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Stanley Victor Freberg (born August 7, 1926 in Los Angeles) is a voice actor, comedian, and advertising creative.
In 1950, he scored a huge success with his first recording for Capitol Records, John And Marsha, a soap-opera parody that consisted of the title characters (both played by Freberg) repeating each other’s names. In a follow-up he used pedal steel guitarist Speedy West to parody the 1953 country hit A Dear John Letter as A Dear John And Marsha Letter.
Throughout the 1950s he made a name for himself writing and performing both original songs (Tele-Vee-Shun) and parodies of popular tunes (The Yellow Rose of Texas, Day-O, Heartbreak Hotel). With fellow voice actors Daws Butler and June Foray he produced a medieval parody of Dragnet called St. George and the Dragon-Net. The latter recording was a #1 hit for four weeks in late 1953.
Freberg’s brilliant, authentic-sounding musical parodies were a byproduct of his collaborations with Billy May and his Capitol Records producer Ken Nelson. His brilliant 1957 spoof of TV “champagne music” master Lawrence Welk, Wun’erful, Wun’erful was a true collaboration with May, a veteran big band musician and jazz arranger (known for his work with Frank Sinatra among others) who loathed Welk’...
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Top 10 Stan Freberg Songs
St. George and the Dragonet
Banana Boat (Day-O)
Heartbreak Hotel
John And Marsha
Little Blue Riding Hood
Rock Island Line
Nuttin' For Christmas
Sh-Boom
The Great Pretender
I've Got You Under My Skin
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Top 10 Stan Freberg Albums
The Very Best Of Stan Freberg
Greatest Hits
The Crazy World Of Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg Presents The USA
EMI Comedy Classics - The Madness Of Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg His Greatest Hits
Stan Freberg Presents: The United States Of America, Volume 1: The Early Years
With the Original Cast
International Lampoon
Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (disc 1)
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