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Frank Loesser

1910 - 1969

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Frank Henry Loesser ( "lesser"; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won a Tony Award for Guys and Dolls and shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for How to Succeed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Loesser has received more than 763,675 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Loesser is the 1,301st most popular composer (down from 1,174th in 2019), the 11,202nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,659th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Composer.

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  • 39.53

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Frank Loesser ranks 1,301 out of 1,216Before him are Ray Noble, Paul Le Flem, Anne Dudley, Jesper Kyd, Poul Ruders, and Norman Dello Joio. After him are Vladimír Godár, Samuel Adler, Thomas Bergersen, Abel Korzeniowski, Christophe Beck, and Edvin Marton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Frank Loesser ranks 349Before him are Govan Mbeki, Kitty Carlisle, Károly Takács, Constance Cummings, Steven S. DeKnight, and Vere Bird. After him are Rosa Kellner, Herbert Adamski, Sally Blane, Marguerite Churchill, Patsy Kelly, and Elizabeth Allan. Among people deceased in 1969, Frank Loesser ranks 213Before him are Paul Hawkins, Barbara Bates, Josh White, Márton Homonnai, Katsutoshi Naito, and Alan Mowbray. After him are Rex Ingram, Rod La Rocque, Tom Mboya, Jimmy McHugh, Ben Alexander, and George "Gabby" Hayes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Loesser ranks 11,202 out of 18,182Before him are Charlie Logg (1931), Ian MacKaye (1962), Ed Markey (1946), Ernestine Anderson (1928), Noel Neill (1920), and Heather Morris (1987). After him are William Wyatt Bibb (1781), Christian Kane (1972), Annette Charles (1948), Bobby Goldsboro (1941), Robert Taylor (1948), and Tyler Hamilton (1971).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Frank Loesser ranks 127Before him are David Del Tredici (1937), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), Charles Wuorinen (1938), Robert Ashley (1930), Bruce Broughton (1945), and Norman Dello Joio (1913). After him are Bernie Worrell (1944), Jeremy Soule (1975), Jimmy McHugh (1894), Randall Thompson (1899), Steve Roach (1955), and Marc Shaiman (1959).