The Resume

(January 2, 1936-October 25, 1992)
Raised in Oklahoma
Albums include 'Dang Me! (Roger and Out) (1964),' 'The Return of Roger Miller (1965),' 'The Third Time Around (1965)' and 'Words and Music (1966)'
Songs include 'King of the Road,' 'Chug-a-Lug,' 'Engine, Engine No. 9' and 'Dang Me'
Wrote the Broadway musical 'Big River (1985)'
Wrote songs and provided a voice for Disney's 'Robin Hood (1973)'

Why he might be annoying:

He was married three times.
He was a heavy smoker, which sent him to an early grave.
He made a lot of corny jokes in interviews.
He never learned to read music.
He dropped out of school to be a rodeo rider.
He gave up recording to run a motel chain.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had a mellifluous (and cigarette-deepened) voice.
His father died when he was very young.
His mother was too poor and sick to raise him.
He had to work in the cotton fields as a child.
He was once a professional fireman.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He won eleven Grammys and a Tony.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• ACM Pioneer Award (Ranked: 1987)
• ACM Single Record of the Year (Ranked: 1968)
• American Music Award's Hosts (Ranked: 1974)
• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Banjo Strummers
• CMT's 100 Greatest Duets [51-100] (Ranked: 92)
• CMT's 100 Greatest Songs (Ranked: 37)
• CMT's 40 Greatest Drinking Songs (Ranked: 9)
• CMT's 40 Greatest Men in Country Music [2003] (Ranked: 23)
• CMT's 40 Greatest Road Songs (Ranked: 2)
• Country Music Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1995)
• Country Music Stars
• Daniel Boone - Guest Stars
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts - Guests [L-Z]
• Dean Martin Show Guests [L-Z]
• Dennis Linde Wrote My Song
• Flip Wilson Show Guests
• Grammy for Best Country Male (Ranked: 1966)
• Grammy for Best Country Male (Ranked: 1965)
• Grammy for Best Rock Performance (Ranked: 1966)
• Hee Haw Guests
• I am a Texan
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [M]
• I Collaborated with Willie Nelson
• I Covered an Elvis Song
• I Covered 'Me and Bobby McGee'
• I Did Not Graduate High School [J-M]
• I Died in 1992 (Ranked: 56)
• I Have Tinnitus
• I Married in 1978
• I Narrated a Rankin-Bass Special
• I Performed at Farm Aid I [September 22, 1985]
• I Performed on American Bandstand [L-Q]
• I Sing Novelty/Parody Songs
• MCA's 20th Century Master Artists
• Muppet Show Guests
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• My Music was Lost in the 2008 Universal Studios Fire
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1965)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1966)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1999)
• Profiles 12501-12750 (Ranked: 12564)
• Served in the Korean War
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• The Kentucky Headhunters Covered My Song
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
• Voices of Disney
• Voices of Rankin-Bass
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 4]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 27 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 88 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 23.81% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 167 Votes: 43.71% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 338 Votes: 45.86% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 549 Votes: 56.47% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 170 Votes: 46.47% Annoying