# Singers 50+ who can still hit the high notes

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 25, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-50-who-can-still-hit-the-high-notes/526317 "2010-01-25T03:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-50-who-can-still-hit-the-high-notes/526317/21 "2010-01-25T18:46:05Z")

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I’m a big 5th Dimension fan. Billy Davis Jr. was their male lead singer.

He’s 60 and still hits the high notes. 😉  
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. recently released a new album.

> **[Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr. - Many Faces of Love - Amazon.com Music](https://www.amazon.com/Many-Faces-Love-Marilyn-McCoo/dp/B001BN1LSK)**
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> Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. are former lead singers of The 5th Dimension, a Grammy award winning group who had numerous top ten singles back in the 60's and 70's. They also won their own Grammy for their #1 hit single, 'You Don't Have To Be a...

Scroll down and sample _When a Man Loves A Woman_. He’s 60 and hitting notes like that. :eek: Dude is amazing.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-50-who-can-still-hit-the-high-notes/526317/22 "2010-01-25T18:50:30Z")

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[Annie Haslam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Haslam), former lead singer for Renaissance.

Here she is in 1997, age 50, doing [Carpet of the Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lQzpbqLHfQ). The comments indicate that as of about three months ago, she’s still performing and still hitting the high notes. That puts her at 63 or so.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-50-who-can-still-hit-the-high-notes/526317/23 "2010-01-25T20:56:04Z")

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Sharon Jones (of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings) is now past 50 and she absolutely tore it up when I saw her last month. Not only with her voice, but her non-stop high energy dancing puts the younger folks to shame. You really shouldn’t miss an opportunity to see this band live if they’re ever in your area.

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**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-50-who-can-still-hit-the-high-notes/526317/24 "2010-01-25T21:24:25Z")

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> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#):
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> Sharon Jones (of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings) is now past 50 and she absolutely tore it up when I saw her last month. Not only with her voice, but her non-stop high energy dancing puts the younger folks to shame. You really shouldn’t miss an opportunity to see this band live if they’re ever in your area.

Ditto. Sharon can deliver - and she has the best backing band in the business, hands down. I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise. 😉

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