Owen Bradley
William Owen Bradley (October 21, 1915 – January 7, 1998) was an American musician and record producer who, along with Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson, Bill Porter, and Don Law, was one of the chief architects of the 1950s and 1960s Nashville sound in country music and rockabilly. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 21, 1915 (Westmoreland), Died January 7, 1998 (Nashville)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1942 - 1967
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, leader, organ, other, songwriter, electric organ, vibraphone, clarinet
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 876 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D7VB-0740 | 10-in. | 5/18/1947 | My adobe hacienda | Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-1536 | 10-in. | 8/20/1947 | (In the) hills of tomorrow | Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | HCO810 | 10-in. | 5/28/1942 | Night train to Memphis | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | RHCO4089 | 10-in. | 6/5/1950 | M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i | Georgia Peach Pickers ; Curley Williams | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | RHCO4090 | 10-in. | 6/5/1950 | Saturday night rag | Georgia Peach Pickers ; Curley Williams | String band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | RHCO4091 | 10-in. | 6/5/1950 | Whole hog or none | Georgia Peach Pickers ; Curley Williams | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | RHCO4092 | 10-in. | 6/5/1950 | Honey do you love me - huh? | Georgia Peach Pickers ; Curley Williams | String band, with mixed vocal trio | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO45245 | 10-in. | 2/12/1951 | Good ol' Alabam' | Georgia Peach Pickers ; Curley Williams | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO45246 | 10-in. | 2/12/1951 | All you gotta do is whistle | Georgia Peach Pickers ; Curley Williams | String band, with mixed vocal duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO45247 | 10-in. | 2/12/1951 | String steeling | Georgia Peach Pickers ; Curley Williams | String band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO45248 | 10-in. | 2/12/1951 | Between a rock and a hard place | Georgia Peach Pickers ; Curley Williams | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO47676 | 10-in. | 2/14/1952 | The road of no return | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO47677 | 10-in. | 2/14/1952 | I've got to hurry, hurry, hurry | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO47686 | 10-in. | 2/13/1952 | Fille de la ville (girl of the town) | Vin Bruce | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO47687 | 10-in. | 2/13/1952 | Dans la louisianne (in Louisiana) | Vin Bruce | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO47688 | 10-in. | 2/13/1952 | Sweet love | Vin Bruce | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO47689 | 10-in. | 2/13/1952 | I trusted you | Vin Bruce | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO48311 | 10-in. | 8/10/1952 | Are you forgetting | Vin Bruce | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | CO48312 | 10-in. | 8/10/1952 | Knockin' on the door | Vin Bruce | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Decca | 75257 | 9/7/1949 | The prettiest song in the world, part 1 | Red Foley | leader | |||
Decca | 75258 | 9/7/1949 | The prettiest song in the world, part 2 | Red Foley | leader | |||
Decca | 82597 | 4/15/1952 | I'm yours | Four Aces | leader | |||
Decca | 82598 | 4/15/1952 | I understand | Four Aces | leader | |||
Decca | 82985 | 6/16/1952 | Fortune in memories | Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84282 | 4/2/1953 | Honey in the horn | Four Aces | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bradley, Owen," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106914.
Bradley, Owen. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106914.
"Bradley, Owen." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Bradley, Owen - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93068430
Wikidata: Owen Bradley - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2042598
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/76590769
MusicBrainz: Owen Bradley - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/30de0e74-1d91-476d-9465-907f96efdf8f
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