The Resume

(November 27, 1941-May 7, 1998)
Birth name was Edward Thomas
Recorded 'I Love a Rainy Night,' 'Gone Too Far,' 'Suspicions,' 'Hearts on Fire,' 'You Don't Love Me Anymore,' 'Drivin' My Life Away,' 'Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind),' 'I Just Want to Love You,' 'I Can't Help Myself (Here Comes That Feelin'),' 'Rocky Mountain Music,' 'Step By Step,' 'Every Which Way But Loose,' 'The Best Years Of My Life,' 'Two Dollars in the Jukebox,' 'Pour Me Another Tequila' and 'You And I' (Duet with Crystal Gayle)

Why he might be annoying:

He had huge ears.
He put off some country music purists by going country pop/soft rock in the late '70s and early '80's.
He tried going back to pure country in the late '80s, but had already been supplanted by a newer generation of artists.
He played himself in an episode of TV's Diagnosis Murder' in 1997, and was dead just a year later.
He wasn't a smoker, but died of lung cancer at age 56 from performing in smoky clubs throughout his career.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had 26 #1 hits on the country charts.
He had eight Top 40 songs.
He was named the Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music (1977).
He won an American Music Award for Best Pop Male Vocalist (1981).
His first-born son died at 23 months after a liver transplant (1985).

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year (Ranked: 1977)
• Animal Names
• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• CMT's 100 Greatest Duets [1-50] (Ranked: 7)
• Country Music Stars
• Country Rockers
• Dumbo Ears
• Hee Haw Guests
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [N-R]
• I Died in 1998 (Ranked: 56)
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Outlived My Child
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• I Sing About Coffee
• I Sing About Tequila
• I was a Boy Scout
• Infomercials Advertisers
• Midnight Special Performers [L-Z]
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1980s] (Ranked: 1981)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1981)
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Like Omigod! The 80's Pop Culture Box'
• Profiles 14001-14250 (Ranked: 14205)
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 01]
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 90 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 74 Votes: 47.30% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 46 Votes: 45.65% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 83 Votes: 69.88% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 13.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 103 Votes: 54.37% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 155 Votes: 67.10% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 316 Votes: 57.91% Annoying