In 1949, he was working for the Ed Kassner music publishing company as a song plugger, when he inherited some money, and began to go ahead with his project.
His friend, pianist Joe Henderson, knew the singer and actress Petula Clark, whose father Leslie was keen to launch her as a recording artist.
The earliest recordings were actually made for the Australian market as Freeman had a contact there, and he wanted to test the water.
By 1950, Polygon was active, and during its lifetime, over 180 78rpm records were made over five years, all of them produced by Freeman, including over 50 titles by Clark.
[8] By 1955, the label had been a small success, gathering a few chart hits (the biggest of which was "The Little Shoemaker" by Clark, reaching no.
During the 1970s, Freeman was a frequent panellist on ATV's Saturday night talent programme, New Faces.