The Resume

(January 1, 1944-October 28, 1970)
Born in Richmond, Indiana
Birth name was James Ramey
Leader of Baby Huey and the Babysitters
Recorded 'Running' and 'Hard Times'
Died of a heart attack at 26

Why he might be annoying:

He was morbidly obese, weighing in at over 400 pounds.
He was a heroin addict.
He took his stage name from a cartoon featuring a fat duckling.

Why he might not be annoying:

His obesity was due to a glandular problem.
His use of call-and-response was influential to hip hop.
Legends Donnie Hathaway and Curtis Mayfield discovered him.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 06]
• Born on New Year's Day [January 1st] (Ranked: 1944)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1011944)
• I Abused Heroin
• I am a Hoosier [Indiana]
• I Covered Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change is Gonna Come’
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 26)
• I Died in 1970 (Ranked: 26)
• I Died in a Hotel Room
• I Had an Anterior Myocardial Infarction [AMI]
• Look at My Album Cover
• Profiles 23251-23500 (Ranked: 23297)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 78 Votes: 70.51% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 56 Votes: 75.00% Annoying