Bradley began working with Chet Atkins and would eventually go on to serve as the head of RCA Records in Nashville from 1973 to 1982. Over the course of his five-decade career, Bradley helped usher country music from the domain of traditionalists like Brenda Lee and Loretta Lynn through the rise of pop-aimed crooners including Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
Bradley played a pivotal role in the return of Elvis Presley to country music. Songs such as 'Moody Blue' and 'Way Down' hit number one on the Billboard country charts prior to Presley's 1977 death. Presley also had six posthumous top-ten hits on those same charts between 1977 and 1981, including 'Guitar Man', his final No. 1 in 1981.
Bradley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019.
(Source: Academy of Country Music / The Tennessean / Wikipedia)