Singing World Records

Aten Williams performed a freestyle rap non-stop for 17 hours. Watch his entire record attempt here.

Maximizing diaphram capacity and rapid vocal movement, Elna Baker stunned an audience by letting loose 112 throat singing notes in 30 seconds, a new universal record. The record was set on November 24, 2008 at a World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City. Event organizers Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present to witness and document this feat. [][][#WRAS01][] []: http://recordsetter.com/search/WRAS01

Paying homage to her favorite musical,Rachel Sklar sang ’Sixteen Going On Seventeen[]’ (featured in The Sound of Music) in 38.58 seconds. The record was set at a World Record Appreciation Society event on February 11, 2009. It took place at Pianos, a bar in New York City’s Lower East Side. Corey Henderson and Dan Rollman were on hand to document and time the record. (photo courtesy of Nick McGlynn)

Operatic tenor Michael Kennedy sang 24 single-breath opera songs in 10 minutes, a new world record. Each song was sung using just one breath.

At the 2011 Sasquatch Music Festival in George, Washington, 42 people sang in a shower at the same time. The record was set inside got2b’s World’s Biggest Shower, a featured festival attraction. [#SMF01][] tag:RecordSetterBook01

Patrick Hardin sang Reba McEntire’s The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia[] while wearing an inside out pillow case on his head in one minute, 42.86 seconds.

Gwendolyn Cassling and Hilary Hodge led 47 people in a vocal rendition of Saturday in the Park by Chicago on a Saturday in a park in Chicago[]. The feat was achieved on July, 18, 2009 at the Pitchfork Music Festival[] in Chicago. Representatives from URDB.org were present to document the record. #PF01

Operatic tenor Michael Kennedy sang a single vocal note that lasted 19 minutes, 18.76 seconds. He used circular breathing to achieve the feat. tag:RecordSetterBook01

Luke Lindsey, Tom Kresge, Chuck Mooney, Matthew Smyth, Anthony Gabriel and Jeff Monchein, who average 6’2" in height, sang the Oompa Loompa theme song from Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.

John Cabral led a group of 121 concert-goers in the largest group rendition of Don’t Stop Believin’ by the rock band Journey. The record was set on October 17, 2009 at the Saucony Originals tent at the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, California.

Operatic tenor Michael Kennedy sang a cadenza that was one hour, seven minutes, 12.00 seconds in length.

18 members of Wieden Kennedy’s Team Dark inhaled helium and sang the chorus to I Think We’re Alone Now while hogtied. The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at Wieden Kennedy’s 28th annual Founders’ Day party. RecordSetter co-founders Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event. tag:FD28

Aleta Findlay skipped38 times while singing Part of Your Worldin 30 seconds. Findlay set the record on February 21, 2010 at the 2nd Annual Brooklyn World Record Day, an event hosted by RecordSetter in conjunction with Beam Camp as part of their Inventgenuity Festival. #BWRD02

Emily Casden threw 144 pieces of chalk at Ella Morton while Morton was dressed in a taco suit, singing Space Oddity. The band Blast Off!!! accompanied Morton for her performance. The record was at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. #WRAS15, #RecordSetterBook01

TJ and 31 of his friends fit into a bathroom stall and sang the chorus of Lean On Me.