Frank Loesser

Frank Loesser (June 29, 1910, New York City - July 26, 1969, New York City) was a composer and lyricist. He died of lung cancer at age 59.

He wrote the following Broadway musicals:

• Where’s Charley (1948)
• Guys and Dolls (1950)
• The Most Happy Fella (1956)
• Greenwillow (1960)
• How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1961)

Some well-know songs he composed:

• "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (from Neptune's Daughter)
• "A Bushel and a Peck" (from Guys and Dolls)
• "Fugue for Tinhorns" (from Guys and Dolls)
• "Heart and Soul" (from the Paramount Short Subject A Song in Born)
• "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (from the Paramount Pictures motion picture Sweater Girl)
• "Inch Worm" (from the motion picture Hans Christian Andersen)
• "On a Slow Boat to China"
• "Once in Love With Amy" (from Where's Charley)
• "Standing on the Corner" (from The Most Happy Fella)
• "Thumbelina" (from Hans Christian Andersen)
• "What are You Doing New Year's Eve?"
• "Wonderful Copenhagen" (from Hans Christian Anderson)

External Links

• http://www.frankloesser.com/
• Interview with daughter Susan Loesser - http://freshair.npr.org/day_fa.jhtml?display=day&todayDate=12/29/2003