The Resume

(April 7, 1908-February 9, 1976)
Recorded ‘All My Love' (1950), ‘On Top of Old Smoky' (1951), ‘Delcidado' (1952), ‘The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)' (1953) and ‘Theme from a Summer Place' (1960)

Why he might be annoying:

He moved to the US after getting upset with the Canadian Broadcasting Company for cutting the budget of his radio show.
He specialized in lushly over-orchestrated easy-listening music.
The year of his death, he recorded a disco re-arrangement of ‘Theme from A Summer Place.'

Why he might not be annoying:

His career as a pianist ended when his sister's clothing caught fire and he burned his hands smothering the flames.
He recorded the top-selling singles of 1953 and 1960.
‘Theme from A Summer Place' was the first instrumental to win the Grammy for Record of the Year.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Billboard Top Single of the Year (Ranked: 1960)
• Billboard's 100 Biggest Chart Hits - 50 Year Anniversary [1958-2008] (Ranked: 18)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 01]
• Canadian Music Stars
• Faith, Hope and Charity
• Grammy for Record of the Year (Ranked: 1961)
• I Covered Arthur Hamilton's 'Cry Me a River'
• I Covered MacArthur Park
• I Died in 1976 (Ranked: 67)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Recorded ‘Autumn Leaves’
• I Recorded ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’ (from ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’)
• I Recorded ‘The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia’
• I Recorded 'Summertime'
• I Sampled ‘Besame Mucho’
• Look at My Album Cover
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1960's] (Ranked: 1960)
• My Song is on Sony's 'Soundtrack for a Century'
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2000)
• Oops, I Recorded a Disco Song
• Profiles 19251-19500 (Ranked: 19349)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 63 Votes: 46.03% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 67 Votes: 43.28% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 56 Votes: 32.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 54 Votes: 35.19% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 56 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 280 Votes: 40.36% Annoying