The Resume

(May 18, 1912-May 12, 2001)
Recorded 'And I Love You So,' 'Anima Mia,' 'Ave Maria,' 'Brian's Song,' 'Bushel And A Peck,' 'Cara Cara Bella Bella,' 'Catch A Falling Star ,' 'Colors of My Life,' 'Delaware,' 'Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes,' 'Hello, Young Lovers,' 'I Confess ,' 'I Know,' 'I Know What God Is,' 'If,' 'It's Impossible,' 'Jason,' 'Keep It Gay,' 'Magic Moments,' 'Meet Me At The Altar,' 'More,' 'Noodlin' Rag,' 'Pa-paya Mama,' 'Papa Loves Mambo,' 'Round and Round,' 'Route 66,' 'Send In The Clowns,' 'There's No Boat Like A Rowboat,' 'Till the End of Time,' 'Tina Marie,' 'What Love Is Made Of,' 'Wind Beneath My Wings,' 'Yesterday, I Heard the Rain,' 'You Are My World' and 'You Came A Long Way from St. Louis'
Acted im 'Doll Face,' 'If I'm Lucky,' 'Words and Music' and 'Something for the Boys'
Hosted 'Perry Como Show'

Why he might be annoying:

His nickname was 'Mister C.'
His trademark was wearing cardigan sweaters.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had Alzheimer's disease.
His music was so mellow and relaxing that it could put you to sleep.
His famed casual style was joked about by many other entertainers.
He was married sixty-five years to the same woman.
He adopted two children.
He has thirteen #1 songs.
He sold over 50,000,000 records.
He was a barber turned singer.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Adam and the Ants' 'Friends' References
• American Music Award of Merit (Ranked: 1979)
• Best Male Singer of the Century (Ranked: 9)
• Billboard Top Single of the Year (Ranked: 1946)
• Burt Bacharach Wrote My Song
• Carol Burnett Show Guests
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5181912)
• Crooners
• Flip Wilson Show Guests
• Grammy for Best Pop Male (Ranked: 1959)
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 2002)
• Hairdressers and Barbers
• I Adopted a Child
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [C-D]
• I Covered '(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66'
• I Covered ‘Killing Me Softly (With His Song)’
• I Covered a Beatles Song
• I Covered Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Smile’
• I Covered Eden Ahbez's 'Nature Boy'
• I Covered 'One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)'
• I Covered Simon and Garfunkel's 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'
• I Covered 'Unchained Melody'
• I Covered 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
• I Did Not Graduate High School [C-E]
• I Died in 2001 (Ranked: 88)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[C-E]
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Have Skin Cancer [Melanoma]
• I Performed on American Bandstand [A-D]
• I Recorded ‘A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes’
• I Recorded 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1987)
• Kerry Blue Terrier Owners
• Las Vegas Walk of Stars Honorees
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Mae West Dissed Me
• Males Pied [A-J]
• Mellow Vocalists
• Members of the Television Hall of Fame (Ranked: 6)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1967)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1970)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1973)
• Outstanding Male Performer on a Variety Show Emmy (Ranked: 1956)
• Outstanding Male Performer on a Variety Show Emmy (Ranked: 1959)
• P.C.'s and Mac's
• Perry Como Holiday Special Guests [1967-1994]
• PPL's Top 75 Songs Most Played in Public in Britain in the Last 75 Years [April 2009] (Ranked: 9)
• Profiles 4751-5000 (Ranked: 4880)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in Guests [A-K]
• Satirized on Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Sesame Street Guests
• Stars of 20th Century-Fox Musicals
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• Terrier Owners
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
• Variety Show Hosts
• Wannabe Jews
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20010512)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 58 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 34.62% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 85 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 154 Votes: 66.23% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 40.48% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 71 Votes: 35.21% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 200 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 259 Votes: 41.70% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 483 Votes: 42.24% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 408 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 736 Votes: 44.97% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 805 Votes: 48.70% Annoying