Lanny Ross
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Lanny Ross (January 19, 1906 - April 25, 1988) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter.
[edit] Biography
Lancelot Patrick Ross was born in Seattle, Washington. He graduated from Yale University in 1928, where he was a member of Zeta Psi and Skull and Bones.[1][2] He later studied classical vocal technique at the Juilliard School of Music with Anna E. Schoen-René.[3] 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. 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.
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 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.
[edit] Film credits
- 1933 Yours Sincerely
- 1934 Melody in Spring
- 1934 College Rhythm
- 1938 The Lady Objects
- 1939 Gulliver's Travels animated feature film for which Lanny Ross provided the singing voice for the character Prince David.
[edit] References
- ^ http://opac.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=4139
- ^ "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.". New York Times: pp. 23. 20 May 1927.
- ^ Juilliard Archives
