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Annie Ross

1930 - 2020

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Annie Ross is the 2,262nd most popular singer (down from 2,216th in 2024), the 5,819th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,645th in 2019) and the 219th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Annie Ross ranks 2,262 out of 4,381. Before her are Ayşegül Aldinç, Redfoo, Tony Ashton, Roy Clark, Beth Ditto, and Liu Huan. After her are Warren G, Yael Naim, Guy Mitchell, Paweł Kukiz, Jimmie Davis, and Vani Jairam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Annie Ross ranks 605. Before her are Bill Lienhard, Troy Ruttman, Jerry Vale, M. Balamuralikrishna, Sammy Baird, and John Arden. After her are Frank Perry, Bill Hougland, Sim Iness, Geeta Bali, Geeta Dutt, and Miguel Seijas. Among people deceased in 2020, Annie Ross ranks 745. Before her are Bhanu Athaiya, Dawn Wells, Sumner Redstone, Mridula Sinha, Shirley Ann Grau, and Tony Waiters. After her are Vadão, Kapila Vatsyayan, Ali Khalif Galaydh, Doris de Agostini, Tamás Wichmann, and Sergey Belyayev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Annie Ross ranks 5,826 out of 8,785. Before her are Lysette Anthony (1963), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Perry McCarthy (1961), Tony Ashton (1946), Nigel Hitchin (1946), Lynn Davies (1942), Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), Jordan Pickford (1994), John Arden (1930), Ronald Pope (1920), and Damson Idris (1991). After her are Sophie Monk (1979).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Annie Ross ranks 219. Before her are Kathy Kirby (1938), Rag'n'Bone Man (1985), Adam Ant (1954), Thomas Allen (1944), Dani Filth (1973), and Tony Ashton (1946). After her are John Waite (1952), Annie Haslam (1947), Noel Harrison (1934), Reg Presley (1941), Leona Lewis (1985), and Oliver James (1980).

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