RIP Charley Pride

Country music’s first black superstar:

Charley Pride, Country's First Black Superstar, Dies of Covid-19 Complications

 

Was also a darn good baseball player:

The Baseball Career of Charley Pride

 

Ouch. RIP Charley.

Thirty No. 1 country hits after being traded for a used bus in the Negro Leagues and working as a iron ore smelter in Montana. Easily the biggest Black country star ever.

"(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone" and "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" are absolute solid country gold.

 

I always loved this one. Simple song, but earnest.

Willie once kicked over a hornet’s best by kissing Charley on the cheek.

 

Streaks of six straight no. 1 singles and five straight no. 1 singles over a four year period. Four straight no. 1 albums. Few country singers have met or surpassed that kind of run. Few singers of any genre for that matter.

 

Country Gold on your late-night lonesome AM dial is the only place you’ll hear those these days.

 

My friends, I could not even imagine playing baseball while hearing impaired.

 

That was Curtis Pride

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/curtis-pride/

 

Moved these over from the locked thread

Country legend Charley Pride succumbs to Covid-19 complications

 

Probably the most famous Texas Rangers fan outside of W. Not too many of those around these days.

 

I'm actually surprised someone hasn't created a Country Gold format (other than SiriusXM). I'd think there'd be at least as much interest in the southeast and deep south as for other oldies.