Perry Bradford
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- Born with the blues
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1987
- Active to
- 1991
Discography
- Adrift Again1989
- In Liverpool1989
- Shouting Quietly1990
- Gang of One1990
- Bright Hours2021
- You Are Stronger Than You Think2025
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Perry Bradford (14 February 1893, Montgomery, Alabama – 20 April 1970, New York City) was an African-American composer, songwriter, and vaudeville performer. Perry Bradford grew up in Atlanta, where his family moved when he was six, and in 1906 started working with minstrel shows. He played in Chicago as a solo pianist as early as 1909 and visited New York City the following year. Through extensive experience with traveling minstrel shows and theatre companies, Bradford obtained huge exposure
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Perry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montgomery
- Place of death
- Queens
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- vaudeville
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Vocalion Records
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- Perrybradford-1200x1458.webp
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- Perry Bradford
- date of birth
- 1893-02-14
- date of death
- 1970-04-20
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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