Freddie (dance) jumping jacks; then extends the right leg and raises both arms again. The moves are repeated until the song's conclusion. Although the dance never achieved lasting popularity, it was instantly recognizable. In a 1965 episode of "The Addams Family" ("Lurch, the Teenage Idol"), Gomez Addams (John Astin) does The Freddie enthusiastically in his living room. In 1989 "Do the Freddie" made a surprise comeback in the movie "Troop Beverly Hills". In 1987 another song called "Do the Freddy" was released, off the gimmick album "Freddy's Greatest Hits". Complete with guest vocals by Robert Englund as slasher movie icon Freddy Krueger,
Freddie Brocksieper Freddie Brocksieper Fritz "Freddie" Brocksieper (August 24, 1912 in Istanbul, Turkey – January 17, 1990) was a German jazz-musician, drummer, and bandleader. Brocksieper was born in Constantinople but was playing professionally in Germany by 1930, working in Nuremberg and Berlin in the 1930s. During World War II he played with the Goldene Sieben (Golden Seven, 1939), Benny De Weille (1940), Willy Berking (1940–1941), and the radio orchestra of Lutz Templin, just as in the National-Socialist propaganda band Charlie and His Orchestra. His playing style on the drums was influenced above all by Gene Krupa. He recorded with his own ensembles,