American jazz drummer, pianist, singer & bandleader.
Born September 23, 1907, Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
Died November 26, 1958, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Bradshaw was active in 1930’s-1950’s. In 1951, Bradshaw co-wrote, sang and recorded The Train Kept A-Rollin’. The song never charted but was pivotal to the development of rock and roll.
Bradshaw charted in the U.S. five times as a singer/songwriter and four additional times as a songwriter. He first charted in 1942 with the song Jersey Bounce, which charted three times that year, first by Benny Goodman (#2), Jimmy Dorsey (#9) and Shep Fields (#19). The song was co-written by Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater and Buddy Feyne (Robert B. Wright).
He charted on the R&B charts with Well Oh Well (#2, 1950), I’m Going to Have Myself a Ball (#5, 1950), Walkin’ the Chalk Line (#10, 1951),
Soft (#3, 1953), and Heavy Juice (#9, 1953). He wrote or co-wrote all of the songs except for Walkin’ the Chalk Line. Bill Doggett also charted with a cover of Bradshaw’s Soft in 1957, which hit #35 on the regular U.S. chart.