Charley Pride
Charley Pride
Charley Frank Prideis an American country music singer, musician/guitarist, recording artist, performer, and business owner. His greatest musical success came in the early- to mid-1970s when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career, he garnered 52 top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 29 of which made it to number one...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth18 March 1938
CitySledge, MS
CountryUnited States of America
People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.
My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.
Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.
Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.
No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.
I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.
Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.
Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.
Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.
I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.
I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.