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Charley Pride

Charley Pride was born in Sledge, Mississippi in 1934. He served in the U.S. Army before trying professional baseball, then turned to music. In 1966, Red...

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Charley Pride, country music's quiet barrier-breaker

The Mississippi-born singer who became country's first Black superstar with hits like "Kiss An Angel Good Morning."

If you want one song, it's "Kiss An Angel Good Morning." For something a little less polished, try "Got Leavin' On Her Mind", that's the voice that got him in the door.

Pride's voice carried country music through a decade when few Black artists got heard on those stations. "Just Between You and Me" topped the charts in 1967, and songs like "Love Unending" and "Billy Bayou" kept him there. He wasn't making a statement so much as singing straight-ahead country that happened to change who could belong.

He tried baseball after the Army, then cut a demo that caught Red Foley's ear in 1966. RCA signed him, and "Just Between You and Me" hit number one the next year. By 1971 he was hosting his own network TV show, The Charley Pride Show.

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Charley Pride was born in Sledge, Mississippi in 1934. He served in the U.S. Army before trying professional baseball, then turned to music. In 1966, Red Foley heard his demo and helped him get a contract with RCA Victor. The next year, his single "Just Between You and Me" reached the top of the country charts.

Over the following decade, Pride released songs like "Kiss An Angel Good Morning," "All I Have To Offer You Is Me," and "Fifteen Years Ago." In 1971, he became the first African American to host a network television variety show, The Charley Pride Show. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993.

Pride died in 2020 at age 86. His recordings include "Moanin' The Blues," "Louisiana Man," and "A Good Chance Of Tear Fall Tonight."

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