The Resume

(July 21, 1922-November 3, 2016)
Born in Dougherty, Oklahoma
Birth name was Katherine Laverne Starks
Recorded the singles 'So Tired' (1948), 'Hoop-de-Doo' (1950), 'Bonaparte's Retreat' (1950), 'I'll Never Be Free' (with Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1950), 'Wheel of Fortune' (1952), 'Comes A-Long A-Love' (1952), 'Side By Side' (1953), 'Half a Photograph' (1953), 'Changing Partners' (1953), 'If You Love Me (Really Love Me)' (1954), 'The Rock and Roll Waltz' (1956) and 'My Heart Reminds Me' (1957)

Why she might be annoying:

She got her start at age seven, singing and yo-yoing in a talent contest. (She finished third.)
She changed her name due to misspellings in her fan mail.
She said of her earliest recordings, 'I sounded like a jazzed-up Alfalfa.'
She has been married six times.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was born on an Indian reservation; her father was Iroquois and her mother was part Cherokee, Choctaw and Irish.
She developed pneumonia while touring army camps during WWII and collapsed during a show.
After refraining from speaking or singing for six months, she returned with a deeper, huskier voice that became her trademark.
She was successful with pop, country, jazz and blues songs.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alphabet Names
• Astro Names
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 21]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7211922)
• Crooners
• Dean Martin Show Guests [L-Z]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I am an Okie
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 94)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[R-T]
• I Married at Least Five Times [I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!]
• I Recorded Billie Holiday’s ‘God Bless the Child’
• Look at My Album Cover
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• Profiles 26251-26500 (Ranked: 26286)
• Red Skelton Show Guests
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 59 Votes: 66.10% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 55 Votes: 69.09% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying