Jan Bradley

Vocalist Jan Bradley’s soft soprano graced Curtis Mayfield’s music “Mama Didn’t Lay,” a high Ten R&B/Best 20 pop strike on Chess Information in 1963. Blessed Addie Bradley on July 6, 1943, in Byhalia, MS, Jan Bradley transferred with her family members to Robbins, IL, a Chicago suburb, when she was four years of age. When she was about 18, guitarist Phil Upchurch’s supervisor Don Talty was suggested to her after an acquaintance noticed her perform at a higher school talent present. Impressed, Talty wished to indication her to his label, Formal Information, but her parents wouldn’t provide him the Fine, preferring to hold back until the vocalist graduated from senior high school. Upchurch place Talty touching vocalist/songwriter Curtis Mayfield from the Impressions. After she transferred an audition, Mayfield started dealing with the youthful vocalist. Bradley’s debut one “We Young ladies,” a Mayfield structure, became a local hit throughout the Chicagoland region and surrounding marketplaces, gaining airplay on top-rated pop place WLS Radio. Carrying out a few even more releases, Bradley strike with another Mayfield melody, “Mama Didn’t Rest” b/w “Fans Like Me,” that was found for nationwide distribution by Chess Information. The song visited amount eight R&B, amount 14 play early 1963. Shortly soon after, Mayfield and Chess experienced a dispute over melody publishing privileges. When the dirt resolved, Mayfield was no more associated with Bradley’s information. Confronted with a dearth of materials, Bradley began composing music. Bradley didn’t graph nationally until among her music, “I’m Over You,” organized by Riley Hampton and made by Billy Davis — never to end up being confused using the Fifth Aspect member — managed to get to amount 24 R&B in early 1965. Various other Chess singles implemented: “Only a Summer months Storage” (co-written by Bradley and Talty, made by Leonard Caston and Davis) b/w “He’ll Wait around on Me,” “It’s Just THE RIGHT PATH,” and “These Tears” b/w “Baby What MAY I Carry out.” Following the Chess offer expired, Bradley and Talty documented for other brands through the entire ’60s — Adanti, Doylen, Spectra Sound (“Like Is the Response” b/w “Back Blood flow”) and Night time Owl — without graph achievement. Another Bradley solitary was “THE ITEMS a Woman Requirements.” In the beginning of the ’70s, Bradley retired through the music business, got wedded, started a family group, gained an MA level, and started performing social function. A preferred of devotees from the U.K. North soul picture, “Mama Didn’t Lay” is roofed within the Uni/Chess compilations Chess Tempo & Move (released in 1994) and Chess Spirit: TEN YEARS of Chicago’s Finest (released in 1997), and on the soundtrack from the 1988 John Waters/Divine film Hairspray, from MCA Particular Products. Collectables released a 45 with “Mama Don’t Lay” b/w Fontella Bass’ “Save Me.”