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[Alex61]

Kathryn Dawn Lang
Vocal Range: C♯3 – D6

Significant High Notes:
D6 ("High Time for a Detour")
C6 ("Turn Me Round")
B5 ("Luck in My Eyes", "Pay Dirt")
B♭5 ("Johnny Get Angry" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor")
A5 ("High Time for a Detour")
G♯5 ("Turn Me Round")
G5 ("Hooked on Junk", "Johnny Get Angry" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "Mercy" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition])
F♯5 ("It's Me")
E5 ("Bopalena", "Hanky Panky", "Pine and Stew", "Stop, Look and Listen", "Tune into My Wave", "Western Stars")
E♭5 ("Angel with a Lariat", "Big Big Love", "Walkin' in and Out of Your Arms")
D5 ("Angel with a Lariat", "Busy Being Blue" Shadowland version, "Crying", "Diet of Strange Places", "Luck in My Eyes", "Maybe", "Outside Myself", "Pine and Stew", "Pullin' Back the Reins", "Sexuality")
C♯5 ("Big Boned Gal", "Black Coffee", "Diet of Strange Places", "Get Some", "Pay Dirt", "Rose Garden", "Tune into My Wave", "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor", "World of Love")
C5 ("Busy Being Blue", "Constant Craving", "Full Moon Full of Love", "Hungry for Love" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "I Want It All", "It's Me", "Johnny Get Angry" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "Pullin' Back the Reins", "Save Me", "Surrender", "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them", "Three Days", "Tickled Pink", "You're Ok")
B4 ("Acquiesce", "Angel with a Lariat", "Big Big Love", "Bopalena", "Burrs Under Your Saddle", "Diet of Strange Places", "Didn't I", "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes", "Friday Dance Promenade", "Get Some", "Got the Bull by the Horns", "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley", "It's Me", "Johnny Get Angry" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "Luck in My Eyes", "Maybe", "Mercy" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "Miss Chatelaine", "Nowhere to Stand", "Pay Dirt", "Rose Garden", "So It Shall Be", "Stop, Look and Listen", "Sugar Moon", "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them", "There You Go", "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray", "Three Days", "Trail of Broken Hearts", "Turn Me Round", "Walkin' in and Out of Your Arms", "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor", "Western Stars", "World of Love", "You're Ok")
B♭4 ("Black Coffee", "Full Moon Full of Love", "Get Some", "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley", "Hungry for Love" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette", "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "The Mind of Love", "Pullin' Back the Reins", "Rose Garden", "Season of Hollow Soul", "Sexuality", "Surrender", "This", "Three Days", "World of Love")
A4 ("Big Boned Gal", "Busy Being Blue", "Crying", "Damned Old Dog", "Didn't I", "Hanky Panky", "High Time for a Detour", "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley", "Hungry for Love" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "If I Were You", "Infinite and Unforeseen", "Maybe", "The Mind of Love", "Outside Myself", "Pay Dirt", "Pine and Stew", "Sexuality", "Shadowland", "Sugar Moon", "Tickled Pink", "Tune into My Wave", "Up to Me")

Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Acquiesce", "Big Boned Gal", "Diet of Strange Places", "Got the Bull by the Horns", "Hanky Panky", "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley", "It's Me", "Infinite and Unforeseen", "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "Outside Myself", "Pay Dirt", "So It Shall Be", "Tears of Love's Recall", "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray", "Trail of Broken Hearts", "Tune into My Wave", "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor")
G♯3 ("Constant Craving", "Didn't I", "Friday Dance Promenade", "Full Moon Full of Love", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So", "Maybe", "Mercy" live A Truly Western Experience [25th anniversary edition], "Miss Chatelaine", "Sexuality", "Stop, Look and Listen", "This", "There You Go", "Wash Me Clean", "Western Stars", "World of Love")
G3 ("Black Coffee", "Busy Being Blue" Shadowland version, "Damned Old Dog", "High Time for a Detour", "Hooked on Junk", "If I Were You", "It's Me", "The Mind of Love", "Nowhere to Stand", "Pine and Stew", "Save Me", "Sugar Moon", "Surrender", "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them", "Tears of Love's Recall", "This", "Three Days", "Tickled Pink", "Tune into My Wave", "Watch Your Step Polka")
F♯3 ("Crying", "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes", "Get Some", "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley", "Infinite and Unforeseen", "Miss Chatelaine", "Pine and Stew", "So It Shall Be", "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray", "Turn Me Round", "Walkin' in and Out of Your Arms", "Wash Me Clean", "Western Stars")
F3 ("Busy Being Blue", "Damned Old Dog", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So", "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "Shadowland", "Still Thrives This Love", "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them", "Three Days")
E3 ("Burrs Under Your Saddle", "Crying", "Didn't I", "Friday Dance Promenade", "Luck in My Eyes", "Outside Myself", "Wallflower Waltz")
E♭3 ("Shadowland")
D3 ("Surrender")
C♯3 ("Wallflower Waltz")
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• Bold marks notes or passages that are particularly outstanding (relative to the singer).
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.

Known for her stellar voice and her androgynous image, k.d. lang is a Canadian singer-songwriter, probably best known for the hit "Constant Craving". Though her career started out singing country music as part of The Reclines, she developed such popularity as a singer that she was picked up for her own solo career, famously duetting with Roy Orbison on "Crying". k.d.'s distinctive voice is a relatively deep and somewhat androgynous one, though not a particularly low one in terms of placement. Her vocal phrasing is outstandingly smooth and pure, particularly in her warm lower register, though her upper chest voice and seldom-showcased quasi-operatic head voice are also impressive. Her tone as soft as velvet, k.d. is a singer who could sing anything and make it sound wonderful.

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{A Few Examples of Her Voice}
The best Bond song to not officially be a Bond song.


Lovely vibrato and emotion.

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{Questionable Notes}
E♭6 ("Luck in My Eyes"^[1])
C♯6 ("Hooked on Junk"^[1])
B♭5 ("Bopalena"^[2])
G♯5 ("Miss Chatelaine"^[3])
E5 ("Burrs Under Your Saddle"^[2])
E♭5 ("Constant Craving"^[3])
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1. Questionable slides.
2. Questionable exclamations.
3. Questionable identity.
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.

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{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
Alex61
Solo:
Shadowland (1988): E♭3 – B♭5
Ingénue (1992): E3 – D5
All You Can Eat (1995): F♯3 – D5

k.d. lang and The Reclines:
A Truly Western Experience (1984): F3 – G5
Angel with a Lariat (1987): F♯3 – D6
Absolute Torch and Twang (1989): C♯3 – F♯5

Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61.

[Goober]

Very awesome performance of this song here, i've spent hours searching for the title, I could not find a definitive title, one website lists the song as "Straight Shootin’ Mama"

[glo]

There’s a B2 in this: