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After graduating from high school in 1952, Ross performed in the [[Borscht Belt]] with a vocal group first called The Three Feathers, and then The Formals, who recorded a single for [[Dawn Records (American label)|Dawn Records]]. Their arranger was [[Dave Lambert (American jazz vocalist)|Dave Lambert]]. Rather than going to college, Ross performed as a comedy duo with [[Paul Krassner]]. He then sold adding machines, and worked as an agent for photographers (including [[Weegee]]) and models. “I didn’t know I was a writer,” Ross later recalled. “I didn’t find that out until many years later.” <ref name = “Academy”>{{cite web| website=Television Academy Foundation| title=Stanley Ralph Ross| url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/stanley-ralph-ross?clip=1#interview-clips| accessdate=November 23, 2024}}</ref>
Ross moved to Los Angeles in 1956, and met his wife, Neila Hyman, almost immediately. While working in advertising (“where I learned how to write,” Ross recalled later), <ref name = “Academy”>{{cite web| website=Television Academy Foundation| title=Stanley Ralph Ross| url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/stanley-ralph-ross?clip=1#interview-clips| accessdate=November 23, 2024}}</ref> Ross teamed with [[Bob Arbogast]] to write and record the 1958 novelty record "Chaos". When it came out
Ross made his mark on television as a writer. While working in promotions for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], he wrote (and directed) the classic opening segment to ''[[ABC's Wide World of Sports]]'':<ref>{{cite web|url= https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/news/abcs-wide-world-of-sports-debuted-50-years-ago-today|website=Television Academy|title= ABC's Wide World of Sports debuted 50 years ago today|date=April 29, 2011|accessdate=November 23, 2024}}</ref>
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