Vocal range
Debbie Harry
Mezzo-soprano · Rock · New Wave · Punk · USA · prominent since 1976
Cited range
F3 — E5
Octaves
1.9
Semitones
23
Voice type
Mezzo-soprano
What is Debbie Harry’s vocal range?
Debbie Harry's vocal range is commonly cited as F3 to E5 — about 1.9 octaves, or 23 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano.
Cool deadpan delivery that flips to a thin bright top; light onsets, very little vibrato. That cited span is wider than 6% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Heart of Glass
- High E5 heard in
- Heart of Glass
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a mezzo-soprano — only 7 of the 83 mezzo-sopranos here stop lower.
- Only 6 of the 83 mezzo-sopranos here work a narrower cited span.
- The span is 9 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 3 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- One of only 6 New Wave voices in this library.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Debbie Harry
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on F3
42 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E5
29 other voices here reach the same ceiling.