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
Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.
I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.
A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.
I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.
There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.
Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did.
There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.
In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.
A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.
I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used to pick cotton, and I felt like even then I was somebody. I have the same feet, hands and heart like everyone else. I'm just also blessed with a good voice.
I think they do that not just with the election, but in general.
For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.