Stan Freeberg

The CAREER OF STAN FREBERG SPANS OVER 50 YEARS OF SHOW BUSINESS, FROM DOING CARTOON VOICES IN THE 1940's TO HIS SYNDICATED RADIO COMMENTARIES IN THE 1990s. HE'S MADE HUNDREDS OF HILARIOUS RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMERCIALS. DURING THE DECADE OF THE 1950s, HE HAD MORE NOVELTY RECORD HITS THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST.

STAN FREBERG WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES ON AUGUST 7, 1926. HIS FIRST HIT WAS HIS SPOOF OF SOAP OPERAS, "JOHN AND MARSHA" IN 1951. HE LAMPOONED EVERYTHING FROM THE TV COP SHOW "DRAGNET" ("ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONET" AND "LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD"), TO HARRY BELAFONTE ("BANANA BOAT SONG"), TO LAWRENCE WELK ("WUN'ERFUL, WUN'ERFUL"), TO THE PLATTERS ("THE GREAT PRETENDER"), EVEN RECORDING A SIDE SPLITTING PARODY OF ELVIS PRESLEY ("HEARTBREAK HOTEL")!! HE EVEN RECORDED A SHARP, RIGHT-ON-TARGET INDICTMENT OF THE COMMERCIALISM OF CHRISTMAS ("GREEN CHRISTMAS"), WHICH WAS CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL WHEN IT WAS RELEASED IN 1958.

FREBERG'S 1961 ALBUM, "STAN FREBERG PRESENTS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VOLUME ONE", IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE HIS MASTERPIECE. HE RECORDED A SEQUEL, "STAN FREBERG PRESENTS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VOLUME TWO" IN 1996. HIS 1999 RELEASE, THE "TIP OF THE FREBERG" BOX SET, CONTAINS ALL OF HIS GREATEST MATERIAL AS WELL AS A VIDEOTAPE OF ALL OF THE HILARIOUS COMMERCIALS HE'S MADE OVER THE YEARS.

HIS LATEST RELEASE, "THE STAN FREBERG SHOW----VOLUMES ONE AND TWO", FEATURE BROADCAST RECORDINGS OF HIS CLASSIC RADIO SHOWS FROM THE 1950s. ENTERING HIS SEVENTH DECADE IN SHOW BUSINESS, FREBERG IS STILL ACTIVE WRITING COMMERCIALS AND RUNNING HIS OWN SYNDICATED RADIO COMMENTARY SHOW TITLED "STAN FREBERG