Bradley, Owen

Born 1915 in Westmoreland, Tenn. Country A&R director for Decca. Died in 1998.

Original Releases

Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1958/Jan. 27 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30564		Big Guitar  [instr.] {b} Sentimental Dream  [instr.]	1 1	103,993 103,994+
1958	Decca LP cut		Blueberry Hill {a} Cool Daddy {a} Five O'Clock Jump {a} Funky {a} Honky Tonk {a} Hound Dog {a} Raunchy {a} The Stroll {a} Tricky {a}
1959/Aug. 31 Bb Aud.	Decca DL 8868		The Big Guitar  [monaural] Big Guitar Petit Fleur Tequila Manhattan Spiritual Cannonball Blues Stay Away From Me Happy Whistler Rumble Chinchilla Ramrod Simple Simon Little Beaver	2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2	MG 6968           MG 6969+
1959/Aug. 31 Bb Aud.	Decca DL 78868		The Big Guitar  [stereo] Big Guitar [stereo vers.] {a} Petit Fleur [stereo vers.] Tequila [stereo vers.] {a} Manhattan Spiritual [stereo vers.] Cannonball [stereo vers.] {a} Blues Stay Away From Me [stereo vers.] Happy Whistler [stereo vers.] Rumble [stereo vers.] {a} Chinchilla [stereo vers.] Ramrod [stereo vers.] {a} Simple Simon [stereo vers.] Little Beaver [stereo vers.]	2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2	7-6968 7-6968 7-6968 7-6968 7-6968 7-6968 7-6969+ 7-6969+ 7-6969+ 7-6969+ 7-6969+ 7-6969+

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations included selectively

Acknowledgments:   Bear Family catalog, CMF Library, Udo Frank, Gerd Miller, Gerald Watts, Bjorn Witlox