Frank Loesser (1910-1969) was an American songwriter and composer who found success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Some of his most famous works include Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Guys and Dolls was Loesser's biggest hit, running for over 1200 performances and winning a Tony Award. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Loesser also received an Academy Award for the song "Baby It's Cold Outside."
Frank Loesser (1910-1969) was an American songwriter and composer who found success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Some of his most famous works include Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Guys and Dolls was Loesser's biggest hit, running for over 1200 performances and winning a Tony Award. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Loesser also received an Academy Award for the song "Baby It's Cold Outside."
Frank Loesser (1910-1969) was an American songwriter and composer who found success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Some of his most famous works include Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Guys and Dolls was Loesser's biggest hit, running for over 1200 performances and winning a Tony Award. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Loesser also received an Academy Award for the song "Baby It's Cold Outside."
Frank Loesser (1910-1969) was an American songwriter and composer who found success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Some of his most famous works include Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Guys and Dolls was Loesser's biggest hit, running for over 1200 performances and winning a Tony Award. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Loesser also received an Academy Award for the song "Baby It's Cold Outside."
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FRANK LOESSER
•Frank ( Francis Henry ) Loesser was born in New York on the 29th of June, 1910. •Both his father and brother were classical pianists, and by the time he was 4, Loesser could figure out and play songs on the piano. •After his father’s death in 1925, Loesser went through many jobs in order to support his family, working as a restaurant reviewer, process server, drawing political cartoons for the Tuckahoe Record, a press representative for a small movie company, and an editor for a few different newspapers. •In the 30s, Loesser found success in Tin Pan Alley, leading to him signing a Hollywood deal with Universal in 1936, and moving to Hollywood with his wife, Lynn. He worked as a lyricist with composers such as Burton Lane and Arthur Schwartz. •His first project as both composer and lyricist came with ‘ Where’s Charley?’ in 1948, the success of which was followed on Broadway with Guys and dolls, The Most Happy Fella, and How to succeed in Business without really trying, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. •Loesser also won an academy award for ‘Baby it’s cold outside’ Where’s Charley Where’s Charley was Loessers first Broadway project. Originally, the score was to be written by Harold Arlen, but he was forced to abandon it when his house burned down. The hit song from the show was ‘One in love with Amy’ which became synonymous with the show’s star, Ray Bolger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCuUVpXfb84 Guys and Dolls •This was Loesser’s biggest hit, and was written in 1950, running for 1200 performances, and winning a Tony for best musical. •The original production starred Vivian Blaine, Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley •There was a revival in 1992 starring Nathan Lane, Peter Gallagher and Faith Prince that ran for almost the same amount of time as the original. •A film version starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine had the highest box office gross in 1955.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX-eFkGdJNM The Most Happy Fella •3 act musical, featuring almost 3 hours of continuous music – 30 songs of varying styles. •Loesser’s own brother critiqued the show heavily, claiming that ‘5 or 6 of the bars of the score were actually quite commendable’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UclGI6ovKek How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying •- a Dastard’s guide to fame and fortune, by Shepherd Mead •The show was a commercial success, with Tony awards for Best musical, Author, Producer, Director, Conductor, Actor, and Supporting actor, and the Pulitzer prize for Best Drama. •It was Loesser’s longest running, and last musical on Broadway. •The song ‘Heart of gold’ was written specifically for Rudy Vallee.
