The Resume

(April 8, 1920-November 10, 1994)
Born in Harlem, New York
Recordings include 'Torchy (1955),' 'After Glow (1957)' and 'Take Five (1961)'
Passed away from stroke complications at 74

Why she might be annoying:

She contracted emphysema due to her lifelong smoking habit.
She divorced drummer Kenny Clarke.
She accumulated seven Grammy nominations but won none.

Why she might not be annoying:

She's acclaimed as one of the most influential jazz stylists of the 20th century.
She was best known for her behind-the-beat phrasing.
Billie Holiday was her greatest musical influence.
In 1994, she was awarded the Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment of the Arts.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 05]
• Black and Beautiful
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I Covered 'Send in the Clowns'
• I Died in 1994 (Ranked: 74)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Recorded Billie Holiday’s ‘God Bless the Child’
• I Recorded 'Gloomy Sunday'
• I Sampled ‘Besame Mucho’
• Jazz Artists
• Look at My Album Cover
• My Music was Lost in the 2008 Universal Studios Fire
• Profiles 21751-22000 (Ranked: 21943)
• We Covered/Parodied 'Baby Its Cold Outside' (Ranked: 8)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 101 Votes: 45.54% Annoying