Robert Plant - The king of the high G

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Here´s the man who started it all. His voice started to decline (rangewise) after a few years already but when one listens to these clips it´s not so hard to understand, robert used a lot of chest tone on these very high notes, that is taxing for the vocal chords, but impressive for the ear!

He also hit a short F#2/G2 on a elvis cover (love me) from a 73 soundcheck and there is a rumour of a C6(!) in a how many more times live 1969 version.

1. a solid A2 from "going to california", this is not his bottom.
2. An emotional D5 from "since i´ve been loving you".
3. A E5 from "rock´n´roll".
4. A F5 from "communication breakdown".
5. A F#5 from "babe, i´m gonna leave you".
6. A F#5 from "how many more times" live 1968-12-30.
7. A powerful G5 from "operator".
8. A classic G5 from "since i´ve been loving you", lots of chest tone here.
9. A G5 from "how many more times" live 1968-12-30.
10. and another one.
11. A strong G#5 from "i can´t quit you".
12. a G#5 from "how many more times" live 1968-12-30.
13. a primal scream G#5 from 1979 song "i´m gonna crawl".
14. the famous A5 from "black dog", a bit thin though.
15. a short A5 from "since i´ve been loving you" live 1972 madison square garden.
16. a powerful A5 (almost a Bb5) from "how many more times" live 1968-12-30.
17. a squeaky falsetto C#6 from "you shook me" 1969-01-10.
18. and lastly the famous "duet" with jimmy pgae off "you shook me" with a G#5 in the beginning followed by many G5:s.

Enjoy!

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