Alan A. Freeman
Alan A. Freeman | |
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| Born | Alan Albert Freeman 27 September 1920 St. John's Wood, London, England |
| Died | 15 March 1985 (aged 64) Carshalton, London, England |
| Genres | Pop music |
| Occupations | Record producer, A&R executive |
| Years active | 1940s – 1980s |
| Labels | Polygon, Pye Nixa, Pye |
Alan Albert Freeman, known professionally as Alan A. Freeman (27 September 1920 – 15 March 1985) was an English record producer who worked with Petula Clark, Max Miller, Tony Hancock, Nöel Coward, Morecambe and Wise, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, and Lonnie Donegan, producing UK singles chart number 1 hits by Donegan. Freeman founded the independent Polygon label, which ran from 1950 to 1955, and continued to work for its successor companies, Pye Nixa and Pye, in the 1960s and 70s. He achieved fame as a panellist on the ITV talent show New Faces in the 1970s, and his production career on various other labels lasted into the 1980s.