Harold Ray Bradley was an American guitarist and entrepreneur, who played on many country, rock and pop recordings and produced numerous TV variety shows and movie soundtracks.
13 Facts About Harold Bradley
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Harold Bradley is one of the most recorded guitarists in music history.
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In 1954, Owen and Harold built Bradley Film and Recording Studios, later known as the Quonset Hut Studio, which was the first music industry-related business on what is known as Music Row.
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Harold Bradley enjoyed frequent work as a session musician into the 1970s, performing on hundreds of albums by country stars such as Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley and Slim Whitman.
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Harold Bradley played bass guitar on records, initiating the "tic-tac" method of bass muting.
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Harold Bradley recorded three albums as a pop guitarist on Columbia Records, Misty Guitar, Guitar for Lovers Only, and Bossa Nova Goes to Nashville, in the 1960s.
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From 1991 to 2008, Harold Bradley served as the President of the Nashville chapter of the American Federation of Musicians.
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Harold Bradley was the first President of the Nashville chapter of the Recording Academy.
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Harold Bradley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006, as his brother Owen previously had been.
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In 2010, Harold Bradley was a recipient of the Trustees Award at the 52nd Grammy Awards.
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Harold Bradley died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville on January 31,2019, twenty-nine days after his 93rd birthday.
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Harold Bradley was survived by two daughters and his wife of 66 years, Eleanor Allen Bradley.