Myron Carlton "Tiny" Bradshaw (September 23, 1907
– November 26, 1958) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader,
singer, composer, pianist, and drummer. His biggest hit was "Well Oh
Well" in 1950, and the following year he recorded "The Train Kept
A-Rollin'", important to the later development of rock and roll; he
co-wrote and sang on both records.
Myron Carlton Bradshaw was born in Youngstown, Ohio, the son
of Cicero P. Bradshaw and his wife Lillian Boggess. Bradshaw graduated from high
school in Youngstown. After graduating from Wilberforce University with a
degree in psychology, Bradshaw turned to music for a living. In Ohio, he sang
and played drums with Horace Henderson's campus oriented Collegians until the
end of the 1928, Bradshaw went to New York and performed with Duncan Myer’s
Savoy Bearcats, the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, and Luis Russell’s Orchestra.
Marion Hardy's Alabamians had given its young front man, Cab Calloway a
springboard to his fame and Bradshaw took on the legend with them as “Super Cab
Calloway.”
In 1933, during the height of the Harlem Renaissance,
Bradshaw formed his own band and they headlined the Harlem Opera House. In
January, 1935 Ella Fitzgerald won the chance to perform for a week with the
Bradshaw band at the Opera House. Bradshaw recorded eight sides in two separate
sessions for Decca Records in New York City. He had some success on record notably
with ‘Shout, Sister, Shout’ and ‘The Darktown Strutters’ Ball’.
During World War II Bradshaw was commissioned a major in the
U.S. Army and led a twenty-five piece USO orchestra. After the war he kept a band together by adapting
to the popularity of R&B. The band's next recording date was in 1944 for
Manor Records. He recorded in 1947 for Savoy Records. The band recorded
extensively for the rhythm and blues market with King Records between late 1949
and early 1955, and had five hits on the Billboard R&B chart. His most
successful record at the time was "Well Oh Well", which reached no.2
on the R&B chart in 1950 and stayed on the chart for 21 weeks. Two
follow-ups, "I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball" (no.5, 1950) and
"Walkin' The Chalk Line" (no.10, 1951) also made the chart before a
break of almost two years.
What is now Bradshaw's best known recording was "The
Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1951) — not a chart hit at the time — which passed
from rhythm and blues history into rock's legacy. The song was recorded by
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio in 1956 and by The Yardbirds with
Jeff Beck in 1965.
It was covered again by Aerosmith in 1974 and by Motörhead in 1978. Furthermore, Jimmy Page reported in an interview that the first song played, at the very first rehearsal of what would become the English rock band Led Zeppelin was "The Train Kept A-Rollin'".
It was covered again by Aerosmith in 1974 and by Motörhead in 1978. Furthermore, Jimmy Page reported in an interview that the first song played, at the very first rehearsal of what would become the English rock band Led Zeppelin was "The Train Kept A-Rollin'".
Bradshaw returned to the R&B chart in 1953 with
"Soft" (no.3), an instrumental later recorded by Bill Doggett, and
"Heavy Juice" (no.9). Both of these 1953 hits featured Red Prysock on
tenor saxophone.
Weakened by the successive strokes as well as the rigors of
his profession, Bradshaw died in his adopted hometown of Cincinnati from
another stroke in 1958. He was 51 years old.
Bradshaw is remembered for a string of rhythm and blues
hits. As a bandleader, he was an invaluable mentor to important musicians and
arrangers including Sil Austin, Happy Caldwell, Shad Collins, Wild Bill Davis,
Talib Dawud, Gil Fuller, Gigi Gryce, George "Big Nick" Nicholas,
Russell Procope, Red Prysock, Curly Russell, Calvin "Eagle Eye"
Shields, Sonny Stitt, Noble "Thin Man" Watts, and Shadow Wilson.
(Info edited mainly from
Wikipedia & Encyclopedia of Popular music)
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01-Gravy Train.
02-Boodie Green.
03-Walkin' The Chalk Line.
04-Well Oh Well.
05-Butterfly.
06-Breaking Up The House.
07-Walk That Mess.
08-Bradshaw Boogie.
09-I'm A Hi-Ballin' Daddy.
10-The Trin Kept A-Rollin'.
11-Mailman's Sack.
12-Soft.
13-Off And On.
14-Heavy Juice.
15-Free For All.
16-Powder Puff.
17-South Of The Orient.
18-Later.
19-Ping Pong.
20-Overflow.
21-Spider Web.
22-Light.
23-Stack Of Dollars.
24-Choice.
25-Cat Fruit.
26-Cat Nap.
27-Come On.
28-Stomping Room Only.
29-Pompton Turnpike.
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