Bing Crosby

What is Bing Crosby’s vocal range?

Bing Crosby's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to F4 — about 2.0 octaves, or 24 semitones, and is usually classified as baritone.

Bass-leaning baritone sung close to the mic, warm and level, with small ornamental turns. That cited span is wider than 8% of the 357 voices in this library.

Signature song

White Christmas

Reading the numbers

• ·The ceiling is modest for a baritone — only 3 of the 51 baritones here stop lower.
• ·Only 3 of the 51 baritones here work a narrower cited span.
• ·The span is 8 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
• ·Prominent from 1926, earlier than all but 2 voices in this library.
• ·No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 24 semitones.

Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.

• Merle HaggardBaritoneF2–E4
• Randy TravisBaritoneF2–E4
• Bad BunnyBaritoneF2–G4
• Dean MartinBaritoneF2–G4
• Gregory PorterBaritoneF2–G4
• Louis ArmstrongBaritoneF2–G4