The Resume

(July 8, 1930-May 18, 2014)
Born in Bronx, New York
Birth name was Genaro Louis Vitaliano
Recorded the singles 'You Can Never Give Me Back My Heart' (1953), 'Two Purple Shadows' (1954), 'I Live Each Day' (1954), 'Innamorata (Sweetheart)' (1956), 'You Don't Know Me' (1956), 'Al Di La' (1962) and 'Have You Looked Into Your Heart' (1964)
Appeared as himself in 'Goodfellas' (1990), 'Casino' (1995) and The Sopranos

Why he might be annoying:

He lied about his age to perform in nightclubs when he was fifteen.
He missed the chance to be the vocalist on Percy Faith's chart-topping 'Song from Moulin Rouge' when he had to undergo an emergency appendectomy.
'Al Di La' is often called his signature song, but his version never made the Billboard Hot 100.
He hosted an infomercial for 'Mob Hits,' a CD box set of songs from mobster movies.

Why he might not be annoying:

As one profile put it, 'Not known for being cool, hip or cutting edge, Jerry's simply a darn good singer.'
He was married to Rita Grapel for 54 years.
He frequently sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' at Yankee Stadium and his recording of the anthem was a fixture at sporting events during the 60s.
He was good friends with fellow Italian-American crooner Frank Sinatra and was an honorary pallbearer at his funeral.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Burt Bacharach Wrote My Song
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 53]
• Crooners
• Dalida Covered My Song
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Golden Girls References
• Goodfellas [1990]
• Hollywood Square Celebrities [1966-82]
• I am a Bronxite
• I Covered a Beatles Song
• I Covered Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Smile’
• I Covered Gilbert O'Sullivan's 'Alone Again Naturally'
• I Covered 'Solamente Una Vez (You Belong to My Heart)'
• I Did Not Graduate High School [T-Z]
• I Died in 2014 (Ranked: 83)
• I Had My Appendix Removed
• I Lied About My Age - I Made Myself Older
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• I Portrayed Myself
• I Recorded ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’ (from ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’)
• Look at Me, I'm with Santa Claus
• Look at My Album Cover
• Lounge Lizards
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1965)
• Profiles 35501-35750 (Ranked: 35530)
• Sopranos
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20140518)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 33 Votes: 39.39% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 64 Votes: 51.56% Annoying