The Resume

(September 13, 1925-June 5, 1999)
Nickname is Velvet Fog
Range was high baritone
Recorded 'Careless Love,' 'Just One Of Those Things,' 'On Green Dolphin Street,' 'You Make Me Feel So Young,' 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square,' 'Pick Yourself Up,' 'Stardust,' 'Love For Sale,' 'Since I Fell For You,' 'Three Little Words,' 'I Remember You,' 'Lover Come Back To Me,' 'Stairway to the Stars,' 'Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye,' 'Christmas Song,' 'Winter Wonderland,' 'Glow Worm,' 'Silver Bells,' 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,' 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,' 'White Christmas,' 'Too Close For Comfort,' 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore,' 'Body And Soul,' 'The Surrey With The Fringe On Top,' 'Born To Be Blue,' 'Whatever Lola Wants,' 'Take The A Train,' 'Blue Moon' and 'Just In Time'
Won Grammies (1982, 83)

Why he might be annoying:

His other nicknames are 'The Kid With the Gauze In His Jaws' and 'Mr. Butterscotch.'
He was married four times and divorced three times.
If you are not into to jazz, his voice is dull and monotone.

Why he might not be annoying:

He made millions, on 'The Christmas Song.'
At 71, after suffering a stroke, he still went to Hugh Hefner's Playboy mansion for his weekly night out.
He was the hero of Judge Harry Stone on 'Night Court.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• ASCAP Top 25 Holiday Songs [December 2005] (Ranked: 1)
• Bedroom Eyes
• Burt Bacharach Wrote My Song
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Carol Burnett Show Guests
• Crooners
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Golden Throats 2
• Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance (Ranked: 1983)
• Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance (Ranked: 1984)
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 1999)
• I am from Chicago
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [S-T]
• I Covered 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'
• I Covered 'If I Had A Hammer'
• I Covered 'Send in the Clowns'
• I Died in 1999 (Ranked: 74)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[R-T]
• I Lived in Beverly Hills
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• I Recorded 'Gloomy Sunday'
• I Saw a UFO
• I Sing About Imagination
• I Sing About Knifes
• I Sing About Miami
• I Sing About New York
• I'm Buried at Pierce Brothers' Westwood Memorial Park [Calif]
• I've Got a Secret - Guests [1952-67]
• Jazz Artists
• Jewish Composers of Christmas Songs
• Judy Garland Show Guests
• Las Vegas Walk of Stars Honorees
• Lounge Lizards
• Marvin Mitchelson Clients
• Match Game
• Mellow Vocalists
• Model Railroaders
• Monotone Voices
• Musicians Who Act
• My Movie Was Featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000
• My Song Was Covered By Whitney Houston
• Naked Gun [Series]
• Night Court
• Profiles 2751-3000 (Ranked: 2775)
• Revlon Models
• Seinfeld - Guest Stars
• Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour [1967-70]
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• We Married at the Little Church in the West in Las Vegas
• We Married in Las Vegas
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1968-1975]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 22 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 80 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 86 Votes: 53.49% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 501 Votes: 46.91% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 229 Votes: 35.81% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 60 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 229 Votes: 43.67% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 340 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 545 Votes: 43.67% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 386 Votes: 42.49% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 630 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 6348 Votes: 36.85% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 376 Votes: 53.19% Annoying