We saw Charlie last year at his concert ... he was going strong and such an entertainer!  |
Charley Pride, country music’s first black superstar, dead at 86 from COVID-19
Charley Pride, the first black country music superstar, died Saturday of complications from COVID-19. He was 86.
The trailblazer charted 29 No. 1 hits and another 21 Top 10 singles between the 1960s and 1980s, including “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone” and “Mountain of Love.”
Pride enjoyed his greatest success in the 1970s, becoming the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley
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His final performance was on Nov. 11, when he received the Country Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award at Nashville’s Music City Center. He brought down the house with his hit “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’.”
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