Real name: Frank Henry Loesser

Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 1996

American songwriter.

Born: 29 June 1910 in New York City, New York, USA.
Died: 26: July 1969 in New York City, New York, USA (aged 59).

Frank Loesser has been called the most versatile of all Broadway composers. He wrote the lyrics to over 700 songs, wrote and composed the Pulitzer Prize winning musical "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying". He won the Tony Award in 1951 as Best Composer and Lyricist for the musical "Guys And Dolls" and won the Academy Award for "Best Song" for "Baby, It's Cold Outside".

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.