The Resume

(January 10, 1943-September 20, 1973)
Recorded 'Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,' 'Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels),' 'Speedball Tucker,' 'Time In A Bottle,' 'New York's Not My Home,' 'Workin' At The Car Wash Blues,' 'I Got a Name,' 'I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song' and 'You Don't Mess Around With Jim'

Why he might be annoying:

He was an inner city teacher and construction worker turn vocalist.
'Bad, Bad Leroy Brown' can be classified as a racist song. The main character is a black guy acting tough who eventually gets beaten.
He has almost a dozen 'greatest hit' albums, but not a dozen hits.
He said Gordon Lightfoot was his musical influence.

Why he might not be annoying:

'Bad, Bad Leroy Brown' hit #1 and it was re-recorded by Frank Sinatra.
He died when his plane crash at take-off (September 20, 1973).
He wife won a legal battle to get his recording royalities.
After his death, his ballad 'Time In A Bottle' reached #1 (1973).
Research: Tim Howard

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist (Ranked: 1974)
• Appeared on PBS' Soundstage
• Blender Magazine's 10 Worst Rock Star Plane Crashes [December 2006]
• Catholics who are Partially Jewish
• Celtic Thunder Covered My Song
• Folk Singers
• Frank Zappa Look-alikes
• Ghosts in Stephen King's 'They Got a Hell of a Band'
• I am from Philadelphia
• I Attended Villanova University
• I Converted to Judaism
• I Could Pass for Black
• I Died in 1973 (Ranked: 30)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 30)
• I Died While Flying
• I Performed on American Bandstand [A-D]
• I Performed on Don Kirshner's 'Rock Concert' (1973-81)
• I Sing About Los Angeles
• I Sing About New York
• Jewish Rockers
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at My Guitar
• Male Cigar Smokers
• Midnight Special Performers [A-K]
• My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1974)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1973)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1974)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1973)
• Pizza Bagels [Italian Jews]
• Profiles 4001-4250 (Ranked: 4180)
• Stuff White People Like
• Superman Songs
• Teachers
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• Variety Show Hosts
• VH-1's Behind the Music
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19730920)
• White Men Loved by Blacks

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 66 Votes: 46.97% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 150 Votes: 46.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 61 Votes: 60.66% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 38 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 84 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 74 Votes: 52.70% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 66 Votes: 43.94% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 287 Votes: 51.92% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 51 Votes: 39.22% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 67 Votes: 34.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 168 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 225 Votes: 43.11% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 594 Votes: 41.92% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 351 Votes: 41.03% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 670 Votes: 43.58% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2287 Votes: 38.48% Annoying