Originally Posted By: DFT
Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle
"Runaway" by Del Shannon was number #1 from four weeks in 1961. His song was 'pitch corrected'

Whatever key Del sang this in his relative pitch was fine. The overall pitch of his vocal was simply raised. Which begs the question, what about the back up music? I imagine the entire original production was simply sped up, not just the vocal.

If he sang flat against the backing then raising it all would've meant he was still flat. Lifting the speed THAT much seems extreme - he'd have had to have been more than flat.
THEN synching the sped vocal to the backing would've been a nightmare too - particularly with a tape fourtrack....the vocal would have to be dubbed, cut, diced n spliced then run back into the 4 track.
Perhaps it was just a case of speeding up the whole song so it sounded more exciting.
If the vocal was raised to fit the backing then it's definitely been "pitch corrected".

Cheers
rayc
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