Tiny Bradshaw

About

American jazz drummer, pianist, singer & bandleader. Born September 23, 1907, Youngstown, Ohio, USA. Died November 26, 1958, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Bradshaw was active in 1930's-1950’s. In 1951, Bradshaw co-wrote, sang and recorded "The Train Kept A-Rollin'". The song never charted but was pivotal to the development of rock and roll. Bradshaw charted in the U.S. five times as a singer/songwriter and four additional times as a songwriter. He first charted in 1942 with the song "Jersey Bounce", which charted three times that year, first by Benny Goodman (#2), Jimmy Dorsey (#9) and Shep Fields (#19). The song was co-written by Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater and Buddy Feyne (Robert B. Wright). He charted on the R&B charts with "Well Oh Well" (#2, 1950), "I'm Going to Have Myself a Ball" (#5, 1950), "Walkin' the Chalk Line" (#10, 1951), "Soft" (#3, 1953), and "Heavy Juice" (#9, 1953). He wrote or co-wrote all of the songs except for "Walkin' the Chalk Line". Bill Doggett also charted with a cover of Bradshaw's "Soft" in 1957, which hit #35 on the regular U.S. chart.