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Later
career
Martin also
had a good ear for singers. At one time or another, Martin employed Merv
Griffin, Buddy Clark, pianists Sid Appleman and Terry Shand, saxophonist Elmer
Feldkamp, Stuart Wade, violinist Eddie Stone, and many others. Helen Ward was a
singer for Martin just before she joined Benny Goodman's new band.
Martin's
popularity as a bandleader led him to Hollywood in the 1940s where he and his
band appeared in a handful of films, including Seven Days' Leave (1942), Stage
Door Canteen (1943) and Melody Time (1948), among others.
In the
1950s and 1960s Martin continued to perform on the radio and also appeared on
TV. Untroubled by changing musical tastes, he continued to work at major venues
and was musical director for Elvis Presley's first appearance in Las Vegas.
Still in demand for hotel work, Martin entered the 1970s with an engagement at
the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. In the early 1970s, he was part of two
tours of one- nighters that were known as The Big Band Cavalcade. Among the
other performers on the show were Margaret Whiting, Bob Crosby, Frankie Carle,
Buddy Morrow, Art Mooney and George Shearing. When the tours ended, Martin
returned to the West Coast. In 1977, Martin was asked to lead Guy Lombardo's band when Lombardo was
hospitalized with a heart condition.
Martin
continued leading his band until the early 1980s, although by then, he was
semi-retired. Freddy Martin died on September 30, 1983, in Hoag Memorial
Hospital Presbyterian, after suffering a second stroke. He was 76 years old.[5]
The 1947
song "Pico and Sepulveda" was recorded by Martin under the alias of
"Felix Figueroa and his Orchestra" and was frequently featured on Dr.
Demento's syndicated radio show.[6] It was also featured in the 1980 surrealist
film Forbidden Zone.
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