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“Charley Pride had to be the best every time he stepped in front of a microphone. It was his burden and his gift.” When asked what makes Pride’s 1971 release “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” one of country music’s timeless anthems, Rissi Palmer -- another groundbreaking Black country performer -- answers with a definitive statement. However, Pride’s song isn’t just any country song by any country artist. Digging deeper into who Pride was, what made him a standout and why it affected the way he performed is essential. Ultimately, that songwriter Ben Peters’ tune about how muc...

The singer died of complications of COVID-19 in December 2020.

... America’s out-of-control Coronavirus pandemic has claimed the life of another music legend, the iconic country singer Charley Pride. One of the great song interpreters of all time, Pride’s sensitive but resounding baritone delivered him every accolade possible in the industry, including the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Grand Ole Opry and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He died in Dallas on Saturday at age 86, his PR firm said. Between 1966 and 1987, Pride released 52 top ten singles, including 30 that reached number one. His indelible sides include “Just Between You And Me...

Charley Pride Recalled Making a "Pathway" for Black Country Singers One Month Before His Death E! 12/12/2020 Replay Video UP NEXT Charley Pride, who died on Dec. 12 of coronavirus complications at age 86, recalled breaking barriers as one of the most prolific Black country artists backstage at the Country Music Awards on Nov. 11. The "Kiss the Angel Good Mornin'" singer, who was joined onstage by Jimmie Allen, spoke to E! News in the virtual press room at the awards show about how he wasn't the only groundbreaking Black artist at the time paving the way in the music genre. "People say, s...

Print Charley Pride liked to let his accomplishments, and his music, speak the loudest. But he knew what was being said when others spoke, like the Nashville publicist who once told him “You look like them, but you sound like us.” A son of a Mississippi sharecropper, a Negro League pitcher who could hit, he broke through as a modern country music hero. Pride, who died on Saturday at 86 from COVID-19 complications, amassed 21 No. 1 country chart hits and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. “I am a traditionalist,” he said throughout his career. It’s interesting...