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unusual facts about vocal range



Billy Ward and his Dominoes

The group was at first called the Ques, composed of Clyde McPhatter (lead tenor), whom Ward recruited after McPhatter won "Amateur Night" at the Apollo Theater, Charlie White (tenor), Joe Lamont (baritone), and Bill Brown (bass).

Helene Wildbrunn

She was a celebrated Wagnerian singer, possessing a wide vocal range and dramatic creativity and fine sense of style.

Mitchell's Christian Singers

Formed in the early 1930s in Kinston, North Carolina, the group initially featured William Brown (lead tenor), Julius Davis (tenor), Louis "Panella" David (baritone) and Lewis Herring (bass), all former farmers.

Theatre of Tragedy

The band made use of contrasting vocals – male bass vocals (making some use of death grunts) and female soprano singing (commonly referred to as "Beauty and the Beast" vocals) – and on their first three albums, presented lyrics written predominantly in Early Modern English.


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Ensemble librarianship

Opera productions are often subject to revision; occasionally sections of the music are skipped ("cuts" are made) or otherwise altered, and some excerpts may be transposed to a different key to accommodate the vocal range of the soloists.

Nick Pitera

Pitera gained his popularity for his extensive vocal range and his unusual feminine falsetto, as he first demonstrated in his most popular video, a cover of "A Whole New World", from the movie Aladdin where he sings both Aladdin and Jasmine's parts.

Robin S.

The success of "Show Me Love" and the Robin S. name (and sound) would become the inspiration for the Italian House project Sharon S, whose 1994 single "Wonderful" featured singer Sharon May Linn performing in a vocal range similar to Robin S. The act said that the name was a nod to Robin S. at the time.

Rodolfo Parada

After exile his voice register underwent a change and he assumed a lower vocal range e.g. “Ronda del ausente”, “Luz negra”; “Complainte de Pablo Neruda” - inter alia.

Sleeping with Sirens

The group is known primarily for the versatility of vocalist Kellin Quinn's tenor leggiero vocal range.