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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:

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

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