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Sylvia

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The Resume

    (December 9, 1956- )
    Birth name is Sylvia Kirby
    Recorded 'Drifter' (1981), 'Just Sylvia' (1982), 'Snapshot' (1983), 'Surprise' (1984), 'One Step Closer' (1985), 'The Real Story' (1996), 'Where in the World' (2002) and 'A Cradle in Bethlehem' (2002)
    Singles include 'Drifter' (1981), 'Nobody' (1982), 'Like Nothing Ever Happened' (1982), 'Snapshot' (1983) and 'Fallin' in Love' (1985)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was painfully shy as a child.
    She sang on Barbara Mandrell's demos and was her secretary.
    In the '80s, she was rumored to be romantically linked with William Lee Golden, the mountain man from the Oak Ridge Boys, she denies it.
    Most of her hit records don't sound 'country.'
    She uses only her first name, like Cher.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her idol is Patsy Cline.
    As a teenager, Sylvia would draw pictures of her favorite country singers as a way to meet them.
    Her single, 'Nobody,' crossed to the pop chart and sold more than a million copies.
    She was the Academy of Country Music's Female Vocalist of the Year in 1983.
    She helped bring younger listeners to country music.
    She stopped recording for 11 years to become a better songwriter.

Credit: Adrian Lopez


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 62 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 121 Votes: 57.02% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 313 Votes: 70.61% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 305 Votes: 59.67% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 259 Votes: 67.18% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 304 Votes: 61.51% Annoying