The Resume

(November 5, 1946-March 21, 2011)
Hits include 'Love Sensation,' 'Hit and Run' and 'Runaway'

Why she might be annoying:

She began as a gospel singer.
Her hits were mainly on the club/dance charts.
In 1989, Italian house band Black Box sampled her voice for their hit 'Ride On Time' without her permission.
The group also put a skinny model in the video, lip-synching Loleatta's part.
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch interpolated her song 'Love Sensation' for their 1991 hit 'Good Vibrations.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She's a legend in the dance music scene.
She's famed for her powerful and emotive vocals.
Madonna is a fan.
To their credit, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch included her in the video and on stage.
Black Box was forced to acknowledge her on the American release of their album.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 03]
• Disco Divas
• I Died in 2011 (Ranked: 64)
• Profiles 17501-17750 (Ranked: 17617)
• Sploshers [Overweight Women]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20110321)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 183 Votes: 75.41% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 59.52% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 75.51% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 60.56% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 126 Votes: 62.70% Annoying