Albums by Charles Bradley
ALBUMBlack Velvet: The InstrumentalsCharles Bradley & Menahan Street Band
ALBUMChanges: The InstrumentalsCharles Bradley & Menahan Street Band
ALBUMChangesCharles Bradley
ALBUMVictim of Love (feat. Menahan Street Band)Charles Bradley
ALBUMNo Time for Dreaming: The InstrumentalsCharles Bradley & Menahan Street Band
ALBUMNo Time for Dreaming (feat. Menahan Street Band)Charles Bradley
Charles Bradley's Popular Music Videos
Strictly Reserved for You (feat. Menahan Street Band)
Charles Bradley
Let Love Stand a Chance (Live at the Apollo) [feat. The Extraordinaires]
Charles Bradley
Artist Playlists
Charles Bradley Essentials
The soul singer imbued his tunes with depth and heartache.
Artist Biography
Born in 1948 in Gainesville, Florida, Charles Bradley saw James Brown perform at the Apollo Theater in 1962, which planted the seed for his Brown tribute act, Black Velvet. Decades later, he caught the eyes and ears of Daptone capo Gabriel Roth, who brought him to the label, where he became the yin to Sharon Jones’ yang. In 2011 Bradley initiated the first of four gritty albums for the imprint that expanded the Brown template with a wrenching, hard soul intensity that saw him translate the Black Sabbath dirge “Changes” into a modern classic of inner reflection. The 2012 documentary Soul of America traced Bradley’s path from itinerant worker impersonating the Godfather of Soul as a passionate side hustle into burgeoning R&B star. He died of stomach cancer in 2017 at the age of 68.
Hometown
Gainesville, FL, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul