Harold Ray Bradley

Harold Ray Bradley (January 2, 1926 – January 31, 2019) was an American guitarist and entrepreneur, who played on many country, rock and pop recordings and produced numerous TV variety shows and movie soundtracks. Having started as a session musician in the 1940s, he was a part of the Nashville A-Team of session players, which included pianist Floyd Cramer and pedal steel guitarist Pete Drake. He is one of the most recorded guitarists in music history.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 2, 1926 (Nashville), Died January 31, 2019 (Nashville)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1945 - 1972

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, electric guitar, electric bass

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Recordings (Results 351-375 of 627 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 11452	2/16/1961	Forty-hour week	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11453	2/17/1961	Royal telephone	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11454	2/17/1961	Delia	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11455	2/17/1961	Oh, my side	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11456	2/17/1961	Lenora, let your hair hang down	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11457	2/18/1961	Mockin' bird hill	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11458	2/18/1961	I walk the line	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11459	2/18/1961	Drink to me only with Thine eyes	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11460	2/18/1961	Mama don't want no peas an' rice	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11475	3/22/1961	Empty saddles	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11476	3/22/1961	The Oregon Trail	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11477	3/22/1961	Home on the range	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11478	3/22/1961	When the bloom is on the sage	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11479	3/22/1961	My adobe hacienda	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11480	3/22/1961	Cowboy's dream	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11481	3/23/1961	Mexicali rose	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11482	3/23/1961	The last round-up	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11483	3/23/1961	O bury me not on the lone prairie	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11484	3/23/1961	Jingle jangle jingle	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11486	3/24/1961	Tumbling tumbleweeds	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11507	4/20/1961	Promise me	Carl Dobkins, Jr.	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11508	4/20/1961	That's what I call true love	Carl Dobkins, Jr.	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11509	4/20/1961	Pretty little girl in the yellow dress	Carl Dobkins, Jr.	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11510	4/20/1961	Sawdust dolly	Carl Dobkins, Jr.	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11522	4/25/1961	How can you divide a little child	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 351-375 of 627 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bradley, Harold Ray," accessed November 10, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201029.

Bradley, Harold Ray. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201029.

"Bradley, Harold Ray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 November 2024.

Wikidata: Harold Bradley (guitarist) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5660145

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/24790209

MusicBrainz: Harold Ray Bradley - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e2de67ca-ca5e-45c1-b124-271d8ca626ce

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1510240

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