How does Julie Andrews stack up against best pop singers all time?

She had the rare ability of being "pitch perfect"...

I remember that I had heard that about Julie Andrews when I was a kid. My parents used to say that when the Sound Of Music came on.

Below is an explanation of a singer with perfect pitch...from wiki...

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Additionally, the actress boasted perfect pitch, which some critics, astonished by her talent and musicianship, received as "freakish" at the time.

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Absolute pitch (AP), widely referred to as perfect pitch, is a rare auditory phenomenon characterized by the ability of a person to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone.[1][2]

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AP can be demonstrated via linguistic labeling ("naming" a note), auditory imagery, or sensorimotor responses.
For example, an AP possessor can accurately reproduce a heard tone on their musical instrument without "hunting" for the correct pitch.[3][4]
Researchers estimate the occurrence of AP to be 1 in 10,000 people.[5]

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These singers can usually...

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Identify by name individual pitches (e.g. A, B, C?) played on various instruments. Name the key of a given piece of tonal music.
Reproduce a piece of tonal music in the correct key days after hearing it.
Identify and name all the tones of a given chord or other tonal mass.
Accurately sing a named pitch.
Name the pitches of common everyday sounds such as car horns and alarms.

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