Vocal range
Jimmy Cliff
Tenor · Reggae · Soul · Jamaica · prominent since 1962
Cited range
F2 — C5
Octaves
2.6
Semitones
31
Voice type
Tenor
What is Jimmy Cliff’s vocal range?
Jimmy Cliff's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to C5 — about 2.6 octaves, or 31 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Bright gospel-leaning tenor; open vowels, long sustained upper notes, wide vibrato at phrase ends. That cited span is wider than 39% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Many Rivers to Cross
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a tenor — only 6 of the 127 tenors here stop lower.
- 8 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 31 semitones.
- One of only 9 Reggae voices in this library.
- One of 8 singers from Jamaica charted here.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Jimmy Cliff
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on F2
66 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C5
32 other voices here reach the same ceiling.