The Resume

(September 19, 1945- )
Recorded 'Band of Gold,' 'Bring the Boys Home,' 'You Brought the Joy' and 'I Shall Not Be Moved'

Why she might be annoying:

She only had a handful of top 40 hits, all during the early 1970s.
She was offered a contract with Motown, but her mother (who was managing her career at the time) turned it down.

Why she might not be annoying:

She sang jazz for many years before turning to pop and soul.
When songwriters Holland, Dozier and Holland left Motown, they signed her to their newly formed Invictus Label.
She was a sex symbol during the 1970s.
She continued both singing and acting on stage.
In the early 1980s, she hosted a talk show.
She recorded a comedy CD bashing Barney the Dinosaur.

Credit: The Truffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Adam and the Ants' 'Friends' References
• British Vogue Magazine's 20 Best Dressed Women [2009] (Ranked: 9)
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I am From Motown [Detroit Area]
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [N-R]
• I Performed at the Continental Baths (NYC)
• I Performed on American Bandstand [L-Q]
• I Sung on 'We Are The World 25 - For Haiti'
• Jazz Artists
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Have a Nice Decade: The 70's Pop Culture Box'
• PPL's Top 75 Songs Most Played in Public in Britain in the Last 75 Years [April 2009] (Ranked: 31)
• Profiles 10001-10250 (Ranked: 10049)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 391)
• The Truffle's Profiles [Series 1]
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
• VH-1's I Love the 70's Volume 2 Commentators
• Vocalists Who Sing Anti-War Songs
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1968-1975]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 39 Votes: 43.59% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 56 Votes: 44.64% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 29.63% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 76 Votes: 53.95% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 103 Votes: 62.14% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 174 Votes: 55.75% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 221 Votes: 55.20% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 39 Votes: 41.03% Annoying