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Owen Bradley

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Aliases
Owen Bradley and His Orchestra
Owen Bradley and His Orchestra – Vocal by The Bradettes
Owen Bradley and His Quintet
Owen Bradley and His Ragland Band
Owen Bradley and His Sextet
Owen Bradley Quintet
Real name
William Owen Bradley
Born
October 21, 1915
Died
January 7, 1998
Country
United States
IPI
00004010759 2 works
00004011560 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
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Owen Bradley was a musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer from Tennessee. He was one of the architects of the "Nashville Sound." In 1930 he quit high school to play music with Farris Coursey's Blue Diamond Melody Boys. By the 1940s he was a regular on WSM and was producing records for Decca in Nashville. In 1949 he produced one of his first big hits, Red Foley's "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy." It featured his former "boss," Farris Coursey, slapping his thigh to recreate the sound of a rhythmic shoeshiner's rag. Bradley was head of Decca's Nashville division from 1958 until 1976.
Owen Bradley and his brother, Harold, built an independent recording studio in Nashville in the 1950s. Known as Bradley's Barn it was the site for 700 recording sessions annually in the early 1960s. He was inducted into the Country Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1974.
Family
Harold Bradley Brother
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Covers by Owen Bradley

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1960 Lionel Newman
i 1952 Gene Raymond
August 7, 1961 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i 1951 Prince's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive January 1948 Francis Craig and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Lamm
i Big Guitar Owen Bradley Quintet 1958 Unverified
i May 1951 (unknown)
i 1958 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
  April 1951 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys PRF, Elton Britt and The Skytoppers REL
i August 1959 Delmore Brothers
October 1949 Delmore Brothers
i August 1959 Duane Eddy, His 'Twangy' Guitar and The Rebels
1957 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra
August 7, 1961 Jerry Lordan
listen on Internet Archive i 1951 Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Johnny Marvin
i   1957 Vic Damone - Glenn Osser's Orchestra REC, Margaret Whiting and The Crew Chiefs REL
i 1952 The Three Keys
February 12, 1962 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
listen on Internet Archive Friends and Neighbors Owen Bradley and His Quintet - Vocal by Anita Kerr Singers (Anita Kerr, Owen Bradley) 1954 Unverified
August 1950 Ernest Tubb
October 15, 1962 Marvin Rainwater
  August 1950 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
listen on Internet Archive   February 1959 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
July 1954 Gene Rodemich's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i June 1953 Pedro Vargas con orquesta
listen on Internet Archive Happy Days and Lonely Nights Owen Bradley and His Quintet - Vocal Chorus by The Tulanes (Owen Bradley) 1954 Unverified
i August 1959 Don Robertson
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Gene Arnold
  February 12, 1962 Little Jack Little PRF, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC
i 1958 Bill Doggett
i 1958 Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton - Kansas City Bill & Orch.
February 12, 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1958 Ivory Joe Hunter
March 1949 Betsy Gay with Andy Parker and His Plainsmen with Frank DeVol and His Rhythm Busters
  February 12, 1962 Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians BRD
  February 12, 1962 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
September 1950 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
February 12, 1962 The Cats and the Fiddle
October 15, 1962 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i   1957 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Dennis King PRF
October 15, 1962 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Freddy Ellis and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Seymour Richards
February 12, 1962 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
i   1952 Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Durelle Alexander REC, June Knight, Robert Taylor and Chorus BRD
i June 1950 Don Redman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 The Peerless Quartet
October 1950 (unknown), (unknown)
October 15, 1962 Stewart Family
August 7, 1961 Little Willie Littlefield
i June 1950 Edith Piaf
February 12, 1962 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1951 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Arthur C. Clough
April 1951 Delta Rhythm Boys
  August 7, 1961 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1951 Victor Military Band
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 American Quartet with Orchestra
i 1951 Bud Billings—Carson Robison (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
i 1957 (unknown)
i 1960 (unknown)
February 12, 1962 The Platters
i 1951 George J. Gaskin
  August 7, 1961 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 George Reneau
October 15, 1962 Hudson - DeLange Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   February 1959 Stanley Kirkby REC,REL, The Harlequinaders PRF
i   1957 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
i   1960 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
i August 1959 Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter et son orchestre
i September 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i August 1959 Duane Eddy and His Rock-A-Billies
i 1958 Bill Justis and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1951 The Biltmore Society Orchestra (Hazay Natzy)
i August 1959 Link Wray & His Ray Men
July 1950 The Royalaires
February 12, 1962 Leo Price, Little Richard
i 1957 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i   1952 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Burt Lorin REC
listen on Internet Archive i   1952 Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
i 1957 Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 (unknown)
October 15, 1962 Elton Britt
August 7, 1961 Vernon Dalhart
i 1957 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1951 Len Spencer
  October 15, 1962 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians REL, Abe Lyman's California Orchestra REC
August 7, 1961 Ray Charles with Orchestra & Chorus
August 1951 The Dinning Sisters with Jan Garber and His Orchestra
i   1957 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i August 1959 The Champs
December 22, 1964 Ernest Tubb
listen on Internet Archive September 1950 Constance Bennett
listen on Internet Archive June 1953 Henry King and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joseph Sudy
December 22, 1964 Dave Berry
listen on Internet Archive 1949 Jack Lawrence with Orchestra Accompaniment
1957 (unknown), The Original Yellow Jackets with Vocal Chorus Aubrey Yancey
i September 1956 Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra
February 1952 Roy Rogers with The Roy Rogers Riders and Orchestra
i 1957 Gene Austin
i 1957 (unknown performer)
i   1960 Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians featuring Lani McIntire REL, Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians REC
listen on Internet Archive i September 1950 Orchestre Joe Heyne
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 Greta Woodson – Leroy Shield at the Piano
  April 1951 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i 1958 The Diamonds [CA]
listen on Internet Archive i 1952 James Burrows
i 1960 Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians
August 7, 1961 The Escorts [US-KY]
i 1958 Gus Jinkins and Orchestra
October 15, 1962 Fats Domino
listen on Internet Archive October 1950 Isham Jones Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
June 1957 Dave Gardner
October 15, 1962 Dave Gardner
February 12, 1962 Mills Brothers
i 1952 Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra
March 4, 1961 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1949 Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra, vocal chorus by Bruce Wallace
February 12, 1962 Bing Crosby

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Aboard the Sentimental Train Owen Bradley and His Quintet August 1951 Coral
Black Maria Owen Bradley May 1951 Coral
Blues Stay Away from Me Owen Bradley and His Quintet October 1949 Coral
Dansero Owen Bradley and His Orchestra - Vocal by Anita Kerr Singers 1957 Decca
Dream Girl Snooky Lanson with The Owen Bradley Quartet January 1948 Mercury
Goodnight Irene Jack Shook and Dottie Dillard with Owen Bradley Quintet August 1950 Coral
Hot Dog Rag Red Foley with Owen Bradley and His Ragland Band June 1953 Decca
I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded Dottie Dillard with Owen Bradly and His Orchestra March 1949 Select Records [US-TN]
I'll Never Be Free Owen Bradley and His Sextet September 1950 Coral
La vie en rose Owen Bradley June 1950 Coral
Little Small Town Girl (With the Big Town Dreams) Owen Bradley and His Sextet April 1951 Coral
Maybelle Pat Shannon with Anita Kerr Singers and The Owen Bradley Orchestra January 1958 Decca
Midnight Blues Owen Bradley Quintet June 1957 Decca
Say When Owen Bradley and His Quintet - Vocal Duet by Dottie Dillard and Jack Shook July 1950 Coral
The Breeze (That's Bringin' My Honey Back to Me) Owen Bradley and His Orchestra June 1953 Decca
The Girls We Never Did Wed Owen Bradley and His Sextet July 1951 Coral
The Greatest Mistake of My Life Owen Bradley and His Quintet - Vocal Duet by Dottie Dillard and Bob Johnstone 1949 Coral
The Italian Theme Owen Bradley and His Quintet September 1956 Decca
The Petite Waltz Owen Bradley and His Sextet September 1950 Coral
There's a Little White House (Where the Red, Red Roses Grow) Owen Bradley and His Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Jack Shook December 1949 Coral
The Strange Little Girl Owen Bradley and His Quintet April 1951 Coral
Wabash Blues Owen Bradley and His Quintet October 1950 Coral
Wabash Blues Owen Bradley and His Quintet October 1950 Coral

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