# Who sang higher -- Frankie Valli or Barry Gibb? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531 "2011-06-06T19:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/1 "2011-06-06T19:00:02Z")
I actually overheard a conversation about these two singers at a restaurant a couple of days ago. Two guys were wondering which of these famous falsetto singers could hit the highest note! So, of course, that got me to wondering (since, to my untrained ear, I cannot be certain) – which one sang higher? I am thinking Barry Gibb, but I could be wrong… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/2 "2011-06-06T19:02:35Z")
I’m not certain; they seem kind of in the same range… but if you listen to some of the harmonies on Boston songs, Brad Delp might have them both beat. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/3 "2011-06-06T19:10:15Z")
[Nick Gilder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El6iQ2_dvlc) 😉 (youtube link) (hey, at least the two you mentioned sound like guys singing falsetto - Gilder just sounds like a woman singing, period.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/4 "2011-06-06T19:56:22Z")
sang? SANG? Let me assure you, Barry & Frank are both still singing. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/5 "2011-06-06T20:13:19Z")
[Lou Christie.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIIN7LDg7Hg&feature=related) But between Gibb and Valli, I’d say Valli. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/6 "2011-06-06T21:17:12Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > sang? SANG? > > Let me assure you, Barry & Frank are both still singing. Well, yes, but the question is : Can they hit the notes they used to hit, back in their prime? Maybe they can – I don’t know! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/7 "2011-06-06T21:29:31Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > [Nick Gilder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El6iQ2_dvlc) 😉 (youtube link) > > (hey, at least the two you mentioned sound like guys singing falsetto - Gilder just sounds like a woman singing, period.) I have always enjoyed Robert John’s (of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and “Sad Eyes” fame)soulful falsetto voice, but, like you mentioned about Nick Gilder, I can see that some people could easily mistake his voice for a woman’s. Barry Gibb and Frankie Valli – not so much! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l5grdfnGUss/hqdefault.jpg "Robert John - Sad Eyes (1979)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5grdfnGUss) ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/8 "2011-06-06T21:31:10Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Lou Christie.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIIN7LDg7Hg&feature=related) > > But between Gibb and Valli, I’d say Valli. Yes, Lou has a great falsetto voice, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/9 "2011-06-06T22:03:08Z")
Darren “Savage Garden” Hayes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-higher-frankie-valli-or-barry-gibb/584531/10 "2011-06-06T22:27:54Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > [Nick Gilder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El6iQ2_dvlc) 😉 (youtube link) > > (hey, at least the two you mentioned sound like guys singing falsetto - Gilder just sounds like a woman singing, period.) He also _looks_ like a woman. His nose is a little masculine, but I’d be willing to overlook it if I was in prison.