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Richard Eastham (born Dickinson Swift Eastham; June 22, 1916 – July 10, 2005) was an American actor of stage, film, and television, a concert singer known for his deep baritone voice, and an inventor.
The contralto voice has the lowest tessitura of the female voices and is noted for its rich and deep vocal timbre. [2] True operatic contraltos are very rare. [ 3 ] The following is a list of contralto singers who have regularly performed unamplified classical or operatic music in concert halls and/or opera houses.
A voice type is a classification of the human singing voice into perceivable categories or groups. Particular human singing voices are identified as having certain qualities or characteristics of vocal range, vocal weight, tessitura, vocal timbre, and vocal transition points (), such as breaks and lifts within the voice.
Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins [8] (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, shouting vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You", he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock. [9]
Vocal range is the range of pitches that a human voice can phonate.A common application is within the context of singing, where it is used as a defining characteristic for classifying singing voices into voice types. [1]
His popularity was largely due to his basso profundo voice, renditions of "This Old House" and "Asleep In The Deep," and his sense of humor. He also achieved success with songs like " Oh Happy Day " (Hooper's 1953 recording of the song with the Welk orchestra was a top-5 hit for the orchestra), "Ding Dong Daddy" and "Minnie the Mermaid", a duet ...
American jazz singer [89] Lawrence Lucie: 1907–2009: 101: American jazz musician [90] Alice Ludes: 1912–2017: 104: American singer [91] Nonie Lynch: 1910–2011: 101: Irish singer [92] Dame Vera Lynn: 1917–2020: 103: British actress, singer and songwriter [93] Wade Mainer: 1907–2011: 104: American country music singer and banjoist [94 ...
Male singers by voice type (7 C) Women singers by voice type (4 C) 0–9. Singers with a three-octave vocal range (51 P) Singers with a four-octave vocal range (54 P)