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Lanny Ross
Lanny Ross
	Ross (at right) on the Maxwell House Show Boat radio program in 1935
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Born	January 19, 1906; Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Origin	Taft School, Yale University, Columbia Law School
Died	April 25, 1988 (aged 82); New York City, U.S.
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, piano

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Lancelot Patrick Ross^[1] (January 19, 1906 – April 25, 1988)^[2] was an American singer, pianist and songwriter.

Biography[edit]

Ross was born in Seattle, Washington. His parents were Douglas and Winifred Ross, both natives of England. He graduated from Taft School in 1924, where he captained the track team and led the glee club, and Yale University in 1928, where he blossomed as one of the nation's foremost intercollegiate track performers as well as soloist with the famous Yale Glee Club, and he was a member of Zeta Psi and Skull and Bones. Additionally, in 1931 he earned a law degree from Columbia Law School.,^[3]^[4] earning the wherewithal by making radio appearances. He also studied classical vocal technique at the Juilliard School of Music with Anna E. Schoen-René.^[5]

Career[edit]

Lanny Ross made his theatrical bow at the age of 4 performing with his father in Ben Greet's professional Shakespearean company.^[6] During his primary education in a Canadian convent and various Seattle and New York schools, young Ross confined his appearances to choir work, including term as head monitor at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY.^[7] His career began in radio in 1928 and included a five-year run with Annette Hanshaw on the Maxwell House Show Boat program. His recording career began in 1929. He did so well on the radio that he gave up the legal profession and set forth on a singing career.^[8] Ross went on to success in vaudeville, night clubs and films. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, achieving the rank of Major. During the war, he was called upon to sing the Oscar-nominated ballad, "We Musn't Say Goodbye", for the 1943 motion picture, "Stage Door Canteen". The film also received an Oscar nomination for best musical score that year.

His radio programs have included Troubadour of the Moon, Maxwell House Showboat, Packard Mardi Gras, Lucky Strike Hit Parade and his own Lanny Ross Program, sponsored by Franco-American over the CBS Network.

Ross introduced the standard popular song "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel) in the 1934 film College Rhythm. He recorded the song with Nat W. Finston and the Paramount Recording Orchestra in Los Angeles on October 21, 1934. It was released on Brunswick 7318 (matrix LA-247-A) and became Ross' most successful record. He starred in two Paramount Pictures, Melody in Spring and College Rhythm, and also in The Lady Objects for Columbia Pictures. In 1941 he drew critical acclaim for his acting in stock productions of Petticoat Fever, Pursuit of Happiness and Green Grow the Lilacs.^[8]

He co-wrote the song "Listen to My Heart" with Al J. Neiburg and Abner Silver. It was performed in the 1939 short film Tempo of Tomorrow by Patricia Gilmore singing with the Richard Himber Orchestra.

Ross died in New York City.

Filmography[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1933	Yours Sincerely	Steve Alden	Film debut
1934	Melody in Spring	John Craddock
1934	College Rhythm	Larry Stacey
1938	The Lady Objects	William Hayward
1939	Gulliver's Travels	Prince David	Singing Voice
1943	Stage Door Canteen	Himself	Final film

References[edit]

^ Reinehr, Robert C.; Swartz, Jon D. (April 9, 2010). The A to Z of Old Time Radio. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461672074. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
^ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P.
^ Yale Scholarship and Music Program Honor Singer Lancelot "Lanny" P. Ross Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Yale News. Retrieved April 14, 2013
^ "SENATOR'S SON GETS FINAL 'TAP' AT YALE: Charles T. Bingham of Connecticut Receives Chief Honor at Traditional Elections. FOUR REFUSE FIRST SLAP John D. Rockefeller's Grandson Goes to Skull and Bones, Two Cousins to Scroll and Key". The New York Times. May 20, 1927. p. 23.
^ Mme. Anna E. Schoen-René 1864–1942 Retrieved April 14, 2013
^ Peterson, Bettelou (July 31, 1986). "Lanny Ross performed in summer stock, clubs". Detroit Free Press. Vol. 156, no. 88. p. 11B. Ross started at four, appearing with his father, English actor Douglas Ross in Ben Greet's Shakespearean Company touring the U.S.
^ "Choir Boy Who Made Good". The Detroit Free Press. Vol. 126, no. 255. Knight Newspapers Inc. January 13, 1957. p. 3. Lanny Ross, a star on radio, television and records, started out as a choir boy and monitor at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City
^ ^a ^b Billboard March 7, 1942

External links[edit]

Voice Talk, Perspectives on the Art of Singing, Lanny Ross Retrieved April 14, 2013
Lanny Ross collection of recorded radio broadcasts, 1934–1942 in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
New York Times obituary
Lanny Ross at IMDb
Lanny Ross at Find a Grave

[1] Reinehr, Robert C.; Swartz, Jon D. (April 9, 2010). The A to Z of Old Time Radio. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461672074. Retrieved August 10, 2016.

[rs-2] DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P.

[3] Yale Scholarship and Music Program Honor Singer Lancelot "Lanny" P. Ross Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Yale News. Retrieved April 14, 2013

[Tap_Day_1927-4] "SENATOR'S SON GETS FINAL 'TAP' AT YALE: Charles T. Bingham of Connecticut Receives Chief Honor at Traditional Elections. FOUR REFUSE FIRST SLAP John D. Rockefeller's Grandson Goes to Skull and Bones, Two Cousins to Scroll and Key". The New York Times. May 20, 1927. p. 23.

[5] Mme. Anna E. Schoen-René 1864–1942 Retrieved April 14, 2013

[6] Peterson, Bettelou (July 31, 1986). "Lanny Ross performed in summer stock, clubs". Detroit Free Press. Vol. 156, no. 88. p. 11B. Ross started at four, appearing with his father, English actor Douglas Ross in Ben Greet's Shakespearean Company touring the U.S.

[7] "Choir Boy Who Made Good". The Detroit Free Press. Vol. 126, no. 255. Knight Newspapers Inc. January 13, 1957. p. 3. Lanny Ross, a star on radio, television and records, started out as a choir boy and monitor at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City

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-'''Lanny Ross''' (January 19, 1906 - April 25, 1988)<ref name=rs>DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}. P.</ref>  was an [[United States|American]] singer, pianist and songwriter.
+'''Lancelot Patrick Ross<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reinehr|first1=Robert C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5uzfQjhlUXoC&q=%22Lanny+Ross%22&pg=PA224|title=The A to Z of Old Time Radio|last2=Swartz|first2=Jon D.|date=April 9, 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9781461672074|language=en|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>''' (January 19, 1906 – April 25, 1988)<ref name=rs>DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}. P.</ref> was an American singer, pianist and songwriter.
 ==Biography==
-'''Lancelot Patrick Ross'''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reinehr|first1=Robert C.|last2=Swartz|first2=Jon D.|title=The A to Z of Old Time Radio|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9781461672074|url=https://books.google.com/?id=5uzfQjhlUXoC&pg=PA224&dq=%22Lanny+Ross%22#v=onepage&q=%22Lanny%20Ross%22&f=false|accessdate=10 August 2016|language=en|date=2010-04-09}}</ref> was born in [[Seattle, Washington]].  His parents were Douglas and Winifred Ross, both natives of England.  He graduated from [[Taft School]] in 1924, where he captained the track team and led the Glee Club and [[Yale University]] in 1928, where he blossomed forth as one of the nation's foremost intercollegiate track performers, as well as soloist with the famous Yale Glee Club, and he was a member of [[Zeta Psi]] and [[Skull and Bones]].  Additionally, in 1931 he earned a law degree from [[Columbia Law School]].,<ref>[http://opac.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=4139 Yale Scholarship and Music Program Honor Singer Lancelot "Lanny" P. Ross] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724184902/http://opac.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=4139 |date=2011-07-24 }}, Yale News, Retrieved 14 April 2013</ref><ref name="Tap Day 1927">{{cite news | title=SENATOR'S SON GETS FINAL 'TAP' AT YALE: Charles T. Bingham of Connecticut Receives Chief Honor at Traditional Elections. FOUR REFUSE FIRST SLAP John D. Rockefeller's Grandson Goes to Skull and Bones, Two Cousins to Scroll and Key. | work=[[New York Times]] | date=20 May 1927 | pages=23}}</ref> earning the wherewithal by making radio appearances.  He also studied classical vocal technique at the [[Juilliard School of Music]] with Anna E. Schoen-René.<ref>[http://www.nycommunitytrust.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/BioBrochures/Mme.%20Anna%20E.%20Schoen-Rene.pdf Mme. Anna E. Schoen-René 1864-1942] Retrieved 14 April 2013</ref>
+Ross was born in [[Seattle]], Washington. His parents were Douglas and Winifred Ross, both natives of England. He graduated from [[Taft School]] in 1924, where he captained the track team and led the glee club, and [[Yale University]] in 1928, where he blossomed as one of the nation's foremost intercollegiate track performers as well as soloist with the famous Yale Glee Club, and he was a member of [[Zeta Psi]] and [[Skull and Bones]]. Additionally, in 1931 he earned a law degree from [[Columbia Law School]].,<ref>[http://opac.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=4139 Yale Scholarship and Music Program Honor Singer Lancelot "Lanny" P. Ross] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724184902/http://opac.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=4139 |date=July 24, 2011 }}, Yale News. Retrieved April 14, 2013</ref><ref name="Tap Day 1927">{{cite news | title=SENATOR'S SON GETS FINAL 'TAP' AT YALE: Charles T. Bingham of Connecticut Receives Chief Honor at Traditional Elections. FOUR REFUSE FIRST SLAP John D. Rockefeller's Grandson Goes to Skull and Bones, Two Cousins to Scroll and Key. | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=May 20, 1927 | pages=23}}</ref> earning the wherewithal by making radio appearances. He also studied classical vocal technique at the [[Juilliard School of Music]] with Anna E. Schoen-René.<ref>[http://www.nycommunitytrust.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/BioBrochures/Mme.%20Anna%20E.%20Schoen-Rene.pdf Mme. Anna E. Schoen-René 1864–1942] Retrieved April 14, 2013</ref>
 ==Career==
-Lanny Ross made his theatrical bow at the age of 4 performing with his father in [[Ben Greet]]'s professional Shakespearean company.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Peterson|first1=Bettelou|title=Lanny Ross performed in summer stock, clubs|work=Detroit Free Press|volume=156|number=88|date=July 31, 1986|page=11B|quote=Ross started at four, appearing with his father, English actor Douglas Ross in Ben Greet's Shakespearean Company touring the U.S.}}</ref>  During his primary education in a Canadian convent and various Seattle and New York schools, young Ross confined his appearances to choir work, including term as head monitor at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY.<ref>{{cite news|title=Choir Boy Who Made Good|work=The Detroit Free Press|publisher=Knight Newspapers Inc.|date=January 13, 1957|volume=126|number=255|page=3|quote=Lanny Ross, a star on radio, television and records, started out as a choir boy and monitor at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City}}</ref> His career began in radio in 1928 and included a five-year run with [[Annette Hanshaw]] on the ''[[Maxwell House Show Boat]]'' program.  His recording career began in 1929.  He did so well on the radio that he gave up the legal profession and set forth on a singing career.<ref name="Billboard March 7, 1942">Billboard March 7, 1942</ref>  Ross went on to success in vaudeville, night clubs and films.  He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, achieving the rank of Major. During the war, he was called upon to sing the Oscar-nominated ballad, "We Musn't Say Goodbye," for the 1943 motion picture, "Stage Door Canteen." The film also received an Oscar nomination for best musical score that year.
+Lanny Ross made his theatrical bow at the age of 4 performing with his father in [[Ben Greet]]'s professional Shakespearean company.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Peterson|first1=Bettelou|title=Lanny Ross performed in summer stock, clubs|work=Detroit Free Press|volume=156|number=88|date=July 31, 1986|page=11B|quote=Ross started at four, appearing with his father, English actor Douglas Ross in Ben Greet's Shakespearean Company touring the U.S.}}</ref> During his primary education in a Canadian convent and various Seattle and New York schools, young Ross confined his appearances to choir work, including term as head monitor at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY.<ref>{{cite news|title=Choir Boy Who Made Good|work=The Detroit Free Press|publisher=Knight Newspapers Inc.|date=January 13, 1957|volume=126|number=255|page=3|quote=Lanny Ross, a star on radio, television and records, started out as a choir boy and monitor at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City}}</ref> His career began in radio in 1928 and included a five-year run with [[Annette Hanshaw]] on the ''[[Maxwell House Show Boat]]'' program. His recording career began in 1929. He did so well on the radio that he gave up the legal profession and set forth on a singing career.<ref name="Billboard March 7, 1942">Billboard March 7, 1942</ref> Ross went on to success in vaudeville, night clubs and films. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, achieving the rank of Major. During the war, he was called upon to sing the Oscar-nominated ballad, "We Musn't Say Goodbye", for the 1943 motion picture, "Stage Door Canteen". The film also received an Oscar nomination for best musical score that year.
-HIs radio programs have included ''Troubadour of the Moon'', ''Maxwell House Showboat'', ''Packard Mardi Gras'', ''Lucky Strike Hit Parade'' and his own ''Lanny Ross Program'', sponsored by Franco-American over the CBS Network.
+His radio programs have included ''Troubadour of the Moon'', ''Maxwell House Showboat'', ''Packard Mardi Gras'', ''Lucky Strike Hit Parade'' and his own ''Lanny Ross Program'', sponsored by Franco-American over the CBS Network.
-Ross introduced the standard popular song "[[Stay as Sweet as You Are]]" (w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]) in the 1934 film ''[[College Rhythm]]''.  He recorded the song with [[Nat W. Finston]] and the Paramount Recording Orchestra in [[Los Angeles]] on October 21, 1934.  It was released on Brunswick 7318 (matrix LA-247-A) and became Ross' most successful record.  He starred in two [[Paramount Pictures]]' ''Melody in Spring'' and ''College Rhythm'' and also in ''The Lady Objects'' for [[Columbia Pictures]].  In 1941 he drew critical acclaim for his acting in stock productions of ''Petticoat Fever'', ''Pursuit of Happiness'' and ''Green Grow the Lilacs''.<ref name="Billboard March 7, 1942"/>
+Ross introduced the standard popular song "[[Stay as Sweet as You Are]]" (w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]) in the 1934 film ''[[College Rhythm]]''. He recorded the song with [[Nat W. Finston]] and the Paramount Recording Orchestra in Los Angeles on October 21, 1934. It was released on Brunswick 7318 (matrix LA-247-A) and became Ross' most successful record. He starred in two [[Paramount Pictures]], ''Melody in Spring'' and ''College Rhythm'', and also in ''The Lady Objects'' for [[Columbia Pictures]]. In 1941 he drew critical acclaim for his acting in stock productions of ''Petticoat Fever'', ''Pursuit of Happiness'' and ''Green Grow the Lilacs''.<ref name="Billboard March 7, 1942"/>
-He co-wrote the song "Listen to My Heart" with [[Al J. Neiburg]] and [[Abner Silver]].  It was performed in the 1939 short film ''[[Tempo of Tomorrow]]'' by [[Patricia Gilmore]] singing with the [[Richard Himber]] Orchestra.
+He co-wrote the song "Listen to My Heart" with [[Al J. Neiburg]] and [[Abner Silver]]. It was performed in the 1939 short film ''[[Tempo of Tomorrow]]'' by [[Patricia Gilmore]] singing with the [[Richard Himber]] Orchestra.
-Ross died in [[New York City]].
+Ross died in New York City.
-==Film credits==
+==Filmography==
+{|class="wikitable"
-*1933 ''[[Yours Sincerely (film)|Yours Sincerely]]''
+|-
-*1934 ''[[Melody in Spring]]''
+! Year
-*1934 ''[[College Rhythm]]''
+! Title
-*1938 ''[[The Lady Objects]]''
+! Role
-*1939 ''[[Gulliver's Travels (1939 film)|Gulliver's Travels]]'' animated feature film for which Lanny Ross provided the singing voice for the character ''Prince David''.
+! Notes
+|-
+| 1933
+| ''[[Spring Is Here (film)|Yours Sincerely]]''
+| Steve Alden
+| Film debut
+|-
+| rowspan=2|1934
+| ''[[Melody in Spring]]''
+| John Craddock
+|
+|-
+| ''[[College Rhythm]]''
+| Larry Stacey
+|
+|-
+| 1938
+| ''[[The Lady Objects]]''
+| William Hayward
+|
+|-
+| 1939
+| ''[[Gulliver's Travels (1939 film)|Gulliver's Travels]]''
+| Prince David
+| Singing Voice
+|-
+| 1943
+| ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]''
+| Himself
+| Final film
+|-
+|}
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-<references/>
 == External links ==
-*[http://www.voice-talk.net/2011/07/lanny-ross_07.html Voice Talk, Perspectives on the Art of Singing, Lanny Ross] Retrieved 14 April 2013
+*[http://www.voice-talk.net/2011/07/lanny-ross_07.html Voice Talk, Perspectives on the Art of Singing, Lanny Ross] Retrieved April 14, 2013
-*[http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16491553~S1 Lanny Ross collection of recorded radio broadcasts, 1934-1942] in the [http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/rodgers-and-hammerstein-archives-recorded-sound Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound] of [http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts].
+*[http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16491553~S1 Lanny Ross collection of recorded radio broadcasts, 1934–1942] in the [http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/rodgers-and-hammerstein-archives-recorded-sound Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound] of [http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts].
+* [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/26/obituaries/lanny-ross-star-of-radio-series-in-1930-s-and-1940-s-dies-at-82.html ''New York Times'' obituary]
+*{{IMDb name|0743595}}
+*{{find a Grave|171135906}}
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+[[Category:American male pop singers]]
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-[[Category:American singer-songwriters]]
+[[Category:American tenors]]
 [[Category:Traditional pop music singers]]
 [[Category:Juilliard School alumni]]
 [[Category:Yale University alumni]]
 [[Category:Vaudeville performers]]
-[[Category:20th-century American singers]]
+[[Category:20th-century American singer-songwriters]]
-[[Category:Songwriters from Washington (state)]]
+[[Category:Singer-songwriters from Washington (state)]]
-[[Category:Singers from Washington (state)]]
+[[Category:20th-century American male singers]]

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