American Songwriter

On This Day in 1972, Charley Pride Topped the Country Charts With a Signature Love Song Later Covered by Alan Jackson and George Jones

Barrier-breaking country star Charley Pride was at No. 1 with the biggest crossover hit of his career on this day in 1972.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2020, We Said Goodbye to the Singer Who Fought Racism and Became One of the Biggest Stars in Country Music

Five years ago today, the world said goodbye to the fearless artist who became country music's first Black star.
Rolling Stone

Charley Pride Cut an Album of Brook Benton Songs. It’s Finally Been Released

In the mid-1980s, when Charley Pride was in between record contracts, he went into a Dallas studio with an all-star cast of area musicians to record a series of songs by Brook Benton. He intended to ...
AOL

Why Charley Pride Was a Pioneer for Country Music as Well as Black Musicians

One of the most telling parts of Ken Burns’ sprawling 2019 PBS documentary “Country Music” was the section devoted to Charley Pride, who was billed as country music’s first Black superstar. In the ...
Forbes

CMT Honors Charley Pride With All-Star Performances & A Look Back At His Extraordinary Story

A grateful Charley Pride once said that while most entertainers are lucky enough to have one signature song, he was fortunate to have many. The man who gave us “Just Between You and Me,” “All I Have ...