The Resume

(December 28, 1914-December 19, 2000)
Born in Winona, Mississippi
Birth name was Roebuck Staples
Patriarch of the Staple Singers
Recorded the solo albums 'Peace to the Neighborhood' (1992) and 'Father, Father' (1995)
Appeared in the films 'True Stories' (1986) and 'Wag the Dog' (1997)
Died of complications following a fall

Why he might be annoying:

He was the youngest of 14 children.
He dropped out of school in the eighth grade to pick cotton.
One of his first jobs upon moving to Chicago was killing pigs for a slaughterhouse.
He response to claims he sold out by switching from gospel to pop was 'Ain't nobody want to go to heaven more than me, but we got to live down here too.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He learned guitar from his neighbor, delta blues legend Charley Patton.
He was married to his wife Oceola for 53 years until her death.
He received a National Heritage Award from the National Endowment of the Arts (1998).
His daughter Yvonne said, 'He lived the life. He believed the world could be made a better place for all of us.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Blues Musicians
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 14]
• Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album (Ranked: 1995)
• I Died in 2000 (Ranked: 85)
• I Earned a High School Equivalency Diploma
• I Outlived My Child
• I'm Buried at Oak Woods Cemetery [Chicago]
• Look at My Guitar
• Musicians Who Act
• My Nickname is Part of My Name [M-Z]
• Profiles 23501-23750 (Ranked: 23650)
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20001219)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20020723)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 30.77% Annoying