The Resume

(March 30, 1913-February 6, 2007)
Birth name is Francesco Paolo LoVecchio
Recorded 'That's my Desire' (1946), 'On the Sunny Side of the Street' (1947), 'That Lucky Old Sun' (1949), 'Mule Train' (1949), 'Cry of the Wild Goose' (1950), 'Jezebel' (1951), 'High Noon' (1952), 'I Believe' (1953), 'Rawhide' (1958) and 'You Gave Me a Mountain' (1969)

Why he might be annoying:

He accidentally called Sammy Davis Jr. 'Sambo' on stage in Las Vegas.
He wore toupee.
He grew his goatee after losing a bet with Mitch Miller.
His nickname is 'Mr. Rhythm.'
In the early '50s, his records outsold Frank Sinatra's.
Fans were charged admission to his 90th birthday party.

Why he might not be annoying:

He set a record for marathon dancing in 1933, dancing 3,501 hours over 145 days. He wrote the song 'We'll Be Together Again,' which has been recorded more than 100 times.
He survived two heart bypass operations.
Nan Grey, his wife of 43 years, died in his arms on her 72nd birthday.
He recorded the theme song to 'Blazing Saddles,' not knowing the film was a comedy.
He owned poodles.

Credit: Adrian Lopez

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Adrian Lopez's Profiles
• Alta Cockers
• Blue Eyed Soul Artists
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3301913)
• Celebrity San Diego Padre Fans
• Crooners
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Goatees
• Golden Boot Award Recipients (Ranked: 1998)
• Hee Haw Guests
• I am from Chicago
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [L]
• I Attended Nat King Cole’s Funeral [February 18, 1965]
• I Covered 'One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)'
• I Covered 'Send in the Clowns'
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 93)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
• I Recorded '(Ghost) Riders in the Sky'
• I Recorded a Concept Album
• I Sampled ‘Besame Mucho’
• I Sing About Aging
• I Sing About Gypsies
• I Sing About Knifes
• I Underwent a Heart Bypass Operation
• I Was Buried at Sea
• Look at Me, I'm Smooching
• Lounge Lizards
• My Music was Lost in the 2008 Universal Studios Fire
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1969)
• My Song is on Sony's 'Soundtrack for a Century'
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• Perry Mason - Guest Stars
• Person to Person - Guests [L-Z]
• Poodle Owners
• PPL's Top 75 Songs Most Played in Public in Britain in the Last 75 Years [April 2009] (Ranked: 58)
• Profiles 8001-8250 (Ranked: 8214)
• This is Your Life Honorees [L-Z]
• Toupee Wearers and Hair Transplants
• Variety Show Hosts
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20070206)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1968-1975]
• World Series - National Anthem Singers (Ranked: 1984)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 36 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 151 Votes: 84.77% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 66 Votes: 42.42% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 160 Votes: 67.50% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 51 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 246 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 136 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 421 Votes: 41.81% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 697 Votes: 45.48% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 533 Votes: 45.03% Annoying