The Resume

(June 22, 1940-January 16, 2012)
Born in Harlem, New York City, New York
Sang and played sax and timbales
Recorded the songs ‘Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin You' (1967), ‘It's Just Begun' (1972), ‘Troglodyte (Cave Man)' (1972), ‘Say Leroy (The Creature from the Black Lagoon Is Your Father)' (1973), ‘The Bertha Butt Boogie' (1974), ‘E-Man Boogie' (1974), ‘King Kong' (1975), ‘Supersound' (1976) and ‘Love Makes a Woman' (with Joyce Sims, 1988)

Why he might be annoying:

His biggest hits were novelty songs.
He recycled his characters, doing multiple songs about Leroy, the Troglodyte and Bertha Butt.
He called himself ‘The Everything Man' or ‘E Man' and was depicted on album covers in an E Man superhero outfit.
He unsuccessfully tried to cash in on the Star Wars phenomenon with ‘Bertha Butt Encounters Darth Vader.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He had his first million-seller at age 13 when he wrote ‘I Promise to Remember' for Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
He incorporated doo-wop and Latin soul influences on his albums.
Along with James Brown and George Clinton, he is one of the most heavily sampled funk musicians, with ‘It's Just Begun' alone being sampled by The Spice Girls, Eric B & Rakim, 2 Live Crew, Marky Mark, Rob Base, The Jungle Brothers, Lisa Lisa, MC Lyte, Salt N Pepa and Kool Moe Dee.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 03]
• Funk Musicians
• I Covered a Jimi Hendrix' Song
• I Died in 2012 (Ranked: 71)
• I Sing About Butts
• I Sing About Fat Chicks
• I Sing Novelty/Parody Songs
• Joy of Sax(ophone)
• Look at Me, I'm Giving Thumbs Up
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Have a Nice Decade: The 70's Pop Culture Box'
• Profiles 19751-20000 (Ranked: 19905)
• Sampled in MARRS 'Pump Up the Volume'

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 113 Votes: 47.79% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 92 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 78.95% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 72 Votes: 61.11% Annoying