Frank Loesser
American songwriter
Frank Henry Loesser ( "lesser"; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won a Tony Award for Guys and Dolls and shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for How to Succeed. He also wrote songs for over 60 Hollywood films and Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for best song, winning once for "Baby, It's Cold Outside."
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Works
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- A Liter and a Gram
- Anywhere I Wander
- Baby, It’s Cold Outside
- Bloop Bleep
- Brotherhood of Man
- Des yeux d'amoureuse
- Fugue for Scientists
- Gideon Briggs, I Love You
- Guys and Dolls
- Hamlet
- Happy to Make Your Acquaintance
- Have I Stayed Away Too Long
- Heart of Stone
- Hello Mom
- Hoop Dee Doo
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- I Believe in You
- I Cannot Let You Go
- I Wish I Didn’t Love You So
- I Wish I Were Twins
- If I Should Lose You
- Inch Worm
- Inchworm
- I’m Hans Christian Andersen
- Jag tror på dej
- Jingle Jangle Jingle
- Mach’s gut, ich muß gehn
- Never Will I Marry
- No Two People
- On a Slow Boat to China
- Once in Love With Amy
- Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
- Rodger Young
- Saunter Away
- Se for et vær det e’
- Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
- Summertime Love
- Tallahassee
- The King’s New Clothes
- The Lawrence Welk Show (Bubbles In The Wine)
- The Most Happy Fella
- The Music of Home
- The Ugly Duckling
- Thumbelina
- Travelling Light
- Wanting to Be Wanted
- What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
- Wonderful Copenhagen
- You Understand Me
- עינייך