Timothy James Freedman (25 November 1964) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band

The Whitlams The Whitlams are an Australian indie rock band formed in late 1992. The original line-up was Tim Freedman on keyboards and lead vocals, Andy Lewis on double bass and Stevie Plunder on guitar and lead vocals. Other than mainstay Freedman, the ...

formed in 1993. Note: n-lineversion was expanded from the 2002 edition. The song "

No Aphrodisiac "No Aphrodisiac" is a song by Australian band the Whitlams, released in December 1997 as the second single from their third album, ''Eternal Nightcap''. The song peaked at 59 on the Australian Singles Chart. The lead track was written by the b ...

", co-written by Freedman, was their break-through hit in 1997; their top four ARIA albums by sales are ''

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'' (1999), ''

Torch the Moon ''Torch the Moon'' is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002. It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. It received platinum album certification from ARIA. Track listi ...

'' (2002), '' Little Cloud'' (2006), and their

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album '' Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You: Best of the Whitlams'' in 2008. A highlight of his career was receiving an

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for 'Song of the Year' in

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from the former Australian prime minister

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—after whom his band is named.

Biography

Tim Freedman was born in 1964 in Sydney and was raised in Collaroy, in Sydney's

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region, and was educated at the

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in North Sydney. Prior to co-founding The Whitlams, Freedman was the front man of

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band Itchy Feet, and later the indie pop bands Penguins on Safari and The Olive Branch. He had stints as sideman with Sunnyboys 1986–87, and

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1989–90. At the ''Gimme Ted'' benefit concert on 10 March 2001, Freedman performed his cover version of two songs, "Julia" and "Falling in Love Again", originally by

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. In an interview, which aired on 612 ABC Brisbane on Friday 29 September 2006, Freedman said he became a pianist "by mistake" after quitting law school. He later completed a Bachelor of Arts at

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. Since late 2006, Tim has been the host of the music chat show ''The Tim Freedman Sunday Session'' at 6pm, airing Sunday nights on the Sydney radio station Vega 95.3 (now known as Smooth FM). In 2014, he started writing as a music critic for a newly founded print and digital newspaper, ''

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'', to help support the paper's growth, which has since grown to a circulation of 900,000 as of 2021''.''

Discography

Solo

* ''Australian Idle'' (2011)

The Whitlams

* '' Introducing The Whitlams'' (1993) * '' Undeniably The Whitlams'' (1995) * ''

Eternal Nightcap ''Eternal Nightcap'' is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in September 1997. The album peaked at number 14 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold, and then triple platinum. Singl ...

'' (1997) * ''

'' (1999) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Little Cloud'' (2006) * ''Sancho'' (2022)

References

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