4
"Seasons of Love": F3 - A4
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)": D3 - D4
"Not the End": E3 - G♯4
3x01: "The Purple Piano Project"
"You Can't Stop the Beat": G♯3 - E♭4
3x03: "Asian F"
"It's All Over": F3 - F4
3x06: "Mash Off"
"Hot for Teacher": F4 - B♭4
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot/One Way or Another": A3 - A4
"I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams": D3 - G4 - F♯5
3x07: "I Kissed a Girl"
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun": G♯2 - F♯3
3x08: "Hold On to Sixteen"
"Red Solo Cup": E3 - E4 - F♯4 - G♯4
"Man in the Mirror": C3 - G♯4 - B4
"We Are Young": D3 - A4
3x09: "Extraordinary Merry Christmas"
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town": D3 - G4
"Do They Know It's Christmas?": F3 - G4
3x10: "Yes/No"
"Summer Nights": G3 - C4
3x11: "Michael"
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You": G3 - B4 - F♯5
"Ben": B♭2 - C4
3x14: "On My Way"
"Fly/I Believe I Can Fly": B♭3 - F4
3x16: "Saturday Night Glee-ver"
"More Than a Woman": F♯4 - F♯5
"Stayin' Alive": F3 - F4 - C5
3x18: "Choke"
"The Rain in Spain": B3 - G4
3x21: "Nationals"
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light": A3 - C5 - F5
"Tongue Tied": B♭3 - B♭4
"We Are the Champions": B3 - G4
3x22: "Goodbye"/"Glee: The Music, the Graduation Album"
"You Get What You Give": A3 - B4 - A5
"Glory Days": E3 - A4
"Roots Before Branches": F♯3 - A4
"Seasons of Love": F3 - A4
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)": D3 - D4
"Not the End": E3 - G♯4
{Glee Season 4 (2012-2013): A2 - B4}
4x04: "The Break Up"
"Barely Breathing": D3 - A4
"Don't Speak": C3 - A4
"The Scientist": E3 - D4
4x05: "The Role You Were Born to Play"
"Jukebox Hero": A2 - G♯4
4x06: "Glease"
"You're The One That I Want": F4 - B4
4x08: "Thanksgiving"
"Homeward Bound/Home": E♭3 - G♯4
4x09: "Swan Song"
"Don't Dream, It's Over": F3 - B♭4
4x10: "Glee, Actually"/"Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 3"
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)": D3 - A4
4x14: "I Do"
"We've Got Tonite": C♯3 - C♯4
4x16: "Feud"
"Bye Bye Bye/I Want It That Way": F3 - G4
4x19: "Sweet Dreams"
"Fight for Your Right": G3 - F♯4 - B♭4
4x04: "The Break Up"
"Barely Breathing": D3 - A4
"Don't Speak": C3 - A4
"The Scientist": E3 - D4
4x05: "The Role You Were Born to Play"
"Jukebox Hero": A2 - G♯4
4x06: "Glease"
"You're The One That I Want": F4 - B4
4x08: "Thanksgiving"
"Homeward Bound/Home": E♭3 - G♯4
4x09: "Swan Song"
"Don't Dream, It's Over": F3 - B♭4
4x10: "Glee, Actually"/"Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 3"
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)": D3 - A4
4x14: "I Do"
"We've Got Tonite": C♯3 - C♯4
4x16: "Feud"
"Bye Bye Bye/I Want It That Way": F3 - G4
4x19: "Sweet Dreams"
"Fight for Your Right": G3 - F♯4 - B♭4