The Resume

(March 17, 1944- )
Leader of the Lovin' Spoonful
Solo singles include ‘I Had a Dream' (1969), ‘Rainbows All Over Your Blues' (1969) and ‘Welcome Back' (1976)

Why he might be annoying:

He had only one Top 40 solo hit, which was a TV theme song.
He said, ‘I'm sorry that the highest visibility performance I've ever given [at the Woodstock festival (1969)] was one where I was smashed beyond belief.'
In the early 70s, he ‘did a crazy year of cocaine.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He said ‘I'm glad the group [the Spoonful] broke up when it did because the alternative is sort of playing in cheesier and cheesier entertainment parks, as a lot of groups going down the tubes do.'
He waited over a year to release his solo debut because his record company wanted to call it a Lovin' Spoonful record.
He played harmonica on the Doors' album ‘Morrison Hotel.'
The producers liked his TV theme enough to change the series name from ‘Kotter' to ‘Welcome Back, Kotter.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born on St. Patrick's Day [March 17th] (Ranked: 1944)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 02]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3171944)
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Harmonica Players
• I Abused Cocaine
• I Abused LSD
• I Married in 1990
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• Johnny Cash Covered My Song
• Look at My Guitar
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1976)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1976)
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Pollstar's Top Tours [2003] (Ranked: 88)
• Pollstar's Top Tours [2004] (Ranked: 83)
• Profiles 19251-19500 (Ranked: 19379)
• Residents of Greenwhich Village [New York City]
• Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1975-79] (Ranked: 1975)
• TV Theme Song Singers
• WatchMojo’s Top 10 Ed Sullivan Show Musical Performances [2017] (Ranked: 10)
• Woodstock '69 Performers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 31 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 57.33% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 53 Votes: 50.94% Annoying