The Resume

(June 4, 1964- )
Birth name is Eldra DeBarge
Lead singer of DeBarge (1978-1985)
Albums include ‘The DeBarges (1981),’ ‘All This Love (1982),’ ‘In a Special Way (1983),’ ‘Rhythm of the Night (1985)’ and ‘El DeBarge (1986)’
Songs include ‘Rhythm of the Night,’ ‘All This Love,’ ‘Love Me in a Special Way,’ ‘Who’s Holding Donna Now’ and ‘Who’s Johnny?’

Why he might be annoying:

He is a man with the old-womanish name ‘Eldra.’
He created the band DeBarge with his siblings and then left it.
After he quit, he had one hit record and then his career tanked.
His musical style has been described as ‘poor man’s Kool & the Gang.’
His song ‘Who’s Johnny?’ was the theme for the movie ‘Short Circuit,’ but it has nothing to do with the plot.
He couldn’t really get his mustache to grow in.

Why he might not be annoying:

‘Rhythm of the Night’ and ‘Who’s Johnny?’ are catchy songs.
His music captures the R&B/pop style of its time.
He opened for Luther Vandross.
He collaborated with Quincy Jones.
He still tries to have a career.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 11)
• Burt Bacharach Wrote My Song
• Deadbeat Dads
• Falsettos
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [C-D]
• I Had a Jheri Curl
• Look at My Album Cover
• Men With High Voices
• Motown Vocalists
• Mustaches
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1980s] (Ranked: 1986)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1990s] (Ranked: 1990)
• Profiles 13501-13750 (Ranked: 13742)
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [101-200] (Ranked: 137)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 69.70% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 80.56% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 67.61% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 154 Votes: 73.38% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 303 Votes: 69.31% Annoying