Charles Bradley

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Charles Bradley (2011)
Charles Bradley (2016)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
No time for dreaming
  CH 66 02/13/2011 (5 weeks)
Victim of Love
  DE 98 04/19/2013 (1 week)
  US 130 04/20/2013 (1 week)
Changes
  DE 43 04/08/2016 (2 weeks)
  AT 42 04/15/2016 (1 week)
  CH 23 04/10/2016 (2 weeks)
  UK 63 04/14/2016 (1 week)
  US 148 04/23/2016 (1 week)
Black Velvet
  CH 75 11/18/2018 (1 week)

Charles Bradley (* 5. November 1948 in Gainesville , Florida ; † 23. September 2017 in New York ) was an American Soul - singer .

Life

Charles Bradley grew up in poverty in New York district of Brooklyn on. In Bar Harbor , Maine, he trained as a chef . He later became head chef at a mental hospital in Wassaic , New York State . He spent the next 17 years as a chef in California and, in addition to his small-scale work, appeared as a singer in various bands.

After several strokes of fate, he gave up his learned profession, returned to New York and devoted himself only to music. He appeared in local Brooklyn clubs under the name Black Velvet on a James Brown tribute show. There he was discovered by an employee of the small record label Daptone Records , which specializes in retro soul . Bradley's first single was released in 2002. In early 2011 his late debut album No Time for Dreaming came out. The following summer Bradley went on an extensive tour through Europe and the USA, performing at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark and at the Jazz Fest Vienna , among others .

Charles Bradley, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagle of Soul", died on September 23, 2017 at the age of 68 from stomach cancer .

Albums

  • No Time for Dreaming (2011)
  • Victim of Love (2013)
  • Changes (2016)
  • Black Velvet (2018)

Singles

  • Take It As It Come, Pt. 1 / Take It As It Come, Pt. 2 (2002)
  • Now That I'm Gone (Look How You're Crying) / Can't Stop Thinking About You (2004)
  • This Love Ain't Big Enough for the Two of Us (2006)
  • The World (Is Going Up in Flames) / Heartaches and Pain (2007)
  • The Telephone Song (2008)
  • No Time for Dreaming / Golden Rule (2010)
  • Every Day Is Christmas (When I'm Lovin 'You) / Mary's Baby (2010)
  • Heart of Gold / In You (I Found a Love) (2011)
  • Lonely as You Are (2019)

documentary

  • Charles Bradley: Soul of America by Poull Brien (2012)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland - UK - US
  2. ↑ Soul singer Charles Bradley is dead on rollingstones.de, accessed on September 23, 2017
  3. ↑ TheCharlesBradley.com - ... About Charles ... (Biography) ( Memento of 15 July 2013, Internet Archive ), accessed on July 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ Intro.de: Charles Bradley - The "Screaming Eagle Of Soul" is back ( Memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), January 29, 2013. Retrieved on July 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ Spin.com: God's Dictionary: A Chat With Soul Survivor Charles Bradley , April 1, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013. 2013
  6. ↑ http://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_82270686/soul-saenger-charles-bradley-ist-tot.html
  7. ↑ Charles Bradley: Soul of America (2012)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Bradley, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soul singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Gainesville , Florida , United States
DATE OF DEATH 23 September 2017
Place of death New York City , New York , United States