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Connie Bradley, Longtime ASCAP Nashville Head and Music Row Trailblazer, Dies at 75
During her long tenure at ASCAP, Bradley became known as a staunch advocate for music creators. Upon being awarded the Country Music Association’s prestigious Irving Waugh Award of Excellence in August 2018 by Kenny Chesney, the country star remarked, “I’ve been very blessed to have won Entertainer [of the Year] four times with this organization and one of the years that I won, I actually saw Connie standing in the audience, and I thanked her by saying she was one of the best friends that a dreamer could ever have.” “She was one of the many trailblazers, along with Frances Preston and Jo Walker Meador, for women in the Nashville music business,” said CMA CEO Sarah Trahern in a statement. “Her passion for artists, songs and the Country Music industry as a whole paved the way for...
