# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-bradley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:55:48.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-bradley"
name: "Charles Bradley"
slug: "charles-bradley"
description: "Charles Edward Bradley was an American funk and soul singer. After years of obscurity and a part-time music career, Bradley came to prominence in the early 2000s. His performances and recording style were consistent with the revivalist approach of his main label Daptone Records, celebrating the feel of funk and soul from the 1960s and 1970s. One review said he \"echoes the evocative delivery of Otis Redding\"."
tagline: "American funk/soul/R&B singer (1948–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Bradley_-_The_Menahan_Street_Band_(Jazz_Fest_Wien_2011)_27.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-11-05"
deathDate: "2017-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.75
  momentum:             2.711864406779661
  historical:           15.66467733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "charles_bradley"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/thecharlesbradley"
    handle:    "thecharlesbradley"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4475925/"
    handle:    "nm4475925"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/462T0buQ5ScBUQCRpodDRf"
    handle:    "462T0buQ5ScBUQCRpodDRf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://thecharlesbradley.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تشارلز برادلي (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Чарлз Брадли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Bradley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradley_(singer)"
    title: "Charles Bradley (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradley_(cantante)"
    title: "Charles Bradley (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradley"
    title: "Charles Bradley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Bradley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradley"
    title: "Charles Bradley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradley_(zanger)"
    title: "Charles Bradley (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradley"
    title: "Charles Bradley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradley"
    title: "Charles Bradley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Брэдли, Чарльз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Bradley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradley_(%C5%9Fark%C4%B1c%C4%B1)"
    title: "Charles Bradley (şarkıcı)"
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  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%96"
    title: "Чарльз Бредлі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1317495"
    title: "Charles Bradley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump