Frank Loesser - Notable Songs

Notable Songs

See also category: Musicals by Frank Loesser

Loesser was the lyricist of over 700 songs.

War songs
  • "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" (1942)
  • "The Ballad of Rodger Young" (1943)
Broadway musicals
  • "Once in Love With Amy" from Where's Charley?
  • "A Bushel and a Peck", "Fugue for Tinhorns", "I'll Know", "If I Were A Bell" (a favorite of Miles Davis, featured in recordings with John Coltrane), "Luck Be a Lady Tonight", "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "I'll Know" from Guys and Dolls
  • "Standing on the Corner" from The Most Happy Fella
  • "Never Will I Marry" from Greenwillow
  • "I Believe In You" and "The Brotherhood of Man" from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Films and Tin Pan Alley
  • "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from the M-G-M picture "Neptune's Daughter" (1949). This was originally a song which Loesser and his wife Lynn performed at parties for the private entertainment of friends. They also recorded the song for Mercury Records. Under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to supply a full score for Neptune's Daughter, Loesser included this song which he had created in 1944, originally for their housewarming party.
  • "Heart and Soul" (from the Paramount short subject A Song is Born) – lyrics
  • "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" from the Paramount picture Sweater Girl (1942), performed on screen by Betty Jane Rhodes
  • "Can't Get Out of This Mood" from the RKO Radio Pictures film "7 Day's Leave" (1942)
  • "Let's Get Lost" from Happy Go Lucky (1943) This song inspired the title to the documentary film with the same title about jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.
  • "On a Slow Boat to China" (1948)
  • "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" from the Universal picture Christmas Holiday (1944)
  • "Inch Worm", "Thumbelina" and "Wonderful Copenhagen" (which is now the official song of the city of Copenhagen) from the Samuel Goldwyn picture Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
  • "Two Sleepy People" (music by Hoagy Carmichael) from the Paramount picture "Thanks for the Memory" (1938)
  • "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (written in 1947)

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