Most vocally challenging song (or note in a song) for Elvis?

[Lisarose]

I've always heard that How Great Thou Art had the highest note in 'note-dom'. That ending crescendo, the note just builds and builds from verse to verse until - POW!

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He is just incredible.

[Elvistcbkirch]

His range is trully outstanding in relation to the rest of popular music. But, as has been said, its not just the notes its the way he puts them together. There will be many who couldn't get as low or as high as Elvis and much of the time that will be physiological but for me one moment, out of many, stands out where it is more than physical range but pure musical talent and ability.
In recordings of Just Pretend, and as seen on TTWII, when he does the "whoa-hoa-hoa-a-whoa-hoa" (y'all know what moment I mean ) that is mighty, one of my all time favourite Elvis moments.
I've been a singer for about 20 plus years now, choral singing, leading singing, entertaining and was cantor in Ireland's national seminary, I'm a fairly good singer but for years now there is just no way I can emulate that. The rhythm, the inflection, etc. And Elvis knows it too, look at his smile.
Another moment where he's not just the singer, he becomes the song itself.

I totally agree. In Just Pretend he shows his full range from a fully controlled voice. There he shows his outstanding class.

[utmom2008]

Perhaps you should cure that laughing affliction along with your ignorance.

I don't really know why this jumped out at me tonight. I guess with ALL the UNENDING talk the last couple of days about Rick and Fiona and what they did or didn't do to get banned I noticed this comment. Is this not a clear violation of Rules #4 and #19?? Again...I happened to think about this because this morning before I could post I had to agree to the terms of the forum and it's rules. And I know I wasn't the only poster that had to do that this morning. In my book, calling someone ignorant is about as rude or harrassing as anything else that can be said. I guess I missed something along the way....are we all playing from the same deck of cards?

[SweetCaroline]

His range is trully outstanding in relation to the rest of popular music. But, as has been said, its not just the notes its the way he puts them together. There will be many who couldn't get as low or as high as Elvis and much of the time that will be physiological but for me one moment, out of many, stands out where it is more than physical range but pure musical talent and ability.
In recordings of Just Pretend, and as seen on TTWII, when he does the "whoa-hoa-hoa-a-whoa-hoa" (y'all know what moment I mean ) that is mighty, one of my all time favourite Elvis moments.
I've been a singer for about 20 plus years now, choral singing, leading singing, entertaining and was cantor in Ireland's national seminary, I'm a fairly good singer but for years now there is just no way I can emulate that. The rhythm, the inflection, etc. And Elvis knows it too, look at his smile.
Another moment where he's not just the singer, he becomes the song itself.

I appreciated your whole post, but I especially loved that last sentence.

[peter]

On youtube is pretty new fantastic video dedicated just Elvis´s vocal range.

He starts at E2, and his highest note he ever sung in full voice was C#5 (high Cis) and there are two clips with C5 - high C.

Link is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0Rhm59vsY

[Gary1]

I don't really know why this jumped out at me tonight. I guess with ALL the UNENDING talk the last couple of days about Rick and Fiona and what they did or didn't do to get banned I noticed this comment. Is this not a clear violation of Rules #4 and #19?? Again...I happened to think about this because this morning before I could post I had to agree to the terms of the forum and it's rules. And I know I wasn't the only poster that had to do that this morning. In my book, calling someone ignorant is about as rude or harrassing as anything else that can be said. I guess I missed something along the way....are we all playing from the same deck of cards?

And after all the hard work work that Rick and Fiona did to promote this site that's all the thanks they got. BTW Rick still puts on great show.The other sites gain is tcb-worlds loss.