Jerry Bradley, a legend in the music business and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 83. In Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, on Monday (July 17), he passed away quietly.
In the Nashville music industry sector, his 40 years of achievement in the record and publishing businesses are unmatched. On January 30, 1940, Jerry Owen Bradley was born in Nashville.
In his youth, he enjoyed making jokes. After serving in the army for two years, Jerry made the decision to follow his father and uncle Harold into the music industry and began working for his family’s music publishing company, Forrest Hills Music. After his father’s recording studio, Bradley’s Barn, was constructed in 1965, he also began studying record production and engineering there.
Jerry Bradley children: Meet Clay Bradley & Leigh Bradley
Leigh Jankiv and Clay Bradley, two children Jerry had from a previous marriage, both were employed by the company. Bobby Bradley Jr., a well-known recording studio engineer, is Jerry’s cousin. Bobby began his career at Bradley’s Barn and then worked at other studios with artists like as Johnny Cash, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Marty Stuart, Tammy Wynette, and Trisha Yearwood.