everlasting pitch — knowing exactly what pitch a note is and even being able-bodied to spill the beans it back utterly in tune — falls somewhere in that spectrum of seemingly superhuman ability . Here are 10 multitude who are ( or would have been ) doubtlessly quite awesome at karaoke thanks to their ability .
1. MICHAEL JACKSON
And he has no less than Will.i.am to back him up . When he tape a song with MJ in 2009 , Will.i.am report being both disappointed and in awe that Jackson warm up up for three hour to sing a five - minute song . " He mi mi mi’d for three hours . Perfect pitch shot . "
2. MARIAH CAREY
Her mother light upon Mariah ’s rank pitch when , at the age of 4 , Mimi could sing back exactly what she heard in any call absolutely .
3. ELLA FITZGERALD
The First Lady of Song was so dead - on that her band would warm up to her vox .
4. BING CROSBY
Hoagy Carmichael joked in his autobiography that he once shared a gearing berth with Bing , who had an interesting sleep habit . " Bing had cash in one’s chips to kip in a wink of an eyelash , snoring slightly in perfect pitch to the train whistling as we rumbled through the desert . "
5. FLORENCE HENDERSON
She really get a college scholarship due to her pitch - pure singing talent . She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York .
6. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
the great unwashed were wowed by him when he was just a young lad . An anon. individual indite this letter after hearing the 7 - class - old prodigy perform :
7. LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN
We think . Experts justassumehe had it since he was capable to compose such everlasting music without hearing it .
8. PAUL SHAFFER
The next meter you ’re tempted to think of him as only David Letterman ’s honest-to-god sidekick , retrieve that Shaffer is a musician with quite an telling curriculum vitae — belike thanks in part to having absolute pitch shot .
9. JIMI HENDRIX
There ’s ground to trust Hendrix had arrant pitching . One report move that when he was first learn the guitar , he could n’t give a tuner . Instead , he went to a medicine depot , played the heart-to-heart strings , and then went home and tune up to the bank bill he heard .
10. YANNI
ADatelineinterviewer try his ability once by playing random Francis Scott Key on the piano and make Yanni identify them . He was correct every time .
Possible fillip : Julie Andrews , long rumour to have perfect pitch , has denied it on a brace of occasions .
