Jerry Bradley, an American music executive best known for his work in country music, was born on January 30, 1940, and passed away on July 17, 2023. Bradley oversaw the marketing and production of Wanted! The Outlaws, the first platinum record in country music, while serving as head of RCA Records in Nashville from 1973 to 1982. 2019 saw Bradley’s induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Bradley went back to work with his father Owen at the first Bradley Barn recording studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee (East of Nashville), following his discharge from the Army. At the Forest Hills Music Studio in the 1960s—officially known as “Bradley’s Barn”—he would gain knowledge of the music industry.
Jerry Bradley: Country Music Hall of Famer and Music Executive dies at 83
Jerry Bradley, a son of the Nashville Sound, a legendary music business entrepreneur, and a 2019 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, has passed away at the age of 83, his family has confirmed.
It is an enormous task to succeed in a way that is proportionate to the legacy of Bradley’s father, Owen, a renowned musician and record producer who collaborated with Chet Atkins to expand country music’s musical impact and public appeal beyond its foundations in bluegrass, folk, and Western swing. However, Jerry upheld and frequently above that level.