The jazz vocal trio of Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross offered fun and fresh ideas for music in the 1950s and 1960s. Annie Ross, The female vocalist, Annie Ross (25 July 1930 – 21 July 2020) had a unique sound to her voice and took jazz liberties with singing. Her sometimes nasal sound was well-received and unique.

Annie was born in England and was performing on stage at the age of three, but moved with her family to New York City when she was four. She soon landed appearances with an MGM children's radio show and then moved to Los Angeles with her aunt.

In 1952, Ross met Prestige Records owner Bob Weinstock, who asked her to write lyrics to a jazz solo in a similar way to King Pleasure, a practice that would later be known as "vocalese." The next day, she presented him with "Twisted", a treatment of saxophonist Wardell Gray's 1949 composition of the same name, a classic example of the genre.

She recorded seven albums with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross between 1957 and 1962. They were globally popular and toured together for several years.

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