The Resume

(September 28, 1938-April 30, 2015)
Member of The Drifters (1958-60)
Recorded ‘Stand By Me,’ ‘Spanish Harlem,’ ‘Don’t Play That Song,’ ‘I (Who Have Nothing),’ ‘What Is Soul’ and ‘Supernatural Part 1’

Why he might be annoying:

He left The Drifters after failing to obtain a pay increase.
Growing up, he worked as a singing waiter at his father’s restaurant.
He became a lounge singer during the 1970’s.
He allowed his biggest hit, ‘Stand By Me,’ to be used in a British Levi’s commercial.

Why he might not be annoying:

He has a soulful baritone singing voice.
He is often credited for helping R&B music gain popularity with pop audiences.
‘Stand By Me’ reached the top ten of the US pop charts twice (1961, 1986).
He was Chairman/CEO of the ‘Stand By Me Foundation’ which awarded college scholarships to underprivileged children.

Credit: D

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9281938)
• Chess Names
• Dalida Covered My Song
• D's Profiles [Series 02]
• I Covered Ben E. King’s ‘Stand By Me’
• I Died in 2015 (Ranked: 76)
• I Performed on American Bandstand [E-K]
• I Sampled ‘Besame Mucho’
• I Sing About New York
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Midnight Special Performers [A-K]
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1961)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1975)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• Oops, I Recorded a Disco Song
• Profiles 15501-15750 (Ranked: 15642)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 121)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 349)
• Songs of the Century [2001] (Ranked: 25)
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20150430)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 28.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 39.29% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 221 Votes: 49.77% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 18.75% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 21.05% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 41 Votes: 46.34% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 75 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 81 Votes: 39.51% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 122 Votes: 44.26% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 214 Votes: 46.73% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 235 Votes: 43.83% Annoying