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Freberg Sets Comedy Rhythm For Hit Parodies On Records
NEA Staff Correspondent surveys Stan Freberg’s methodical approach to mocking top songs. He studies current hits, targets five top songs, then rewrites and reshapes them into humor. Freberg’s satire comes from analysis of popularity and musical structure, producing consistently witty results.
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Freberg
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Polly Bergen
Edward Fields
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