Stan freberg the great pretender book

August 7, 1926 april 7, 2015 was an american author, actor, recording artist, voice artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director, whose career began in 1943. But not only do you get his crazy renditions of popular songs of his time the banana boat song, yellow rose of texas, you also get great radio play take offs on dragnet and lawrence welk, among others. Apr 10, 2015 images ive shared through my radio show the movie music spotlight. Mumbling through shboom, freberg drags the great pretender snarling to the heartbreak hotel, snares the yellow rose of texas, and takes harry belafontes famous banana. George and the dragonet, stan freberg presents the united states of america, his role on the television series time for beany 19501955, and a number of classic television commercials. Stan freberg is one of the greats in musical comedy history. Oh yes, im the great pretender pretending that im doing well my need is such. Stan freberg the great pretender 78rpm 1956 youtube. Just love this version of the great pretender and stan freberg and wanted to share. After listening to the amazing audiobook the great betrayal by millenia black i knew i wanted to listen to her first book the great pretender. Remembering stan freberg leonard maltins movie crazy. Currently at work on a new album, a book, two syndicated radio shows stan freberg here and when radio was, both of which he took on in the early nineties hes also featured as narrator in the new. Stan frebergs best known album also ranks as one of his biggest successes, stan freberg presents the united states of america, volume one.

Check out the great pretender by stan freberg on amazon music. Get all the lyrics to songs on stan freberg presents. The middle years and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. If you dont know his name, you should, and if you do a search online you may find yourself an instant fan. The stan freberg show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the cbs radio network for only fifteen episodes in 195758. The very best of stan freberg by stan freberg on amazon. He is still active in the industry in his mid80s, nearly 70 years after entering it. Although i didnt love it as much as tgb, it was an amazing story that intrigued me from beginning to end. Stan freberg the great pretender lyrics genius lyrics. The arrangement featured a repeated sequence on the piano which was popular in slow rock. From an early age he was a big fan of radio and sound. Music profile for stan freberg, born 7 august 1926. Ivoriesman and roland rock present stan frebergs hilarious sendup of the platters great pretender. In todays ever growing world of visual rather than auditory stimulation, stan freberg would be the first to admit his humor belongs to any generation who practices portraying intelligence.

He is still alive and working on projects and advertisement. He was blessed with the double abilities of being an amazing mimic and possessing a razorsharp satirical mind. He is known as the last network radio comic who changed comedy forever. He remained active in the industry into his late 80s, more than 70 years after entering it. Birthdeath stan freberg was born on august 7, 1926. His humor might best be described as topical satire.

Occupationtitle radio comic, voice actor, advertiser. Ivoriesman and roland rock present stan freberg s hilarious sendup of the platters great pretender. Stan freberg made his name as a voice actor in animation, initially with warner brothers in 1944 and later walt disney, and was still providing the. I pretend too much im lonely but no one can tell oh yes, im the great. Listen in as dennis daily once a producer for the usda leads stan freberg and peter leeds through the recording of a national radio spot. The great pretender by stan freberg on amazon music. The show, starring comedian stan freberg and featuring the vocal talents of daws butler, june foray, and peter leeds and the musical direction of billy may, ran in the 7 p. Stan freberg the great pretender 1956, vinyl discogs.

The book is designed by and produced under the watchful supervision of walts daughter, carolyn kelly. The best of stan freberg the capitol years discogs. Check out international lampoon by stan freberg on amazon music. In 1950, he scored a huge success with his first recording for capitol records, john and marsha, a soapopera parody that consisted of the title characters both played by freberg repeating each others names. Thats when he turned to the record companies to release his twisted takes on popular music and television shows. Combining tom lehrer with spike jones would that make tom jones. By the 50s, stan freberg had firmly established himself in radio.

Done in the format of musical theatre, the album parodied american history from 1491 to the end of the american revolution in 1783. In a followup he used pedal steel guitarist speedy west. August 7, 1926 is an american author, recording artist, animation voice actor, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director, whose career began in 1944. See more ideas about stan freberg, elmer fudd and donald duck comic. To appreciate the humor of stan freberg one must have a knowledge of past and current events. The great pretender is a popular song recorded by the platters, with tony williams on lead vocals, and released as a single on november 3, 1955. In the early 1940s he began to do voice work for both the warner brothers cartoons some of his characters included junyer bear and. Stan freberg vinyl records and cds for sale musicstack. The words and music were written by buck ram, 1 the platters manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before.