Shirelles Vocal Ranges

**dvdmike** · 10-20-2013, 10:46 PM

Could anyone help here? I believe lead singer Beverly Owens Alston was an alto and Beverly Lee a soprano. Does anyone know the vocal ranges of Micki Harris and Doris Coley? Thank you.

**splanky** · 10-21-2013, 08:53 AM

If my memory serves me right and that's a little shaky these days, Doris Coley was a soprano...She was the foolish one on Foolish Little Girl...BTW, great subject for a thread

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**JIVE FIVE Mary G.** · 10-21-2013, 09:42 AM

I don't know the answer to the question either, however, Shirley Alston Reeves is still a frequent performer on the oldies circuit.

~~Mary~~

**reese** · 10-21-2013, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by splanky

If my memory serves me right and that's a little shaky these days, Doris Coley was a soprano...She was the foolish one on Foolish Little Girl...BTW, great subject for a thread

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Beverly sings the "But I love him" line in FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL.

**luke** · 10-21-2013, 02:02 PM

Doris sang lead initially.

**splanky** · 10-22-2013, 06:00 AM

No, I'm sorry, Reese is probably right I think. My memory failed me; got their voices mixed up. I have to admit I never knew the Shirelles voices as well as I did my other favorite girl
groups, i.e. The Cookies. I'd like to see a concise breakdown of who sang what of them.
Dedicated To The One I Love is a Doris lead isn't it? Help a member out here, please....

**reese** · 10-22-2013, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by splanky

No, I'm sorry, Reese is probably right I think. My memory failed me; got their voices mixed up. I have to admit I never knew the Shirelles voices as well as I did my other favorite girl
groups, i.e. The Cookies. I'd like to see a concise breakdown of who sang what of them.
Dedicated To The One I Love is a Doris lead isn't it? Help a member out here, please....

Yes, Doris sang lead on DEDICATED..., as well as BLUE HOLIDAY, and some other album tracks.

**dvdmike** · 10-23-2013, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by splanky

If my memory serves me right and that's a little shaky these days, Doris Coley was a soprano...She was the foolish one on Foolish Little Girl...BTW, great subject for a thread

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Actually, Beverly Lee sang the high parts on "Foolish Little Girl."

**splanky** · 10-24-2013, 06:23 AM

Yes, we got that, dvdmike...If you read through your thread you'll see reese corrected my
"senior moment" 5 posts ago and made evident Doris is apparently the groups second alto.
That leaves Micki but I can't hear her right now, my ears are elsewhere....

**nosey** · 10-24-2013, 11:03 AM

As I think about it, I like Doris's voice better than Shirley's.

**luke** · 10-24-2013, 11:44 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBFpOlUlH2g Doris on lead on Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.

**nosey** · 10-24-2013, 12:29 PM

Such a feel good song. As a child, I didn't grasp what the song meant and although I love the song, I'm surprised they were allowed to record it being the times we were living in then.

**stephanie** · 10-28-2013, 07:12 PM

I used to wish that Beverly got more leads when I heard her in Foolish Little Girl and Last Minute Miracle [[which should have been a much bigger hit) I think it was too fast. Shirley Alston was a good lead and when I heard Doris I was shocked at how good her voice was. Micki was a great performer and she was the energy the group needed.