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Freddy Martin(1906-1983)

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  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Freddy Martin
Here's Lucy: Lucy And Her All-Nun Band
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Lucy and Her All-Nun Band (1971)
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Freddy Martin was born on 9 December 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mayor of 44th Street (1942), Forbidden Zone (1980) and Seven Days' Leave (1942). He was married to E. Lillian Reardon. He died on 30 September 1983 in Newport Beach, California, USA.
BornDecember 9, 1906
DiedSeptember 30, 1983(76)
BornDecember 9, 1906
DiedSeptember 30, 1983(76)
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Known for

Richard Barthelmess, Freddy Martin, Joan Merrill, George Murphy, and Anne Shirley in The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
The Mayor of 44th Street
5.5
  • Freddy Martin
  • 1942
Danny Elfman, Jan Stuart Schwartz, and Susan Tyrrell in Forbidden Zone (1980)
Forbidden Zone
6.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 1980
Lucille Ball, Victor Mature, Marcy McGuire, Harold Peary, and Arnold Stang in Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Seven Days' Leave
5.9
  • Freddy Martin
  • 1942
Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
The Magical World of Disney
8.3
TV Series
  • Music Department(segment "Bumble Boogie", archive footage)

Credits

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Actor



  • Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz Jr., Lucie Arnaz, and Gale Gordon in Here's Lucy (1968)
    Here's Lucy
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Freddy Martin
    • 1971
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
    6.8
    TV Series
    • 1960
  • Senior Prom (1958)
    Senior Prom
    5.7
    • Freddy Martin
    • 1958
  • Buddy Bregman, Gus Backus, Charlie Barnet, Fats Domino, Gogi Grant, Harry James, Joe Lopes, Andra Martin, Freddy Martin, Howard Miller, Harry Mills, Herbert Mills, John Mills, Russ Morgan, William Reynolds, George Shearing, David Somerville, Jeri Southern, Cal Tjader, The Del Vikings, The Lancers, The Diamonds, and The Bill Thompson Singers in The Big Beat (1958)
    The Big Beat
    6.3
    • Freddy Martin
    • 1958
  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Freddy Martin, and Ann Miller in What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943)
    What's Buzzin', Cousin?
    6.2
    • Freddy Martin - Orchestra Leader
    • 1943
  • William Terry and Cheryl Walker in Stage Door Canteen (1943)
    Stage Door Canteen
    6.3
    • Conductor of the Freddy Martin Orchestra
    • 1943
  • Susan Hayward and John Carroll in Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
    Hit Parade of 1943
    5.6
    • Conductor of the Freddy Martin Orchestra
    • 1943
  • Lucille Ball, Victor Mature, Marcy McGuire, Harold Peary, and Arnold Stang in Seven Days' Leave (1942)
    Seven Days' Leave
    5.9
    • Freddy Martin
    • 1942
  • Richard Barthelmess, Freddy Martin, Joan Merrill, George Murphy, and Anne Shirley in The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
    The Mayor of 44th Street
    5.5
    • Freddy Martin
    • 1942

Music Department



  • Nicaragua: No pasaran (1984)
    Nicaragua: No pasaran
    6.9
    • music performance
    • 1984
  • Melody Time (1948)
    Melody Time
    6.1
    • composer: "Bumble Boogie" (uncredited)
    • 1948

Soundtrack



  • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • performer: "To Each His Own" (uncredited)
    • 2025
  • Tchoupitoulas (2012)
    Tchoupitoulas
    6.5
    • writer: "Louisiana Train Wreck"
    • 2012
  • Ken Jennings in Jeopardy! (1984)
    Jeopardy!
    8.3
    TV Series
    • performer: "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"
    • 1984
  • Danny Elfman, Jan Stuart Schwartz, and Susan Tyrrell in Forbidden Zone (1980)
    Forbidden Zone
    6.5
    • courtesy: "Pico and Sepulveda"
    • performer: "Pico and Sepulveda"
    • 1980
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • arranger: "Bumble Boogie"
    • performer: "Bumble Boogie"
    • 1958
  • Martin Block, Buddy Clark, and Ray Noble in Musical Merry-Go-Round #3 (1948)
    Musical Merry-Go-Round #1
    5.8
    Short
    • music: "Tonight We Love"
    • performer: "Over the Rainbow" (1939), "Cumana", "Tonight We Love", "Come to the Mardi Gras (Nao Tenho Lagrimas)"
    • 1948
  • Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and José Iturbi in Anchors Aweigh (1945)
    Anchors Aweigh
    7.0
    • music: "Tonight We Love" (1941) (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Freddy Martin, and Ann Miller in What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943)
    What's Buzzin', Cousin?
    6.2
    • arranger: "Second Hungarian Rhapsody"
    • performer: "Mister President", "By Orders of the Interceptor Command", "Three Little Mosquitos (Hitler, Tojo and Benito)", "Where Am I Without You?", "Second Hungarian Rhapsody", "Short, Fat and 4F", "A Boogie Lullaby", "Knocked-Out Nocturne", "Nevada", "Eighteen Seventy-five" ($18.75 War Bond Cost) (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Childhood Days
    Short
    • music: "Tonight We Love"
    • 1943
  • Richard Barthelmess, Freddy Martin, Joan Merrill, George Murphy, and Anne Shirley in The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
    The Mayor of 44th Street
    5.5
    • performer: "There's a Breeze on Lake Louise" (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Saboteur (1942)
    Saboteur
    7.1
    • music: "Tonight We Love" (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Skyline Serenade
    Short
    • writer: "Tonight We Love"
    • 1941

Videos1

Here's Lucy: Lucy And Her All-Nun Band
Trailer 1:56
Here's Lucy: Lucy And Her All-Nun Band

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Freddie Martin
  • Born
    • December 9, 1906
    • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • September 30, 1983
    • Newport Beach, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • E. Lillian Reardon
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Born in Ohio and raised largely in an orphanage and with various relatives, saxophonist and band leader Freddy Martin first gained national attention in 1940 and continued on through the 1970s leading one of the most popular "sweet" (non-swing) bands of the Big Band Era. Best known for his hit songs adapted from classical themes, his many hits on RCA Victor and Capitol records included "Cumana," "The Hut-Sut Song," "Bumble Boogie," adapted from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee," and his theme song, "Tonight We Love," adapted from the first movement of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.
  • Trademarks
      Piano lead, usually courtesy of pianists Jack Fina or Barclay Allen
  • Nicknames
    • Flexible Freddy
    • The Concerto King

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