The Resume

(1958- )
Born in Chicago, Illinois
Curtis Mayfield (1958-70)
Jerry Butler (1958)
Sam Gooden (1958- )
Arthur Brooks (1958-62)
Richard Brooks (1958-62)
Fred Cash (1960- )
Leroy Hutson (1970-73)
Ralph Johnson (1973-76,1983-2000)
Nate Evans (1976-79)
Reggie Torian (1973- )
Recorded the singles 'For Your Precious Love' (1958), 'Gypsy Woman' (1960), 'It's All Right' (1963), 'Keep On Pushing' (1964), 'Amen' (1964), 'I'm So Proud' (1964), 'People Get Ready' (1965), 'Meeting Over Yonder' (1965), 'Woman's Got Soul' (1965), 'We're a Winner' (1967), 'Fool For You' (1968), 'This Is My Country' (1969), 'Choice of Colors' (1969), 'Check Out Your Mind' (1970) and 'Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)' (1973)
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1991)

Why they might be annoying:

Gooden has been the only constant in the group.
Butler left only six months after their first hit.
They had only one top 40 pop hit after Mayfield left.

Why they might not be annoying:

Butler and Mayfield met while singing in the church choir.
Butler and Mayfield both had successful solo careers.
Their songs were called 'the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Burt Bacharach Wrote My Song
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 14]
• Doo-Wop Singers
• I am from Chicago
• I Covered a Beatles Song
• I Performed on American Bandstand [E-K]
• I Sing About Gypsies
• Known By a Single Name
• Look at My Album Cover
• MCA's 20th Century Master Artists
• Midnight Special Performers [A-K]
• My Music was Lost in the 2008 Universal Studios Fire
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1963)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1968)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1960s] (Ranked: 1969)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1974)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [1974] (Ranked: 51)
• New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [1985] (Ranked: 51)
• Profiles 23751-24000 (Ranked: 23887)
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1991)
• Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time (Ranked: 20)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 24)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 45 Votes: 42.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 16 Votes: 25.00% Annoying