Max C. Freedman
American songwriter
Why Is Max C. Freedman Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Max Charles Freedman was an American songwriter and lyricist, best remembered for co-writing the song "Rock Around the Clock" . Background Freedman was born in Philadelphia, and became a radio announcer, writer and entertainer, before joining the staff of a music publishing company. He joined ASCAP in 1942. One of his first successes as a writer, credited as Ray Freedman, was "Sioux City Sue", a hit record for the song's co-writer Dick Thomas in 1945, and later recorded by many others including Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Bob Wills and Willie Nelson. His other successful songs, several of which were written with Morty Berk and Frank Capano, included "Dreamy Old New England Moon", "Heartbreaker" , and "Tea Leaves" .
