- 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.
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