Trivia

Freeman's television work included composing special musical material for Carol Burnett and Mary Tyler Moore.

Freeman studied at the Hartt School of Music, but he soon went to New York City to find work in radio and the early days of television.

He played harpsichord on Percy Faith's "Delicado", a no. 1 hit in 1952.

Freeman conducted Broadway concerts for Marlene Dietrich in 1967 and 1968 and provided arrangements for three of Michael Feinstein's Broadway outings.

He composed the score for Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, the short-lived 1970 musical adaptation of The Teahouse of the August Moon.

Freeman's first Broadway project was the 1964 Buddy Hackett vehicle I Had a Ball.

Freeman's work as a studio musician included sessions with Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Percy Faith, Mabel Mercer, Charlie Parker, and Rosemary Clooney, for whom he played harpsichord on her hit "Come on-a My House.".

He was an American composer, pianist, lyricist, musical arranger, conductor, and studio musician.

Although he continued to perform occasionally in concert halls after leaving Beneke's band in 1947, he primarily worked in nightclubs.

During World War II he played with the Glenn Miller band.

With Arthur Malvin he shared the Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material for the mini-musical Hi-Hat performed by Burnett with guest Fred Astaire on the January 8, 1978 episode of her eponymous television variety series.

Freeman's solo recordings include Piano Sweethearts, Piano Moods, Come on-a Stan's house: Stan Freeman at the Harpsichord, Fascination, Manhattan, At the Blue Angel, and Everybody's Twistin'.

Freeman was nominated for the 1992 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance/One Person Show for At Wit's End, a tribute to Oscar Levant.

Freeman was in the nineties helping to oversee a studio cast recording of his short-lived 1970 Broadway musical, Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, based on John Patrick's The Teahouse of the August Moon. For that show, he shared music and lyric credit with Franklin Underwood.

Freeman studied classical piano in college and earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Hartford.

He was considered a prime, soulful interpreter of the works of George Gershwin.

At Rainbow & Stars in Manhattan, he was musical director for The Gershwin Revue and The Leonard Bernstein Revue.

He was no stranger to acting on stage. His gravel-like, deep voice was perfect for his acclaimed solo show, At Wit's End, in which he portrayed troubled actor-pianist Oscar Levant (who had a deep, gravelly voice). For that show, he won the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award as Best Actor.

After serving in World War II, he joined Tex Beneke's big band, eventually leaving to perform as a pianist and later a comic in nightclubs.

He was musical supervisor and arranger, as well as a song and sketch contributor for the Off-Broadway revue, Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know.