The Resume

(January 10, 1935-May 29, 2022)
Born in Huntsville, Arkansas
Rockabilly singer
Relocated to Canada (1958)
Singles include 'Forty Days' (1959), 'Mary Lou' (1959), 'Bluebirds Over the Mountain' (1965) and 'Down in the Alley' (1970)

Why he might be annoying:

He was rejected after auditioning for Sun Records (1957).
'Mary Lou' was the only one of his singles to make the Billboard Top 40.
He is remembered more as a footnote in the career of The Band than for his own music.
In the Bob Dylan-directed film 'Renaldo and Clara,' he portrays Bob Dylan while Bob Dylan plays Renaldo. (It doesn't make any more sense on screen.)
He got stoned with Pierre Trudeau: 'The prime minister had his own stuff... And it was almost as good as John [Lennon]'s.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He began touring Canada on the advice of Conway Twitty and settled there after realizing that in the southern US he was just one of several rockabilly singers but in the Great White North he was unique.
His backing band, The Hawks, became The Band.
He was nicknamed 'Mr. Dynamo' for his high-energy live shows.
Bob Dylan called him 'the guru of rock and roll.'
John Lennon and Yoko Ono crashed at his house while playing the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival Festival (1969), and caused a ceiling collapse when they left the water running in an upstairs bathtub.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 50]
• Canada's Walk of Fame
• Canadian Music Stars
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1101935)
• College Drop Outs
• I Attended University of Arkansas
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2022 (Ranked: 87)
• I Have Pancreatic Cancer
• I Named My Kid After Myself
• I Performed at the Last Waltz [November 25, 1976]
• I Sung on Northern Lights' 'Tears are Not Enough'
• Juno Award for Country Male Artist of the Year (Ranked: 1982)
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• Order of Canada Recipients
• Profiles 34751-35000 (Ranked: 34913)
• Rockabilly Musicians
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20220529)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 110 Votes: 51.82% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 78 Votes: 43.59% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying