Charley Pride 1st Black Man To Integrate Country Music Passed Away at 86

Country music legend Charley Pride has passed away in Dallas, Texas over the weekend, due to COVID-19 related complications. Born in Sledge, Mississippi, Pride was the son of a sharecropper who made it out by joining the Army before eventually trying his hand at music in 1963. His first hit, “Just Between You and Me” made it to the top of the country charts in 1967. Between that time and 1987, Pride is said to have performed on 52 Top 10 hits, according to NBCNews.com.

Known as the first Black man to integrate the nearly all, Southern white genre of country music, Pride’s hits include “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” and “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone.” He is survived by his wife, three children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pride was 86. Click Here To Read More

Source: BET