Loesser, Frank

After placing some songs in a Broadway revue that flopped after five performances, the struggling lyricist landed a contract as a staff songwriter with Universal Pictures in Hollywood. Loesser subsequently moved on to Paramount, where he teamed up with the studio's most important composers, including Burton Lane and Hoagy CARMICHAEL . The songs produced during this period included “Two Sleepy People” and “See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have,” sung by Marlene Dietrich in...