So, when *did* Shirley Bassey lose her spot in the Guinness Book?
Elizabeth Finkler San Jose, California mightymezzo@h... http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo
"We got guns, they got guns, all God's chillun got guns!" -- The Marx Brothers, "Duck Soup"
" <nexxxxt@y... >Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com >> >I don't know what the 'group' opinion is of Mariah Carey's voice but >I read this >on a Mariah website today. If it's true... just wow and hats of to >Ms. Carey but >somehow to me it doesn't sound accurate. Can anyone explain if it's >possible, >etc... > >"In the latest edition of The Guinness Book of World Records, set for >a March >2003 release date, pop-diva MARIAH CAREY scores still another title. >According to Guinness officials, the siren's ethereal pipes hold the >record for >having hit the highest note in the history of recorded music. In a >live rendition >of "The Star-Spangled Banner" last year, Mariah hit a G7#-note, >outdoing >even the piano. Technically, the exertion of G7#-notes is "dolphin >speak," >since, in theory, these are the only mammals physiologically equipped >with >the proper lung-structure to produce G7#-notes. So powerful are >G7#-notes >that these are capable of countering water and electric currents, and >have >even been known to outdistance space and range.
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