Annie Ross
Annie Ross (born Annabelle Allan Short; 25 July 1930 – 21 July 2020) was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the influential jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. She helped pioneer the vocalese style of jazz singing, with a style described by critic Dave Gelly as "a kind of dreamy watchfulness that is a definition of 1950s hip." In 2010, she was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. Kenneth Tynan, who wrote liner notes for Ross, called her "a fallen angel [who] moves us and then brushes off our sympathy with a shrug of her lips." |
Birth and Death Data: Born London (capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom) , Died July 21, 2020 (New York City (most populous city in the United States) )
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ross, Annie," accessed December 26, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/341120.
Ross, Annie. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 26, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/341120.
"Ross, Annie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 26 December 2025.
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LCNAR: Ross, Annie, 1930-2020 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91024383
Wikidata: Annie Ross - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q267184
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54333673
MusicBrainz: Annie Ross - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f6966875-4227-4c74-aa0f-2f2ee3ba1b7d
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1501751 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1501751
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