[5] 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.

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".

Ross introduced the standard popular song "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel) in the 1934 film College Rhythm.