Singer Jan Bradley's soft soprano graced Curtis Mayfield's song "Mama Didn't Lie," a Top Ten R&B/Top 20 pop hit on Chess Records in 1963. Born Addie Bradley on July 6, 1943, in Byhalia, MS, Jan Bradley moved with her family to Robbins, IL, a Chicago suburb, when she was four years old. When she was about 18, guitarist Phil Upchurch's manager Don Talty was recommended to her after an acquaintance saw her perform at a high school talent show. Impressed, Talty wanted to sign her to his label, Formal Records, but her parents wouldn't give him the OK, preferring to wait until the s...