Bradley Kincaid Birth Name: William Bradley Kincaid Induction Year: 1971 Date of Birth: 7/13/1895 Place of Birth: Point Level, KY Date of Death: 9/29/1989 Place of Death: Springfield, OH   (from son, James Kincaid) "Bradley Kincaid was twice nominated to the Country Music Hall of Fame which was nice in that he had been retired for almost 40 years (lost to Johnny Cash and Roy Rogers)."   Former Occupations: waiter worked in a wheel factory rode corn planter district secretary of the YMCA in Lebanon, KY (1922-1924) Education: Grade School--Back Creek School (finished 5th grade) Grade School--Stony Point School (attended only 3 months out of each year) High School--Berea Academy (from 1914-1916, 1918-1921) College--YMCA College (later called George Williams College) (from 1924-1928; earned a degree in sociology) Career Milestones: 1926-first radio appearance on WLS National Barn Dance Show with the YMCA Quartet 1927--first trip to rural areas of the border states to collect folk songs 1927--first recording session with Gennett Records (owned by the Starr Piano Company) in December 1928--first printing of first songbook "My Favorite Mountain Ballads" in April (sold about 110,000 copies) 1930--moved to station WLW Connecticut 1933--worked on station NBC in New York 1945--moved to Nashville 1945--performed on the Grand Ole Opry 1950--decided to retire early 1950s--accepted return offer from WLW (Cincinnati) 1963--after being retired for 13 years from singing, recorded again for Bluebonnet Records in Dallas, TX; recorded 162 songs in 5 days Catalog Highlights The Legend of the Robin's Red Breast Artists: Bradley Kincaid Mammy's Precious Baby Artists: Bradley Kincaid Bury Me Beneath the Willow Artists: Bradley Kincaid The Wreck of the Number Nine Artists: Bradley Kincaid Captain Bill Artists: Bradley Kincaid I Won't be Back in a Year, Little Darling Artists: Bradley Kincaid Fifty Years From Now Artists: Bradley Kincaid Some Little Bug is Going to Find You Artists: Bradley Kincaid Fond of Chewing Gum Artists: Bradley Kincaid The Innocent Prisoner Artists: Bradley Kincaid Little Darling Don't Say We Are Through Artists: Bradley Kincaid Now the Tale's Turned on You Artists: Bradley Kincaid Red Light Ahead Artists: Bradley Kincaid Cornpone and Molasses Artists: Bradley Kincaid Sleepy Head Artists: Bradley Kincaid That Old Tintype Picture Artists: Bradley Kincaid Little Red Rooster and the Old Black Hen Artists: Bradley Kincaid Paddle Your Own Canoe Artists: Bradley Kincaid The Kickin' Mule Artists: Bradley Kincaid Comments: At WBZ (Boston) Kincaid teased one of his band members for being grumpy on an early morning broadcast.  He told Marshall Jones that, since he was carrying on like an old grandpa, he would now call him "Grandpa Jones." Grandpa Jones used the name ever since Known mostly for collecting and popularizing old ballads