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Charley Pride Biography

Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1934) is an American country music singer, musician/guitarist, recording artist, performer, business owner, and former baseball player. 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 (1966–87), he garnered 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 40 of which made it to Number One. He has appeared with country music star Brad Paisley and was featured in the 2016 CMA Awards.

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It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.

Black, Country, Heard, Music, Unlikely

There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.

Black, Montana, People, Place

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

Fans, Performer, Performers, Seriously, Taken

Chet Atkins. . . is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

Guitar, Guitar Player, Player, Probably

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

Childhood, Dream, Dreamer, People, Thought

I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.

People, Seen, Shows, Years

A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.

Bring, Contact, Detectives, Helping, Hire, Trance

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.

Gruff, Old, Redd, Saws, Television

Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.

Like, Like Her, Mother, Person, Talkative

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.

Arbitrary, Belongs, Country, Criticism, Judgement

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

Adoration, Entertainer, Entertainers, Fans, Heady, Tells

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

Artist, Presley, Records, Sold, Years

Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.

Belief, Beliefs, Business, Organization, Organizations, Religious

A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody.

Causes, Names, Relish, Spokesman, Wanted

My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.

Brother, Brothers And Sisters, Good, Sisters, Voice, Voices

Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.

Eye, Eyes, Fingers, Like, Pretty

I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time.

1992, Added, Amazed, Littles, Theatre, Theatres

It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.

Country, Everyone, Fans, World

If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort.

Different, Louisiana, Sort, Texas

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.

Country, Moguls, Mtv, Television, Young

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