The Resume

(October 26, 1911-January 27, 1972)
Died at 60, in Chicago, Illinois
Albums include 'Apollo Years,' 'Mighty Fortress,' 'Soul of a Woman' and 'Bless This House'
Songs include 'Walk in Jerusalem,' 'Upper Room,' 'Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen' and 'How I Got Over'
Acted in 'St. Louis Blues (1958),' 'Imitation of Life (1959),' 'Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)' and 'The Best Man (1964)'

Why she might be annoying:

She suffered severe heart ailments.
She said she can't sing a song that doesn't deliver a powerful message and lift all who hear it, including herself.
She often wore big corsages.
She received her first recording contract (1935) when she was overheard singing at a funeral.

Why she might not be annoying:

She ranked #78 on VH1's Top 100 Women of Rock 'n Roll.
She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1997).
She was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine (1987).
She was widely considered to be the greatest gospel singer ever.
Her image appears on the Legends of American Music series, United States 32 cent postage stamp, that debuted in her hometown (1998).
She toured England, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Israel and Italy (1961) on her first European tour.
When touring in Europe, she had the ability to bring audiences standing for an encore, when they couldn't understand her language.

Credit: Skunk Butt

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Anthology Series Hosts
• Belters
• Black Heavyweights
• Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [October] (Ranked: 10261911)
• Dean Martin Show Guests [A-K]
• Ebony Magazine's 100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the 20th Century [March 1999]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Flip Wilson Show Guests
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1964]
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1965]
• Girl Talk [1963-70]
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 1972)
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [H-L]
• I Attended Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Funeral [April 9, 1968]
• I Attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [August 28, 1963]
• I Collaborated with Billy Preston
• I Covered 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
• I Died in 1972 (Ranked: 60)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
• I Have Diabetes
• I Recorded 'Summertime'
• Johnny Cash Covered My Song
• Linked to Martin Luther King
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Masturbatory Names
• More Chins than are in a Chinese Phone Book
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America'
• My Song is on Sony's 'Soundtrack for a Century'
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• NPR’s 50 Great Voices
• Person to Person - Guests [A-K]
• Profiles 7001-7250 (Ranked: 7022)
• Red Skelton Show Guests
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1997)
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [1-100] (Ranked: 28)
• Sesame Street Guests
• Skunk Butt/Rebecca's Profiles [Series 4]
• Sploshers [Overweight Women]
• The My Hero Project
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock [July 1999] (Ranked: 78)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 71 Votes: 47.89% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 32 Votes: 15.62% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 38 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 102 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 131 Votes: 42.75% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 231 Votes: 47.19% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 308 Votes: 45.13% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 642 Votes: 46.11% Annoying