The Resume

(December 31, 1930-December 2, 2008)
Born in Birmingham, Alabama
Died of heart disease at 77
Nicknamed 'The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement'

Why she might be annoying:

She was twice divorced.
She went by a pretentious single name.
She recorded several albums with her name in the title, like 'Odetta Sings Ballads,' 'Odetta and Larry' and simply, 'Odetta.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She was renowned for her deep, emotive vocals.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared her 'The Queen of American Folk Music.'
She influenced Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and Joan Baez.
She passed away a few weeks before her slated performance at President Obama's inauguration.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 07]
• Born on New Year's Eve [December 31st] (Ranked: 1930)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12311930)
• Civil Rights Activists
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Folk Singers
• I Attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [August 28, 1963]
• I Died in 2008 (Ranked: 77)
• I Recorded ‘Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)’
• I Recorded 'Lion Sleeps Tonight'
• Known By a Single Name
• Look at My Guitar
• Profiles 24251-24500 (Ranked: 24485)
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [101-200] (Ranked: 171)
• Sweet Home Alabama

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 48.65% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 76 Votes: 59.21% Annoying