#NewYearsEve 1960
#FrankLoesser’s “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” sung here – with the introductory ‘verse’ - by #EllaFitzgerald (LP *Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas*) Orchestra arranged by #FrankDeVol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv3V...

70 years ago today, #FrankLoesser's musical "The Most Happy Fella," based on Sidney Howard's 1924 stage drama "They Knew What They Wanted," opens at the Imperial Theater in NYC and runs for 678 performances.

#GuysAndDolls has just come on 13 (PBS in NYC) & #FrankSinatra, #MarlonBrando, #JeanSimmons & #VivianBlaine are all wonderful but it's #FrankLoesser's songs that make JL Mankiewicz's 1955 movie musical the classic that it is...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guys_an...
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/guys_and_d...

#NewYearsEve 1960
#FrankLoesser’s “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” sung here – with the introductory ‘verse’ - by #EllaFitzgerald (LP *Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas*) Orchestra arranged by #FrankDeVol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv3V...