Male Singers / Musicians and Vocal Range Classifications

This is a page created by C.Syde65 which attempts to cover basic descriptions on the vocal ranges and classifications of some of the male musicians and singers, both past and present.

I, C.Syde, have been reading information about the classifications given to some male musicians and singers on various pages on various sites, such as List of tenors in non-classical music and List of baritones in non-classical music from the Wikipedia.

I initially felt that some of the information I'd read did not accurately classify the vocal ranges of certain male musicians and singers. But that was because I simply didn't have the sufficient experience to be able to judge. The information notably included John Lennon who I always assumed to be a low-range tenor, only to find that he was in fact a high-range baritone.

One the other hand, I always assumed that George Harrison was a high-range baritone, when he was actually a low-range tenor. I thought he was a high-range baritone because in the early 60's, George often sang within the higher end of the baritone range.

Notable songs by The Beatles that featured George on lead vocals in the early 60's include "Do You Want to Know a Secret?", "Chains", "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (w/ John Lennon), "(There's a) Devil in Her Heart", "Don't Bother Me", and "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You".

After reading some of the information on those pages and sites, I was inspired to make a list of some of the male singers and musicians, past and present, along with the vocal classifications that I have given them, or have officially been given. Note that this page is still under construction and will be expanded and revised over time.

Singers / Musicians with a Counter Tenor / Tenor Vocal Range
Singers / Musicians that I consider to have a counter tenor or higher tenor vocal range. Note that some of the people I classify to be a low-range counter tenor may sometimes sing within the higher-range of a tenor and vice-versa.

Highlighted dark red names indicate that the Singers / Musicians are no longer alive. † indicates that it has been debated what the Singer's / Musician's voice type is.

Singers / Musicians with a Tenor Vocal Range
Singers / Musicians that I consider to have a tenor vocal range. Note that some of the people I classify to be a mid-range tenor may sometimes sing within the lower-range of a counter tenor, or within the higher-range of a baritone.

Highlighted dark red names indicate that the Singers / Musicians are no longer alive. † indicates that it has been debated what the Singer's / Musician's voice type is.

Singers / Musicians with a Tenor / Baritenor / Baritone Vocal Range
Singers / Musicians that I consider to have a low tenor, baritenor, or high baritone vocal range. Note that some of the people I classify to be a low-range tenor may sometimes sing within the higher-range of a baritone and vice-versa.

Highlighted dark red names indicate that the Singers / Musicians are no longer alive. † indicates that it has been debated what the Singer's / Musician's voice type is.

Singers / Musicians with a Baritone Vocal Range
Singers / Musicians that I consider to have a baritone vocal range. Note that some of the people I classify to be a high-range baritone may sometimes sing within the lower-range of a tenor, while some of the people I classify to be a low-range baritone may sometimes sing within the higher-range of a bass.

Highlighted dark red names indicate that the Singers / Musicians are no longer alive. † indicates that it has been debated what the Singer's / Musician's voice type is.

Singers / Musicians with a Baritone / Bass-Baritone / Bass Vocal Range
Singers / Musicians that I consider to have a low baritone, bass-baritone, or bass vocal range. Note that some of the people I classify to be a high-range bass may sometimes sing within the lower-range of a baritone and vice-versa.

Highlighted dark red names indicate that the Singers / Musicians are no longer alive. † indicates that it has been debated what the Singer's / Musician's voice type is.