Ernie Freeman(1922-1981)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Composer, conductor, songwriter ("Percolator Twist", author and
arranger, educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music (scholarship)
and USC (Masters of Music degree). He conducted the United States Navy
Band in Peru, Indiana between 1942 and 1945., later conducting at the
Hollywood Bowl. He wrote for films and arranged and conducted for Bobby
Vee and Gene McDaniels, and also led his own orchestra. He joined ASCAP
in 1959, and his other popular-song compositions include "Beautiful
Obsession" and "Jiving Around".
