Charley Pride
US country music star Charley Pride dies of coronavirus
US country music star Charley Pride has died of complications from Covid-19 at the age of 86, his family said Saturday in a message posted to the singer’s website. Pride’s “rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture,” the statement read further. Born a sharecropper’s son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride became US country music’s first Black superstar and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Between 1967 and 1987, Pride delivered 52 Top 10 country hits, won Grammy awards, and became RCA Records’ top-selling country artist. His best-known songs include “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” and “Please Help Me I’m Falling.” He won the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award in 1971, its top male vocalist prize in 1971 a...
Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Black Superstar, Dies From COVID-19 Complications
Charley Pride, country music’s first Black superstar died on Dec. 12 of COVID-19 complications, at the age of 86. Pride’s death was confirmed in a statement from his publicist The singer is the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Pride recorded 52 Top 10 country hits, won three Grammy awards, and became RCA Records’ top-selling country artist between the years 1967 and 1987. In 1971, he received CMA’s Entertainer of the Year award. Pride performed live for the last time just a month ago — on Nov. 11 — during the CMA Awards show at Nashville’s Music City Center. He played his 1971 hit “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” with Jimmie Allen. “We’re not color blind yet, but we’ve advanced a few paces along the path and I like...
