The Resume

(January 27, 1908-November 5, 1954)
Born in Dallas, Texas
Birth name was Oran Thaddeus Page
Trumpeter and vocalist
Played with Ma Rainey, Count Basie, and Artie Shaw
Recorded the singles ‘Paging Mr. Page’ (1944), ‘Uncle Sam Blues’ (1944), ‘St. James Infirmary’ (1947), and ‘Last Call for Alcohol’ (1952)
With Pearl Bailey, recorded ‘The Hucklebuck’ and ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ (both 1949)

Why he might be annoying:

He got started in minstrel shows.
He left Count Basie’s band just before they hit it big.
After going solo, he ran into financial difficulty trying to keep a big band together.
He jumped around a lot between record labels.

Why he might not be annoying:

He led the house band at the Apollo Theater in the 1940s.
He played in Charlie Parker’s band at the opening of the Birdland nightclub (1949).
He was nicknamed ‘Mr. After Hours’ for his ubiquity at late night jam sessions.
Dizzy Gillespie said, ‘When Lips gets on the blues, no one can mess with him. Not me, not Roy [Eldridge], not Louis -- nobody!’

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Body Part Names
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 79]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I am a Texan
• I Died in 1954 (Ranked: 46)
• Inferno Names
• Jazz Artists
• My Nickname is Part of My Name [M-Z]
• Profiles 47501-47750 (Ranked: 47590)
• Trumpeters
• We Covered/Parodied 'Baby Its Cold Outside' (Ranked: 45)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying