[3] Among his better known songs are "The Varsity Drag" of 1927;[4] "Big City Blues" of 1929, and "A Garden in the Rain", also of 1929.
Frey sang on 77 songs with the George Olsen band on recordings and on the radio.
[8] Although he played for several other bands after Olsen's, including Victor Young's,[9] he never achieved the level of fame he had in earlier years.
[10][11] Frey died of a heart attack in his home on December 2, 1962, at the age of 58.
At the time of his death, he was writing music for the Ice Capades and for Columbia Pictures.