Never do JRB at auditions. Just don't.
She Cries only goes up to a G#. Sad, too. Because Man 2 has to go up to a Bb in On the Deck of a Spanish Sailing Ship. But, as several people have said already, you will rarely find BIG numbers that go up higher than G or Ab.
I went to an audition a couple months ago that was for a tenor role. High tenor. Two guys sang Love Can't Happen back to back. I'm not sure if that means it's overdone...but I quickly took it out of my book.
What do I need with Love? Great song with a wonderfully easy, brassy belty high G in the end. That's why everybody does it. EVERYBODY.
Another pop tenor song that is incredibly overdone is "Lost in the Wilderness" from Children of Eden. Granted precious few people interpolate the high C like Darius does. But it's got lots of poppy high A's that people think are impressive and a long suspended G in the end, just like What do I Need..?.
Lonely House is one of those songs that people think isn't done at a lot of auditions simply because it's difficult with a lot of held notes and extensions into the passagio. Trust me, at EVERY call for a "legit tenor" at least three or four people will do Lonely House.
Okay, done with the warnings.
Check your PM's for my suggestions.
Word. Word, indeed.
