The Resume

(April 17, 1920-December 11, 2012)
Birth name is Robindra Shankar
Recorded albums 'Improvisations (1962),' 'Ragas & Talas (1964),' 'Sound of the Sitar (1965),' 'West Meets East (1967),' 'A Morning Raga/An Evening Raga (1968),' 'The Sounds of India (1968)' and 'Passages (1990)'
Composed the score for the film 'Gandhi (1982)'
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth (2001)
Father of Norah Jones

Why he might be annoying:

He grew up rich.
Many Indian purists call him a sell-out for working in Western pop and classical styles.
When he was hanging out with the Beatles, he would scold them for using drugs.
He abandoned his daughter Norah Jones and her mother when Jones was just a baby.
He only saw her a few times over the next 20 years.
He never told anyone he had an illegitimate daughter until she became famous.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is modest and unpretentious.
He says it's stupid for people to argue about whether one kind of music is better than another.
He taught George Harrison to play the sitar.
Harrison called him 'the godfather of world music.'
He is the most famous musician to come out of India.
Philip Glass calls him a major influence.
He and Norah Jones eventually buried the hatchet.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Concert for Bangladesh [1971]
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Film Composers
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 2013)
• I Died in 2012 (Ranked: 92)
• I Fathered Children Out of Wedlock
• I Performed at Monterey Pop
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• I Recorded for Apple Records
• I Was Buried at Sea
• Knights
• Look at My Guitar
• Midnight Special Performers [L-Z]
• Profiles 12001-12250 (Ranked: 12236)
• Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Musical Stars of the 20th Century (Ranked: 10)
• Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour [1967-70]
• Wannabe Brits
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 3]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 31 Votes: 74.19% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 123 Votes: 81.30% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 60 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 59 Votes: 71.19% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 143 Votes: 58.04% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 214 Votes: 61.21% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 94 Votes: 54.26% Annoying