Editing Frank Loesser (section)

==Notable songs==
'''{{category see also|Musicals by Frank Loesser}}'''
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Loesser was the lyricist of over 700 songs.<ref>[http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=0300110510 Review of book "Frank Loesser", Thomas L. Riis, Dec 17, 2007], yalepress.yale.edu, accessed December 5, 2008</ref>

;War songs:
* "[[Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition]]" (1942)
* "[[The Ballad of Rodger Young]]" (1943)
* "What Do You Do in the Infantry" (1943)

;Broadway musicals:
* "[[A Bushel and a Peck]]", "[[Fugue for Tinhorns]]", "[[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 (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]''
* "[[Standing on the Corner (show tune)|Standing on the Corner]]" and "Joey, Joey, Joey" from ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]''
* "[[Never Will I Marry]]" from ''[[Greenwillow]]''

;Films and [[Tin Pan Alley]]:
* "[[Baby, It's Cold Outside]]" from the M-G-M picture ''[[Neptune's Daughter (1949 film)|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 (1938 song)|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 (film)|Sweater Girl]]'' (1942), performed on screen by [[Betty Jane Rhodes]]
* "[[Let's Get Lost (song)|Let's Get Lost]]" from ''[[Happy Go Lucky (1943 film)|Happy Go Lucky]]'' (1943) This song inspired the title to the 1988 documentary film [[Let's Get Lost (1988 film)|with the same title]] about jazz trumpeter and singer [[Chet Baker]], who recorded it several times.
* "[[On a Slow Boat to China]]" (1948)
* "[[Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year]]" from the Universal picture ''[[Christmas Holiday]]'' (1944)
* "[[Inchworm (song)|Inch Worm]]", "[[Thumbelina (Frank Loesser song)|Thumbelina]]", "The Ugly Duckling" and "[[Wonderful Copenhagen]]" from the Samuel Goldwyn picture ''[[Hans Christian Andersen (film)|Hans Christian Andersen]]'' (1952)
* "[[Two Sleepy People]]" (music by [[Hoagy Carmichael]]) from the Paramount picture ''[[Thanks for the Memory (film)|Thanks for the Memory]]'' (1938)
* "[[What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?]]" (written in 1947)