Freddie Lee Peterkin

Freddie Lee Peterkin, also known as Freddie Lee, is a published author, singer–songwriter, actor and ordained interdenominational Minister, born in Pahokee, Florida. He is known for his gritty power soul vocals reminiscent of Bobby Womack. He has become an artist of public note through his 2008 independent release of the Soul and Gospel album Beyond Comprehension under the recording name of Freddie Lee. He made his prime time acting debut as DJ Freddie Murphy on Channel 4s T4 Stars & Strikes and as a character in BBC2s Grumpy Guide to Work in 2011. He was also the voice for Bewiser Owl in the Bewiser Insurance TV commercial in 2012 and 2013. He established himself in the live entertainment industry with his choreographed costume Soul Tribute stage productions for theatres and resorts in 1991. These critically acclaimed shows include The Sounds of the Four Tops, The Sounds of the Drifters and The Sounds of the Temptations.Freddie Lee Peterkin is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Delta Psi Chapter a Fraternity known for members such as Martin Luther King. This historic organization was the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Black college students founded on December 4, 1906. Peterkin was responsible for composing many Delta Psi Chapter fraternity anthems such as I Know Ive Been Changed written in 1985 while he was pledging. He was also a dancer and choreographer of the Delta Psi Chapters Step Shows. Stepping (African-American) or step-dancing is a form of percussive dance in which the participants entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken word, and hand claps and a strong part of Black Greek Letter Fraternities.Peterkin is the son of migrant workers originally from Georgia who came to Florida to pick crops for a living. He is of African and Seminole Indian heritage. His stepfather, James Elijah Jr., was the lead vocalist of the 1960s and 1970s gospel group, The Royal Lights. His sister Breyona Elijah is part of the gospel group James Smith & Nu Birth and they are both cousins of Gospel group Damali. His mother Bernice Bell is also a singer and as a child won a competition to write a song for Joe Tex, for which she was awarded concert tickets and a chance to meet her idol. Joe Tex went on to have a major hit with the song but Bernice remained uncredited. Bernice Bell has been more recently recognized for her charity work and ran youth programs in Pahokees Padgett Island Community Center for 17 years and donating hot meals to Pahokees underprivileged children. The community center was recently renamed The Bernice Bell Community Center.

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