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Charles Bradley (born November 5, 1948) is an American funk/soul/R&B singer, signed to the Daptone Records label under the Dunham Records division.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles Bradley Bio )〕 His performances and recording style are consistent with Daptone's revivalist approach, celebrating the feel of funk and soul music from the 1960s and 1970s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=No Time For Dreaming: Charles Bradley )〕 One review stated that Bradley "echoes the evocative delivery of Otis Redding".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles Bradley: No Time For Dreaming'' )〕 He is the subject of a documentary, ''Soul of America'', that premiered at South by Southwest in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles Bradley, Late Bloomer: Review of Soul of America )〕 ==Early life== Bradley was raised by his maternal grandmother in Gainesville, Florida until the age of eight when his mother, who had abandoned him at 8 months of age, took him to live with her in Brooklyn, New York. In 1962, his sister took him to the Apollo Theater to see James Brown perform. Bradley was so inspired by the performance that he began to practice mimicking Brown's style of singing and stage mannerisms at home. When he was fourteen, Bradley ran away from home due to his poor living conditions—his bedroom was in a basement with a sand floor—and lived on the streets during the day and slept nights in subway cars for two years. Later, he enlisted in Job Corps which eventually led him to Bar Harbor, Maine to train as a chef. One time while working, a co-worker told him he looked like James Brown. When asked if he could sing, he was at first shy but eventually admitted that he could. He overcame his stage fright (when a crew member pushed him through the curtains onto the stage) and performed five or six times with a band. After his band mates were drafted into the Vietnam War, the act never re-formed. Bradley worked in Maine as a cook for ten years until deciding to head west, hitchhiking across the country.〔 He lived in upstate New York, Seattle, Canada and Alaska before settling in California 〔〔 in 1977. There, Bradley worked odd jobs and played small shows for 20 years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Bradley (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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