The Resume

(December 17, 1894-July 10, 1979)
Born in Boston, Massachusetts
Conductor for the Boston Pops Orchestra (1930–1979)

Why he might be annoying:

He loosely resembled Albert Einstein.
He would travel around Boston in his own vehicle to see large fires.
While the orchestra represented part of the previous 17 conductors’ respective careers, he made it his life’s work.
‘We play all kinds of music, except the boring kind.’

Why he might not be annoying:

His father was a violinist and his mother was a pianist.
His tenure as conductor was, by five years, longer than the combined terms of all his predecessors.
He volunteered with the Coast Guard.
He did not limit his scope to Boston, having conducted the San Francisco Pops for 26 years and the opening of Walt Disney World (1971).
A footbridge over Storrow Drive was named in his honor.

Credit: Cool It All Right?

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Cool It All Right?'s Profiles [Series 06]
• I am in Public Broadcasting
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [D-G]
• I Died in 1979 (Ranked: 84)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2008)
• Profiles 26251-26500 (Ranked: 26301)
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 24 Votes: 20.83% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 81 Votes: 60.49% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 39.66% Annoying