Artists such as Little Richard imitated Bradford's energetic style, ranging from a gravelly bass to a whooping falsetto, and his flamboyant stage presence.
Marley later adopted the Rastafarian faith, but along with his mother, at first he sang gospel in the local Shilo Apostolic Church.
Bradford provided narration and singing for a 1967 animated short film by Richard Williams Productions, entitled Sailor and the Devil.
In 1961, when his recording career was in decline, Bradford joined the cast of the off-Broadway show Black Nativity, based on the writings of Langston Hughes, which toured Europe in 1962.
[3] A member of the Alex Bradford Singers at that time was Madeline Bell, who settled in England after the show ended.