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Detailed explanation-1: -Annabelle Allan Short, known professionally as Annie Ross, is a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Shortly after arriving in America, she won a token contract with MGM through a children’s radio contest run by Paul Whiteman.

Detailed explanation-2: -Administrative / Biographical History. Annie Ross was born Annabelle McCauley Allan Short in Surrey, England, on 25 July 1930. She was the daughter of musical hall performers and vaudevillians John “Jack” Short and Mary Dalziel Short (née Allan). Her brother was the actor, comedian, musician and impresario Jimmy Logan.