Charley Pride
Charley Pride
Charley Frank Prideis an American country music singer, musician/guitarist, recording artist, performer, and business owner. His greatest musical success came in the early- to mid-1970s when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career, he garnered 52 top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 29 of which made it to number one...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth18 March 1938
CitySledge, MS
CountryUnited States of America
One thing I've noticed about him is he doesn't get into the social-political discussion of race. I steer clear of it myself. If I put out good music, it doesn't matter what I look like.
When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.
It's a way to showcase themselves and get involved in the community.
What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.
I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones.
I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off.
I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen.
I believe it is possible to tell what sign some people were born under by watching their eyes, watching how they walk, how they talk.
I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time.
I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.
How often does a guy who lives and breathes baseball meet a woman who loves the game and understands it as well as he?
Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.
I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.