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Biography

Born in South Carolina, Bradley attended

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on a vocal scholarship. He first came to the East Coast to play with

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. He has toured as a background vocalist and percussionist with

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and the

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, and

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. His theatre credits include being part of the creative team of ''

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'' (Theatre World Award 2000), being the first American to perform with and direct '' Stomp'', for which he was nominated for a Grammy, and performing in the Cotton Club musical revue '' After Midnight''. He has served as musical director for

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and NBC's ''

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'', for which he also wrote the show's theme song and other music included in the program. He has recorded with GRP Records' Dee Carstensen,

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, Polygram act Jane Williams, Verve's Chris Botti and

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. Bradley also performed vocals on the 1995 hit single from the Original, "

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". Starting in 2002, he began putting on his own funk-influenced holiday production, Holidelic, which has seen guests such as

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, John Forté,

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and

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. He has also worked and performed as a

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and

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with American rock band

in 2003 during ''

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'' session, and currently he became the touring percussionist for Bon Jovi in 2016 to support the band's

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. In video games, he provided the voice of Paul Chuck in ''

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,'' as well as his vocals to the songs "Throw It All Away", "Rhythm and Balance", "The Supernatural", "For True Story" and "Supporting Me" for the character

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in ''

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''.

References

Living people African-American male singers American percussionists E Street Band members Hall & Oates members People from Greenwood, South Carolina Year of birth missing (living people) Daryl Hall and the Daryl's House Band members {{US-musician-stub