Series 33, Prog 17

THE FRANK LOESSER SONG BOOK

Frank Loesser wrote both music and lyrics for successful Broadway musicals such as Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and more than 60 Hollywood movies. Many of his songs have become standards, including Baby, It's Cold Outside which won an Academy Award for Best Song in 1950. Originally written in 1944 for Loesser to sing with his wife, Lynn Garland, at their New York housewarming party at the Navarro Hotel. 

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Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

I Believe In You - Bobby Darin: Swings

Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year - Lee Wiley: Back Home Again

Warm All Over - Frank D'Rone with Billy May & His Orchestra: After the Ball

I Wish I Didn’t Love You So - Peggy Lee: If You Go

A Woman In Love - Bobby Scott: The Singing Bobby Scott/My Heart In My Hands

Poppa Don’t Preach to Me - Lena Horne: Lena Sings Your Requests

My Time of Day - Mel Tormé: Sings Sunday in New York

Heart and Soul - Ella Mae Morse: The Morse Code

Two Sleepy People - Fats Waller: Fun with Fats

I Hear Music - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson

Never Will I Marry - Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley: Nancy Wilson - with Cannonball Adderley

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - Lou Rawls: Merry Christmas - Ho! Ho! Ho!

Guys and Dolls - Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby & Dean Martin: Reprise Studio Recordings (Disc 6)

Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat - Sammy Davis Jr: Sammy Davis Jr

Luck Be a Lady - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra/Vegas (Disc 2)

Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Ray Charles and Betty Carter: Ray Charles & Betty Carter

If I Were a Bell - Beverly Kenny: Come Swing with Me

On a Slow Boat to China - Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Fancy Meeting You Here

Frank Loesser

(June 29, 1910 - July 28, 1969)

Photo: Marije Kouyzer