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  • Country Music Legend Charley Pride Passes Away at 86

    12/12/2020 5:22:18 PM PST · by Kaslin · 14 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | December 12, 2020 | Bronson Stocking
    Country music legend Charley Pride has reportedly died from complications from COVID-19. The pioneering black country music star was a legend in the country music industry with over two dozen number one hits. Born in Mississippi in the 1930s, Pride picked cotton before playing baseball in the then-segregated leagues. Pride served in the U.S. Army and worked in a Montana smelting plant before breaking out as Nashville's first black superstar, Rolling Stone reported. While accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008, Pride addressed his experience as a black singer in the country music industry. "My older sister one time said,...
  • Country Legend Charley Pride Dies of COVID-19 Complications at 86

    12/12/2020 3:08:05 PM PST · by DoodleDawg · 33 replies
    People via MSN ^ | 12/12/20 | Ally Mauch
    Country legend Charley Pride — cited as an early pioneer for Black musicians in country music — died on Saturday in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 86 due to complications from COVID-19, a statement on his website confirmed. With top hits including “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” and “Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone,” Pride became the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. He was born in Mississippi in 1934 as the son of a sharecropper. After a brief time serving in the Army and some unsuccessful attempts at becoming a professional baseball...