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KCAP-AM on Dec. 12, country singer Red Foley — who was there to promote a concert — had reservations as the tall Black man introduced himself and reached out for a handshake. "Is this something pertaining to civil rights?" asked Foley, according to an account in Pride: The Charley Pride Story. The DJ, Elmer "Tiny" Stokes, vouched for Pride, and before the day was over, the singer was able to perform two songs during the show at the Helena Civic Center. He also got a boost when Red Sovine, another hitmaker on the bill, offered assistance to get Pride a meeting at Cedarwood Publishing ...

Editorial: Charley Pride was more than a pioneer San Antonio Express-News FacebookTwitterEmail Country Music Hall of Famer Charley Pride performed at the 54th Annual CMA Awards at Nashville’s Music City Center in November. He died of COVID-19 last week. Pride was pioneer and a star. He had a way of expressing vulnerability while remaining strong and forthright.Terry Wyatt /Getty Images for CMA Charley Pride was aptly surnamed. The man had pride and dignity. Serving as a trailblazer is a blessing and a curse. You are known as a pioneer, which is a huge positive, for your position helps those...

Dennis Quaid is Working on a Movie About Charley Pride's Life Hollywood superstar, recording artist and recent The Charley Pride Story. "I tried to do a movie on Charley Pride years ago, and it just didn't go anywhere at the time," Quaid told Wide Open Country in a recent Jack Clement, who was a great mentor to Charley. So I got ahold of Charley and asked if I could just come and meet him in Dallas. I went and had Mexican lunch with he and his wife Rozene. This was before the pandemic. We got it up and running again."

Country music trailblazer Charley Pride died Saturday at the age of 86 of complications of COVID-19. News of Pride's death was first announced through the singer’s website. Known for breaking systemic racial barriers in the country music industry, Pride became a celebrated name in a predominantly white genre. Hits such as “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” and “Just Between You and Me” helped propel the North Texas resident to numerous Grammys and other highly regarded country music awards. Pride was born on March 18, 1934, in Sledge, Mississippi. He started a family in Montana, but mad...

Black America lost two of its iconic figures this month. Both born in 1934, Rafer Lewis Johnson died of a stroke on December 2 in Los Angeles and Charley Frank Pride was a COVID-19 victim who succumbed on December 12 in Dallas, Texas. Both men were athletes, Johnson an Olympic decathlete, and Pride was once a pitcher in the Negro Leagues. Born in Texas, Johnson moved with his family to the San Joaquin Valley town of Kingsburg and became a high school sports phenomenon while picking cotton with his father and siblings. Johnson was a silver medalist in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia,...