BRADFORD, ALEX

BRADFORD, ALEX. Gospel singer (1926 in Bessemer, Alabama; 15 February 1978 in Newark, New Jersey). From earliest childhood he was active in music: he performed on the vaudeville stage at the age of four, he sang in gospel groups, and he studied music and dance with local teacher Martha Belle Hall. He obtained his musical education in public schools of Bessemer, Alabama, and was later graduated from the Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute in Snow Hill, Alabama. His early style...