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Frank Henry Loesser (/ ˈ l ɛ s ər / "lesser"; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others.
FRANK LOESSER (1910 – 1969) has been called the most versatile of all Broadway composers. Each of his five Broadway musicals: Where’s Charley?, Guys And Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, Greenwillow and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, is endowed with its own unique sound and style.
Frank Loesser was an American composer, librettist, and lyricist, who achieved major success writing for Broadway musicals, culminating in the 1962 Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Frank Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and music to award winning Broadway musicals, Films and more.
Frank Loesser, however, never studied music formally but would become one of the most influential film and stage musical writers in history. Loesser wrote his first song at the age of six (“The May Party”) and as a child taught himself the harmonica and then the piano.
Frank Loesser. Music Department: Where's Charley?. Frank Loesser was educated at Townsend Harris Hall; CCNY. He wrote songs for college shows, and worked as a newspaper reporter, a pianist and singer, a caricaturist in vaudeville acts, and as an editor for a trade newspaper.
On October 14, 1961, Frank bounced back with How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, which won the Pulitzer Prize and seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It ran four years on Broadway, with "I Believe in You" and "Brotherhood of Man" becoming enormous hits from that score.
Dec 2, 2006 · Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser highlights the creative genius behind Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Jun 29, 2010 · How To Succeed In Showbiz: The Frank Loesser Story Today marks the hundredth anniversary of the famed composer's birth. Loesser penned some of Broadway's best-known musicals,...
May 1, 2010 · Frank Loesser, who wrote hard, smart musicals like Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, composed more than 700 songs for stage and screen in a career spanning over...
