Frank Henry Loesser (June 29, 1910 – July 26, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the scores to the Broadway hits Guys And Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the latter.

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  • Frank Henry Loesser (June 29, 1910 – July 26, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the scores to the Broadway hits Guys And Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the latter. He also wrote numerous songs for 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".
  • Frank Henry Loesser war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist und Liedtexter.
  • Frank Henry Loesser fue un libretista, compositor y letrista estadounidense. En 1936 se trasladó a Hollywood, donde trabajó con Hoagy Carmichael, Burton Lane, Jule Styne y Jimmy McHugh. Sus famosas canciones en tiempos de guerra fueron Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition y What Do You Do in the Infantry?; mientras que entre sus éxitos de posguerra se encuentran (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China y Baby It's Cold Outside, esta última ganadora de un premio de la Academia en 1949. Su primer musical de Broadway fue Where's Charley?, estrenado en 1948 y llevado al cine en 1952. En el año de 1950 produjo Guys and Dolls (también llevado a la pantalla grande en 1955), considerado uno de los mas ingeniosos musicales norteamericanos. A este le siguió The Most Happy Fella en 1956 y How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, ganador de un premio Pulitzer en 1962.
  • Frank Loesser est un compositeur, scénariste et acteur américain né le 29 juin 1910 à New York, New York, décédé le 28 juillet 1969 à New York.
  • Frank Henry Loesser var en amerikansk kompositör och textförfattare. Han dog av lungcancer vid ålder av 59. Under andra världskriget, skrev han sången "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition". Han var en mycket succéfylld textförfattare i samarbete med andra kompositörer. Det här var den första sången som Loesser komponerade texten först och sedan musiken. Loesser blev tilldelad en Grammy Award, 1961 för "Best Original Cast Show Album" för How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.
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  • Frank Henry Loesser (June 29, 1910 – July 26, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the scores to the Broadway hits Guys And Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the latter.
  • Frank Henry Loesser war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist und Liedtexter.
  • Frank Henry Loesser fue un libretista, compositor y letrista estadounidense. En 1936 se trasladó a Hollywood, donde trabajó con Hoagy Carmichael, Burton Lane, Jule Styne y Jimmy McHugh.
  • Frank Loesser est un compositeur, scénariste et acteur américain né le 29 juin 1910 à New York, New York, décédé le 28 juillet 1969 à New York.
  • Frank Henry Loesser var en amerikansk kompositör och textförfattare. Han dog av lungcancer vid ålder av 59. Under andra världskriget, skrev han sången "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition". Han var en mycket succéfylld textförfattare i samarbete med andra kompositörer. Det här var den första sången som Loesser komponerade texten först och sedan musiken.
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