Shirelles Vocal Ranges

[dvdmike]

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]

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:)...

[JIVE FIVE Mary G.]

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]

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:)...

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

[luke]

Doris sang lead initially.

[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....

[reese]

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]

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

[splanky]

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]

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

[luke]

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

[nosey]

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]

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.

[luke]

Did Micki ever sing a lead?

[rrussi]

Yes, Micki sang lead in "live" performances like on the "live" lp on Scepter called Spontaneous Combustion--James Brown's "I Feel Good".