Frank Loesser Quotes

Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and music to the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the latter. He also wrote numerous songs for films and Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for best song, winning once, for "Baby, It's Cold Outside". Wikipedia

✵ 29. June 1910 – 28. July 1969

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Famous Frank Loesser Quotes

“Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
And we'll all stay free.

Praise the Lord and swing into position
Can't afford to sit around a-wishin'
Praise the Lord, we're all between perdition
And the deep blue sea.”

Frank Loesser

Song Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.

“The producer orders a certain title.
The musical director orders a certain rhythm.
The dance director orders a certain number of bars.
And the composer orders a certain number… of aspirin.”

Frank Loesser

on working in Hollywood
Reported by musician Michael Feinstein, transcript of * Fresh Air Celebrates Frank Loesser's 100th Birthday
http://www.npr.org/2010/06/29/128169934/fresh-air-celebrates-frank-loesser-s-100th-birthday
Fresh Air
http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/
Host: Terry Gross, Guest: Michael Feinstein
NPR
WHYY
Philadelphia
2009-06-29
2:34
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=128169934

“I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China,
All to myself, alone.
Get you and keep you in my arms evermore,
Leave all your lovers weeping on the far away shore.”

Frank Loesser

Song On a Slow Boat to China.

“On the island of New Georgia in the Solomons,
Stands a simple wooden cross alone to tell
That beneath the silent coral of the Solomons,
Sleeps a man, sleeps a man remembered well.”

Frank Loesser

The Ballad of Rodger Young http://www.wegrokit.com/shines.htm

“No, they've got no time for glory in the Infantry.
No, they've got no use for praises loudly sung,
But in every soldier's heart in all the Infantry
Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young.”

Frank Loesser

The Ballad of Rodger Young http://www.wegrokit.com/shines.htm

“I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle,
As I go riding merrily along.
And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single?"
And that song ain't so very far from wrong.”

Frank Loesser

Song Jingle, Jangle, Jingle.

“I love you,
A bushel and a peck,
A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.
Hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap,
Barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep.”

Frank Loesser

Song A Bushel and a Peck.

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