The Resume

(August 4, 1901-July 6, 1971)
Hits with 'Wonderful World,' 'When the Saints Go Marching In,' 'Hello Dolly,' 'Cocktails for Two,' 'Makin' Whoopee,' 'Jubilee March,' 'We Have All the Time in the World,' 'Mack the Knife' and 'That Old Feeling'

Why he might be annoying:

His singing voice sounded like he gargled with razor blades.
He was arrested at thirteen for firing a pistol in the air.
He had a stupid nickname - Satchmo (for Satchel Mouth).
He was married 6 times.

Why he might not be annoying:

He rose out of poverty and became the leader in jazz trumpeting.
He influenced many of today's finer jazz groups.
He was honored by the U.S. Postal Service with his own 32¢ stamp.
Research: Tim Howard

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2005 - 100 Least Annoying (Ranked: 61)
• 2008 Least Annoying 101-200 (Ranked: 105)
• A & E Biographies of the Millennium (Ranked: 98)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 9179)
• Appeared on PBS' American Masters
• Black Men Loved by Whites
• Body Part Names
• Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Crooners
• Dean Martin Show Guests [A-K]
• Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Flip Wilson Show Guests
• Garrett Morris Impersonations
• Golden Throats 3
• Grammy for Best Pop Male (Ranked: 1965)
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 1972)
• High Times' Top 25 Pot Songs of All Time [2002] (Ranked: 21)
• Hoarse Raspy Voices
• I am Bar Mitzvah Music
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [A-C]
• I Am On the Voyager Golden Record [1977]
• I Attended Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Funeral [April 9, 1968]
• I Covered 'Frankie and Johnny'
• I Covered 'Just a Gigolo'
• I Covered 'La Vie en Rose'
• I Covered 'Mack the Knife'
• I Covered 'Stagger Lee'
• I Covered 'When the Saints Go Marching In'
• I Covered 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
• I Did Not Graduate High School [A-B]
• I Died in 1971 (Ranked: 69)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• I Married at Least Five Times [I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!]
• I Probably Banged Mae West
• I Recorded 'Summertime'
• I Sing About Knifes
• I Sing About New Orleans
• I Sing About New York
• I Was Sent to Reform School
• I've Got a Secret - Guests [1952-67]
• Jazz Artists
• Life Magazine's 100 People Who Changed the World [2010] (Ranked: 88)
• Life Magazine's Top 100 People of the Millennium [2000] (Ranked: 69)
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, It's This Big
• Look at Me, Oh!
• Lounge Lizards
• Lycos' Top 10 Jazz Searches [June 2000] (Ranked: 2)
• Maxim's 50 Greatest Guys of the 20th Century (Ranked: 31)
• MCA's 20th Century Master Artists
• Musicians Who Act
• My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1960's] (Ranked: 1964)
• My Music was Lost in the 2008 Universal Studios Fire
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1964)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1960's] (Ranked: 1964)
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America'
• My Song is on Sony's 'Soundtrack for a Century'
• My Song Was Covered on Glee
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2007)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2008)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1974)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1997)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2005)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2001)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2009)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1993)
• My Song was Temporarily Banned After 9/11
• NPR's 50 Greatest Jazz Vocals [2013] (Ranked: 7)
• NPR's 50 Greatest Jazz Vocals [2013] (Ranked: 32)
• NPR's 50 Greatest Jazz Vocals [2013] (Ranked: 36)
• Profiles 2751-3000 (Ranked: 2784)
• Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Musical Stars of the 20th Century (Ranked: 81)
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1990)
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [1-100] (Ranked: 39)
• Rolling Stone's 25 Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time (Ranked: 6)
• Satirized on Freakazoid
• Satirized on the Simpsons
• Smithsonian’s 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time [2015] (Ranked: 8)
• Songs of the Century [2001] (Ranked: 13)
• Sony Put a Trojan on My CD
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• Subjects of 'Drunk History'
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• The My Hero Project
• They Named an Airport in My Honor
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century [1998]
• Tracy Morgan Impersonations
• Trumpeters
• Variety Magazine's Top 10 Entertainment Icons Over the Last 40 Years
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 23 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 24 Votes: 4.17% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 438 Votes: 48.86% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 226 Votes: 45.13% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 90 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 434 Votes: 47.47% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 36 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 223 Votes: 51.12% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 33 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 11.54% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 72 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 54 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 116 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 108 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 167 Votes: 53.89% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 235 Votes: 35.32% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 1259 Votes: 30.34% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 397 Votes: 43.58% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 274 Votes: 40.51% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 3440 Votes: 42.03% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 1007 Votes: 41.51% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 2067 Votes: 42.24% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 4400 Votes: 35.14% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 2169 Votes: 61.69% Annoying