The Resume

(February 20, 1898-September 17, 1951)
Born in Chicago, Illinois
Blues and boogie-woogie pianist
Songs included ‘Bear Trap Blues,’ ‘Five O’Clock Blues,’ ‘How Long Blues,’ ‘Yancey’s Bugle Call’ and ‘Yancey Stomp’
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an early influence (1986)

Why he might be annoying:

His birth year has also been given as 1894 and 1901.
He was a tap dancer in vaudeville at age 10.
He called his wife ‘Mama.’
He did not cut any records until late in his career.
He never earned enough from music to quit his day job as a groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox.

Why he might not be annoying:

When he was 15, he danced in a command performance for King George V.
He played baseball with the Chicago All-Americans of the Negro League.
He was a self-taught pianist.
He and Mama Yancey played Carnegie Hall (1948).
He was a member of the inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Blues Musicians
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 60]
• I Am Vaudeville [M-Z]
• I Died in 1951 (Ranked: 53)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Have Diabetes
• I Played Negro League Baseball
• Look at My Keyboard
• Profiles 37251-37500 (Ranked: 37339)
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1986)
• Tap Dancers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying