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Owen Bradley

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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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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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