As head of RCA Records in Nashville from 1973 to 1982, Bradley was involved in the marketing and creation of the first platinum album in country music, Wanted!
[3][4] While working there, Jerry observed the recording of three future Country Music Hall of Fame inductees (Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, and Webb Pierce).
[2][5][6][7] Other artists who also recorded at Bradley's Barn during the 1960s included Joan Baez, Gordon Lightfoot, Warner Mack, The Beau Brummels, and Dinah Shore.
[2] During Bradley's tenure at RCA, he played a role in the early careers of Ronnie Milsap, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, and Alabama.
[2] The biggest role in country music Bradley would play though was in legitimizing the Outlaw movement prevalent during the 1970s, led by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson among others.
[2] He was also instrumental in the creation of Fan Fair (which later became the CMA Music Festival) and in managing the historic RCA Studio B in downtown Nashville.
[2] Besides Bradley sharing the musical talent of his father Owen, uncle Harold was a well-known session guitarist who was part of the Nashville A-Team players.
[12] Bradley's wife Connie worked for the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) offices in Nashville from 1980 until her 2010 retirement and was CMA Board president in 1989.
[16][17] This made Bradley the third member of his family inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, after his father Owen (1974) and uncle Harold (2006).