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Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. Beginning his career as a Negro league baseball player in the early-1950s, he later pursued a career in country music, becoming the genre's first major black superstar.
Dec 12, 2020 · The legendary singer, who had dozens of hits and won three Grammys, passed away at 86 in Dallas. He was a pioneer and a trailblazer who broke racial barriers in the country music industry.
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- Wendy Bergfeldt
Charley Pride's trailblazing life and career came to an end on Dec. 12, 2020, but his catalog of hit songs will live forever.
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Dec 12, 2020 · Country music legend Charley Pride died Saturday at age 86, a representative for the singer announced. Pride died in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, the release said.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Charley Pride, American country music singer who broke new ground in the 1960s by becoming the most successful African American star in that field to date and a standard bearer for the hard-core honky-tonk sound. Learn more about his background, breakthrough, and music.
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Dec 12, 2020 · Charley Pride, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper who went on to become the first Black superstar in country music, died on Saturday in hospice care in Dallas. He was 86.
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Dec 12, 2020 · Charley Pride was not the first Black musician in country music, but he was the genre’s first big star, with 30 No. 1 songs on the country charts during a legendary career. He was a...
