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Ruby Starr

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The Resume

    (November 30, 1949-January 14, 1995)
    Birth name was Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak
    Best known for her co-lead singing with Jim 'Dandy' Mangrum on the Black Oak Arkansas song 'Jim Dandy To The Rescue'
    Died of cancer at age 45

Why she might be annoying:

    She changed her name three times, from Constance Mierzwiak to Connie Little to Ruby Jones to Ruby Starr.
    She changed bands and band names even more often, from Connie & the Blu-Beats to the Downtowners to the Blue Grange Ramblers to the Ruby Jones Band to Grey Star to Henrietta Kahn.
    All these incarnations, yet she is primarily known as the 'Go Jim Dandy' girl.
    Instead of staying with Black Oak Arkansas, she continued to reinvent herself into obscurity.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She started her career at age nine and was singing at gigs until her illness made it impossible.
    She had a booming, energetic voice.
    She was discovered by Mangrum in an Indiana club and helped Black Oak Arkansas get 'Jim Dandy' onto the Billboard Singles chart (their only Top 40 hit).
    Besides Black Oak Arkansas, she opened for such '70s acts as Black Sabbath, Edgar Winter and Blackfoot.

Credit: Scar Tactics


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 48.89% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 66 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 79 Votes: 72.15% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 175 Votes: 69.14% Annoying