The Resume

(July 7, 1924-September 30, 1977)
Birth name is Iris Colleen Summers
Recorded ‘How High the Moon' with Les Paul and ‘One Has My Name - The Other Has My Heart' with Jimmy Wakely
Died at age 53 of diabetes complications

Why she might be annoying:

Les Paul picked her stage moniker out of a telephone directory because he considered her real name too long.
When she broke up with him in the mid-60s, she opted for retirement while he continued his guitar work in other areas.
She spent nearly eight weeks in a coma before dying.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was among the earliest multi-tracking vocal performers on record.
Under her real name, she sang with her own family on radio in the 1940s.
She was a backup vocalist for Gene Autry.

Credit: Cool It All Right?

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Car Names
• Cool It All Right?'s Profiles [Series 02]
• I Covered 'Frankie and Johnny'
• I Died in 1977 (Ranked: 53)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Have Diabetes
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2005)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1979)
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Person to Person - Guests [A-K]
• Profiles 16751-17000 (Ranked: 16905)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19770930)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 54 Votes: 40.74% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 94 Votes: 43.62% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 122 Votes: 43.44% Annoying