The Resume

(May 13, 1941-February 3, 1959)
Birth name is Richard Steven Valenzuela
Recorded Songs 'Come on, Let's Go,' 'Bamba,' 'Donna,' 'That's My Little Suzie,' 'Cry Cry Cry,' 'Stay Beside Me,' 'Dooby Dooby Wah' and 'In a Turkish Town'
Basis of the movie 'La Bamba'

Why he might be annoying:

He was a teen idol.
He died young (age 17)
Lou Diamond Phillips became famous for portraying him.
He was very quiet, shy, and reclusive before he began his career as a singer.
He was given poor characterization in the overrated film, 'La Bamba (1987).'

Why he might not be annoying:

He is one of the first rockers to use an electrically powered guitar.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2001).
He is proof that teen idols do not have to be devastatingly good looking to be successful.
He is one of the performers featured on a set of stamps of rock/blues legends released by the U.S. Postal Service in June 1993.
He made his songs 'La Bamba' and 'Come on Let's Go' his trademark.
He was the first Hispanic singer to gain full-fledged recognition in America.
He died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly and Big Bopper (February 3, 1959).

Credit: Soccer

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 25 Craziest Rock Deaths [Maxim - October 2004] (Ranked: 24)
• American Pie References/Interpretations
• Billboard’s 30 Most Influential Latin Artists of All Time [2015]
• Billboard's 50 Best Latin Songs of All Time [2020] (Ranked: 25)
• Brocket 99 Parodied My Song
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5131941)
• Chris Brown References
• E!'s 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment [2003] (Ranked: 25)
• Entertainment Weekly's Top 9 Subjects of a Music Bio-Pic (Ranked: 4)
• Fear of Flying - Aviophobic
• Gel Heads
• I am Mexican
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [U-Z]
• I Covered Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues'
• I Died Before My 18th Birthday (Ranked: 17)
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 17)
• I Died in 1959 (Ranked: 17)
• I Died While Flying
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[U-Z]
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• I Sampled Ritchie Valens’ ‘Donna’
• I'm Buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery [California]
• Led Zeppelin Ripped Off My Song
• Look at My Guitar
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2000)
• Pie Faces
• Profiles 12501-12750 (Ranked: 12722)
• Puppy Dog Eyes
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 2001)
• Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Latin Pop Songs [July 2018] (Ranked: 2)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 345)
• Sexy Native Americans
• Soccer's Profiles
• The Book of Rock Lists' 25 Worst Career Moves (Ranked: 3)
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• The Kids From The Fine Bros' 'Kids React' Reacted To My Video
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs [Performers] (Ranked: 59)
• VH-1's Behind the Music
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19590203)
• Wonderwall's Biggest Celebrity News Story the Year You Were Born (Ranked: 1959)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 61 Votes: 57.38% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 62 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 39.29% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 71 Votes: 38.03% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 87 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 151 Votes: 44.37% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 202 Votes: 41.09% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 496 Votes: 42.14% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 96 Votes: 42.71% Annoying