Charles Bradley
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Biography
[Edit]Soul and R&B singer Charles Bradley definitely didn’t arrive as a recording artist by taking the easy route. Born in Gainesville, Florida in 1948, but raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bradley spent a good part of his childhood living on the streets. A transformational moment came when his sister took him to see James Brown at the Apollo in 1962. Bradley was struck by Brown's energy and stage manner, and began practicing microphone tricks with a broom at home, dreaming of being a star on his own stage, and it was a dream he would never abandon in spite of all sorts of mishaps, misdirects, and general hard times.
Bradley escaped Brooklyn by joining the federal program Job Corps, which took him to Bar Harbor, Maine, where he learned to cook, a profession he was to fall back on time and time again. He also put together a band in Maine and began playing local gigs. The band didn’t last long, though, and when most of its members were drafted, and with the Vietnam War hanging in the air, Bradley moved to Wassaic, New York, where he worked as a cook at a hospital for the mentally ill. Nine years later, he left that position and hitchhiked west, ending up in Alaska for a time before moving to California, again taking a job as a chef, and for the next 20 years, he performed music on the side, playing whatever gigs he could find. When he was laid off from his position, though, he began to doubt his decision to live so far from where he grew up.
Bradley eventually relocated back to Brooklyn, this time working at odd jobs instead of returning to being a chef. He never let go of his musical dreams, and he began performing his James Brown-inspired routines in such local clubs as Black Velvet, attracting a loyal following and eventually capturing the attention of Gabriel Roth from Daptone Records. Roth immediately brought the fiery singer into label sessions, releasing a single, "Take It as It Comes," that showed what Bradley had to offer as a vocalist. Roth also introduced Bradley to Thomas Brenneck, then a guitarist, songwriter, and home producer for Dirt Rifle & the Bullets. The pair had an affinity for each other musically, and together they released two singles on Daptone as Charles Bradley & the Bullets before the actual group by that name disbanded (most of the members went in an Afro-beat direction with the Budos Band).
Brenneck and Bradley continued to work together, and after Bradley told him about waking up in his home one morning to discover his nephew had shot and killed his brother, Brenneck suggested they tell the story in music as a catharsis and as a cautionary tale. The result, tracked with the Menahan Street Band, was a pair of impassioned singles, “The World (Is Going Up in Flames)” and “Heartaches and Pain,” which Brenneck released on his Daptone sub-imprint Dunham Records. These weren’t songs drawn from Bradley's Black Velvet act, but were instead highly personal and striking outings that put his own emerging voice as a singer and songwriter at the center of things. A full album for Dunham, No Time for Dreaming, appeared early in 2011. Bradley received global acclaim for the album, and toured relentlessly to support it. His follow-up, Victim of Love, was released in the spring of 2013.
Title: Whatcha Doing (To Me) / Strike Three - Single
Artist: Charles Bradley, The Inversions
Genre: Reggae
Title: No Time for Dreaming (The Instrumentals)
Artist: Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, World Music, Funk, Instrumental
Title: The World (Is Going Up In Flames) - Single
Artist: Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Every Day Is Christmas (When I'm Lovin' You)
Artist: Charles Bradley
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live At The Apollo (Live At The Apollo)
Artist: Charles Bradley
Genre: Soul
Title: Every Day Is Christmas (When I'm Lovin' You) - Single
Artist: Charles Bradley
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: No Time for Dreaming
Artist: Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, World Music, Funk
Title: Hurricane (feat. Menahan Street Band) - Single
Artist: Charles Bradley
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Strictly Reserved for You (feat. Menahan Street Band) - Single
Artist: Charles Bradley
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Collections
Title: Daptone Gold
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Daptone Summer Jams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The World of Daptone Records
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Aangenaam Soul 2011
Title: Life Is Music 2013. 1 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Suits (Season 3) (Episode 3)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock
Title: Label Love Vol. 4
Genre: Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Suits Soundtrack (Season 1 Episode 2)
Genre: Soul, Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack, Indie
Title: Suits Soundtrack (Season 1 Episode 12)
Genre: Electro, Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: Suits Soundtrack (Season 1 Episode 11)
Genre: Blues, Theatre/Soundtrack, Indie
Title: Life Is Music 2013. 2
Title: Scion Present - Daptone Records Remixed
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Reggae
Title: Newermind: Tribute Album
Genre: Grunge
Title: Craig Charles Funk & Soul Classics (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: Groove & Blue
Genre: Electronica
Title: New Music This Week (19-04-2016) (CD3)
Genre: Garage, Hip Hop/R&B, Synth Pop
Title: Uncut: On The Highway
Genre: Indie Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Mojo Presents: Heavy Nuggets Vol. 4
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Daptone Records Singles Collection Volume 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Daptone Records Singles Collection Volume 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Daptone Records Singles Collection Volume 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Daptone Records Singles Collection Volume 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Daptone Records Singles Collection Volume 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Purest Blues 2020
Title: Sex, Blues And Rock! 2021 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk Rock, Reggae, Pop, Alternative
Title: Daptone Mood
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Big City Jazz: Modern Improvisation (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Jazz Funk And Soul Musical Mosaic (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Temptation: Jazz Funk And Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz
Title: Discotheque Miss Soul 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Light In The Attic & Friends 2023
Genre: Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Mastermix Crate 055 - Garden Party 2023
Genre: Electronica
Title: Dancing Funk: A Journey Inti Phythm (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Featuring albums
Title: Kicks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Luke Cage (Original Soundtrack) (CD1)
Artist: Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Big Little Lies (Music From the HBO Limited Series)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Deep In Progress
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: The Craig Charles Funk And Soul Club Vol. 5
Artist: Charles Craig
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club, Vol. 5
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: La même tribu, Vol. 1 / La meme tribu, Vol. 1
Artist: Eddy Mitchell