Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser, The (Hardcover) (2003)

"Frank Loesser could write authoritatively in virtually any style and, frankly, did," observed composer-lyricist Maury Yeston. "A genius melodist and a supergenius lyricist, only he would ever rhyme 'pelts' with 'else' ["Take Back Your Mink"] or 'India' with ‘been to ya' ["They're Either Too Young or Too Old"] while simultaneously combining a crackling intellect with a heart as big as the moon."

Frank Loesser-who, like Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, wrote both music and lyrics for his shows-has been called the most versatile of Broadway composers. His five musicals are among Broadway's most creative and enduring achievements: Where's Charley?, Guys and Dolls (for which he won his first Tony Award), The Most Happy Fella, Greenwillow, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (for which he won both the Tony and the Pulitzer Prize). But well before Loesser wrote his first show, he was known to America for the song hits of his Hollywood career, including the Oscar-winning "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "On a Slow Boat to China," "Two Sleepy People," "Heart and Soul," "I Don't Want to Walk Without You," and "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year," as well as the wartime hit "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition."

Robert Kimball and Steve Nelson have gathered lyrics from such varied sources as rare private recordings, the personal files of Frank Loesser, and the archives of various film studios. Here, too, are photographs of the stars who helped make Loesser's songs famous, such as Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Marlene Dietrich, Ray Bolger, and Betty Hutton. Kimball and Nelson's research has yielded many previously "lost" lyrics, making it possible for the first time to fully grasp the extent of Frank Loesser's extraordinary talent.

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Man I Marry, The (1936)
Postal Inspector (1936)
Three Smart Girls (1936)
Yellowstone (1936)
Blossoms on Broadway (1937)
Breezing Home (1937)
Girl With Ideas, A (1937)
Lady Fights Back, The (1937)
Mysterious Crossing (1937)
Reported Missing (1937)
That's My Story (1937)
When Love is Young (1937)
Wildcatter, The (1937)
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
College Swing (aka Swing, Teacher, Swing) (1938)
Devil's Party, The (1938)
Freshman Year (1938)
Last Warning, The (1938)
Letter of Introduction (1938)
Mdnight Intruder (1938)
Stolen Heaven (1938)
Cafe Society (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Hawaiian Nights (1939)
Man About Town (1939)
St. Louis Blues (aka Best of the Blues) (1939)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Moon Over Burma (1940)
Night at Earl Carroll's, A (1940)
Quarterback, The (1940)
Youth Will Be Served (1940)
Glamour Boy (aka Hearts in Springtime) (1941)
Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941)
Las Vegas Nights (aka The Gay City) (1941)
Sailors on Leave (1941)
Priorities on Parade (1942)
Sweater Girl (1942)
True to the Army (1942)
Happy Go Lucky (1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Tornado (1943)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
Perils of Pauline, The (1947)
Variety Girl (1947)
On Our Merry Way (aka A Miracle Can Happen) (1948)
Where's Charley? (1948)
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
Guys & Dolls (1950)
Let's Dance (1950)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Where's Charley? (1952)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Most Happy Fella, The (1956)
Greenwillow (1960)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961)
Pleasures and Palaces (1965)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Señor Discretion Himself (1968)
Celebrity (1998)
Love Letter, The (1999)
Payback (1999)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
Elf (2003)

Related Songs:

A-Tangle, A-Dangle
Ah, To Be Home Again
Ai-Paisano
Alone In Your Class, Little Girl
Baby
Bang - The Bell Rang
Barabanchik
Bee, The
Been A Long Day
Benny To Helen To Chance
Bing Bang
Blame It On the Danube
Bless This Day
Blue Nightfall
Boy, Oh Boy!
Boys In The Band
Bubbles In The Wine
By The By
Call, The
Campaneros
Chasing You Around
Chile Moonlight
Clang Dang The Bell
College Swing
Could've Been A Ring
Courting, The
Cracker Barrel County
Dancing For Nickels And Dimes
Dancing On A Dime
Day Borrowed From Heaven, A
Delicatessen Of My Dreams, The
Doesn't That Mean Anything To You?
Dog, The
Dorrie's Wish
Dream To-Night
Duck, The
Every Love
Everybody Sings
Far, Far Away
Fish, The
Gideon's Charm
Goo Goo G'da
Good Night, Good Neighbor
Got To Have A Somebody
Green-Eyed Monster, The
Greenwillow Hallow'eve
Greenwillow Walk
Hamlet
Happy-Go-Lucky
Hasta La Vista
Hawaii Sang Me To Sleep
He Can Waltz
He Died Good
Head On Her Shoulders, A
Heart of Harlem
Heaven Smiles
Here Comes The Night
Here Comes Tomorrow (Gimme Another Kiss Goodnight)
Here's A Heart
Hey, Good Looking
Home Ties
Hoop-De-Doo
Hoorah For Jones
Horse, The
Hot Catfish and Corn Dodgers
Hot Towel
How Sweet You Are
How'dja Like To Love Me?
Hyacinth, The
I Could Have Told You
I Fall In Love With You Every Day
I Fall Overboard
I Get The Neck Of The Chicken
I Gotta Ride
I Hear Bells
I Just Came Back To Haunt You
I Kinda Dream
I Know I'm In Harlem
I Like Hump-Backed Salmon
I Love Him
I Love Those Men
I Wake Up In The Morning Feeling Fine
I Wanna' Make With The Happy Times
I Want My Money Back
I Wish I Was The Willow
I Worry About You
I'll Dance At Your Wedding, Honey Dear
I'll Never Let A Day Pass By
I'll See You In The Morning
I'm All A-Tremble Over You
I'm Ridin' For A Fall
I've Been In Love Before
Ibbedy Bibbedy Sibbedy Sab
If You're In Love
In Love With A Memory Of You
Invitation To Happiness
It's Time For The Love Scene
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jitterbug's Lullaby
Junior
Katy-Did, Katy Didn't
Keep Your Eye On The Sky
Kiss At Midnight
Kiss Me With Your Eyes
Lashes
Last Thing I Want Is You Pity
Leave Us Face It (We're In Love)
Let's Get Lost
Let's Have Blue Birds and End Title
Let's Incorporate
Li'l Boy Love
Life Is Peaches And Cream
Like A Woman
Little Joe, The Wrangler
Lovable Sort of Person
Love And Kindness
Love Is Such An Old Fashioned Thing
Love Isn't Born, It's Made
Love Me As I Am
Lovely One
Magic Of Magnolias
Man About Town
Man's In The Navy, The
Manana
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
Meany Miny Moe
Meet Me At The College Bowl
Melancholy Me
Men With Wings
Mexican Magic
Mexico City
Moon Over Burma
Mouse, The
Music On The Shore
My Beauty
My Boy, My Boy
My Gal's Workin' at Lockheed
My Kind Of Country
My Lover Is A Scoundrel
My Sentimental Nature
My! My!
Need I Speak?
Neither The Time
Neptune's Daughter
Night Blooming Jasmine
No Ring On Her Finger
Oh, How I Love A Wedding
Oh, Them Dudes
Old Fashioned Love
Old Homestead
One Little Wac
Out With Your Chest And Up With Your Chin
Padre, I Have Sinned
Pagan Lullaby
Palms Of Paradise
Pan, Pan, Pan
Pancito's Song
Papa, Come Home
Park Avenue Gimp
Piel's Beer Commercial
Pleasures & Palaces
Poppa, Don't Preach To Me
Prairieland Lullaby
Preacher's Sermon, The
Puerto Rico
Queen Of The Hollywood Islands
Railroad That Ran Through Our Land, The
Riddleweed
Say It (Over And Over Again)
Seal, The
Sentimental Folks
Sermon, The
Seventeen
Sewing Machine, The
Shango
Shoe Song, The
Since When?
Sins of Sura, The
Skirts
Soft-Hearted
Some Like It Hot
Song In My Heart Is A Rumba
Song Of The Sparrow
Spaghetti
Status
Stone Walls
Strange Enchantment
Street Voices
Sunday At Sundown
Sweater Girl
Take Me Now
Tall Grows The Timber
Tears Of Joy
Tell Me No Tall, Tall Tale
That Ain't Hay
That Sentimental Sandwich
That's How I Got My Start
That's Loyalty
Then I Wrote The Minuet In 'G'
There Goes My Dream
Three Black Crows
Thunder And Lightning
Ticker Tape Tap
To Marry
To See Her
To Your Health
Touch of Texas, A
Traffic Was Terrific, The
Train That Brought You To Town, The
Traveling Carnival
Tunnel of Love, The
Wave To Me, My Lady
We're The Couple In The Castle
What A Blessing
What A Rumba Does To Romance
What Did Romeo Say To Juliet?
What Gives Out Now?
What Is Life?
White Blossoms Of Tah-Ni
Who Could Forget You
Whodunit?
Why Fight The Feeling?
Wild Trumpets And Crazy Piano (Got A Gal To Forget)
Wind Blows In My Window, The
Wisdom Of The Heart, The
World Peace
Worm, The
You Can't Tell A Man By His Hat
You Speak My Language
You're A Natural
You're My Heart
You're So Reliable
You've Got That Look (That Leaves Me Weak)
Your Heart Calling Mine
Your Kiss
Your Own College Band
Youth Will Be Served
Zaza
Oh! What a Beautiful Baby You Turned Out To Be (1934)
Old Oak Tree, The (1934)
Tree in Tipperary, A (1936)
I Wish I Were Twins (1937)
Junk Man (1937)
Heart and Soul (1938)
I Go For That (1938)
Moments Like This (1938)
Says My Heart (1938)
Small Fry (1938)
Two Sleepy People (1938)
Boys In The Backroom (1939)
Lady's In Love With You, The (1939)
Snug as a Bug in a Rug (1939)
I Hear Music (1940)
Dolores (1941)
I Don't Want To Walk Without You (1941)
I Said No (1941)
Kiss The Boys Goodbye (1941)
Look at You, Look at Me (1941)
Sand In My Shoes (1941)
Since You (1941)
Well! Well! (1941)
Can't Get Out of This Mood (1942)
Hello Mom (1942)
Ice Cold Katy (1942)
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (1942)
Murder, He Says (1942)
Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone (1942)
Praise the Lord and Pass The Ammunition (1942)
Sing a Tropical Song (1942)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1942)
They're Either Too Young or Too Old (1942)
Dreamer, The (1943)
Have I Stayed Away Too Long? (1943)
In My Arms (1943)
Road To Victory, The (1943)
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year (1943)
What Do You Do in the Infantry? (1943)
First Class Private Mary Brown (1944)
One-Pip Wonder, The (1944)
Sad Bombardier, The (1944)
Salute to the Army Service Forces (1944)
WAC Hymn, The (1944)
Why Do They Call a Private a Private? (1944)
Rodger Young (1945)
When He Comes Home (1945)
Bloop Bleep (1947)
Tallahassee (1947)
Tune For Humming, A (1947)
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (1947)
At The Red Rose Cotillion (1948)
Baby It's Cold Outside (1948)
Better Get Out of Here (1948)
Don't Introduce Me to That Angel (1948)
Down the Stairs, Out the Door Went My Baby (1948)
Feathery Feelin', The (1948)
Gossips, The (1948)
Lovelier Than Ever (1948)
Make a Miracle (1948)
My Darling, My Darling (1948)
New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band, The (1948)
On a Slow Boat to China (1948)
Once in Love With Amy (1948)
Pernambuco (1948)
Saunter Away (1948)
Serenade With Asides (1948)
Where's Charley? (1948)
Woman In His Room, The (1948)
Years Before Us, The (1948)
My Heart Beats Faster (1949)
Roseanna (1949)
Adelaide's Lament (1950)
Bushel and a Peck, A (1950)
Follow the Fold (1950)
Fugue For Tinhorns (1950)
Guys and Dolls (1950)
I'll Know (1950)
I've Never Been in Love Before (1950)
If I Were a Bell (1950)
Luck Be A Lady (1950)
Marry the Man Today (1950)
More I Cannot Wish You (1950)
My Time of Day (1950)
Oldest Established, The (1950)
Runyonland (1950)
Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat (1950)
Sue Me (1950)
Take Back Your Mink (1950)
Travelling Light (1950)
Anywhere I Wander (1951)
Inch Worm, The (1951)
Three-Cornered Tune (1951)
I'm Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
King's New Clothes, The (1952)
No Two People (1952)
Thumbelina (1952)
Ugly Duckling, The (1952)
Wonderful Copenhagen (1952)
All is Forgiven (And All is Forgotten) (1953)
Just Another Polka (1953)
No Swallerin' Place (1953)
Crying Polka (1954)
Warm and Willing (1954)
Adelaide (1955)
Pet Me, Poppa (1955)
Woman In Love, A (1955)
Abbondanza (1956)
Benvenuta (1956)
Big D (1956)
Don't Cry (1956)
Fresno Beauties (1956)
Happy to Make Your Acquaintance (1956)
How Beautiful the Days (1956)
I Like Ev'rybody (1956)
Joey, Joey, Joey (1956)
Mamma, Mamma (1956)
Most Happy Fella, The (1956)
My Heart is so Full of You (1956)
Ooh My Feet (1956)
Please Let Me Tell You (1956)
Rosabella (1956)
Somebody, Somewhere (1956)
Song of A Summer Night (1956)
Sposalizio (1956)
Standing on the Corner (1956)
Warm All Over (1956)
Young People (1956)
Faraway Boy (1959)
Gideon Briggs, I Love You (1960)
Greenwillow Christmas (1960)
Music of Home, The (1960)
Never Will I Marry (1960)
Summertime Love (1960)
Walking Away Whistling (1960)
Brotherhood of Man (1961)
Cinderella, Darling (1961)
Coffee Break (1961)
Company Way, The (1961)
Grand Old Ivy (1961)
Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm (1961)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961)
I Believe in You (1961)
Love From a Heart of Gold (1961)
Paris Original (1961)
Rosemary (1961)
Secretary is Not a Toy, A (1961)
In Your Eyes (1965)
Truly Loved (1965)
Asking For Trouble (1974)
That Was My Love I Gave You (1974)
Heart of Stone (1985)
You Understand Me (1985)
Doing The Dishes (1995)
Long, Long Lashes (1995)
Where the Grass Grows Green (1995)
Moon of Manakoora, The (2003)

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