Annie Ross Death | Obituary – Legendary vocalist Annie Ross age 89 passed away, She was born in Mitcham, London, the daughter of Scottish vaudevillians John “Jack” Short and Mary Dalziel Short (née Allan). Her brother was a Scottish entertainer and theatre producer and director Jimmy Logan. At the age of four, she traveled to New York by ship with her family; she later recalled that they “got the cheapest ticket, which was right in the bowels of the ship”.
Shortly after arriving in the city, she won a token contract with MGM through a children’s radio contest run by Paul Whiteman. She subsequently moved with her aunt, Scottish-American singer and actress Ella Logan, to Los Angeles, and her mother, father and brother returned to Scotland.[3] At the age of seven, she sang “The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond” in Our Gang Follies of 1938, and played Judy Garland’s character’s sister in Presenting Lily Mars (1943).
At the age of 14, she wrote the song “Let’s Fly”, which won a songwriting contest and was recorded by Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers.
At the end of tenth grade, she left school, changed her name to Annie Ross, and went to Europe, where she established her singing career. She changed her surname to Ross during the plane trip to Prestwick; in a 2011 interview, she said, “My aunt was very fanciful and she said I had an Irish grandmother called Ross, so that’s where that surname came from”.
We express our sympathy and deepest condolences to Annie Ross’s family today and in the days, weeks, months, and years that are to come as they cope with her passing. May her soul rest in peace.
RIP to the legendary vocalist Annie Ross, who passed away today at the age of 89. Here are three photos Jack Bradley took of Louis, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross during the sessions for Dave and Iola Brubeck’s “The Real Ambassadors” in September 1961. pic.twitter.com/YHTJ1xtNsq
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