Grave of Charley Pride
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Pride was born on March 18, 1934, in Sledge, Mississippi. When Pride was 14, his mother purchased him his first guitar and he taught himself to play. Though he loved music, one of Pride's lifelong dreams was to become a professional baseball player. His elder brother, Mack Pride, played Negro league baseball before entering the ministry.
In 1953, he signed a contract with the Boise Yankees, the Class C farm team of the New York Yankees. During that season, an injury caused him to lose the "mustard" on his fastball, and he was sent to the Yankees' Class D team in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Later that season, while in the Negro leagues with the Louisville Clippers, two players - Pride and Jesse Mitchell - were traded to the Birmingham Black Barons for a team bus. "Jesse and I may have the distinction of being the only players in history to be traded for a used motor vehicle," Pride later said in his 1994 autobiography.
His break came when Chet Atkins heard a demo tape and got Pride a contract. In 1966, he released his first RCA single, "The Snakes Crawl at Night”. Nashville manager and agent Jack D. Johnson signed Pride. Atkins was the longtime producer at RCA who had made stars out of country singers such as Jim Reeves, Skeeter Davis, and others. Pride signed with RCA in 1965. "The Snakes Crawl at Night" did not chart. On the records of this song submitted to radio stations for airplay, the singer was listed as "Country Charley Pride". Pride disputes that the omission of a photo was deliberate; he stated that getting promoters to bring in a Black country singer was a bigger problem: "People didn't care if I was pink. RCA signed me ... they knew I was colored ... They decided to put the record out and let it speak for itself.”
Soon after the release of "The Snakes Crawl at Night", Pride released another single called "Before I Met You", which also did not chart. Not long afterwards, his third single, "Just Between You and Me", was released. This song finally brought Pride success on the country charts. The song reached number nine on Hot Country Songs on February 25, 1967.
The success of "Just Between You and Me" was enormous. Pride was nominated for a Grammy for the song the next year. In the late summer of 1966, on the strength of his early releases, he was booked for his first large show, in Detroit's Olympia Stadium. Since no biographical information had been included with those singles, few of the 10,000 country fans who came to the show knew Pride was Black and discovered the fact only when he walked onto the stage, at which point the applause trickled off to silence. "I knew I'd have to get it over with sooner or later," Pride later remembered. "I told the audience: 'Friends, I realize it's a little unique, me coming out here - with a permanent suntan - to sing country and western to you. But that's the way it is.' “
In 1967, he became the first black performer to appear at the Grand Ole Opry since founding member DeFord Bailey, who had last appeared in 1941. Between 1969 and 1971, Pride had eight singles that reached number one on the US Country Hit Parade and also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)", "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again", "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me", "I'd Rather Love You", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone", "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore", "I'm Just Me", and "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'".
Ultimately, Elvis Presley was the only artist who sold more records than Pride for RCA.
In 1971, Pride released what would become his biggest hit, "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'", a million-selling crossover single. The same year, he won the Country Music Association's entertainer of the year award, as well as its top male vocalist award in 1971 and 1972.
"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" became Pride's signature tune. Besides being a five-week country number one in late 1971 and early 1972, the song was also his only pop top-40 hit, hitting number 21, and reaching the top 10 of the Adult Contemporary charts, as well.
Pride performed the national anthem before game six of the 1980 World Series.On May 1, 1993, Pride became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Pride died from complications related to COVID-19 in Dallas, on December 12, 2020. He was 86 years old.
I love all his songs. Hes truly a country legend.
Hé was in first class on my flight I worked. He sat in the jump seat next to me and talked for about an hour. He was wonderful and easiest person to talk to. Thank you for this!❤
Rest in peace Mr. Pride, you will not be forgotten.
Thank God Charlie switched to country music! It was heartbreaking when he passed! Loved his music! Kiss An Angel Good Morning was my favorite song.
What a legend! A very distinct voice!
May Charlie Pride rest in peace. 🙏😔💔
It was a sad day when he passed away. I grew up with his music. My favourite song and vinyl record by Charlie Pride is Roll on Missippi. It is so chilled out.
Thank you so much for taking us here! He was such a great singer. My mom and dad had all of his albums and we listened to them often. Hope you have a great week and God bless!
One of my all time favorite artists of all time. I love Charley Pride s music I don't have a favorite song BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE FANTASTIC! From Snakes Crawl At Night, to Kiss An Angel Good Morning to Night Games and on..... unfortunately we lost him too early. Thank you for posting this.
Charlie Pride lovely music we do love him 💖🥰
Kiss an Angel Good Morning always my favorite. I saw him in concert in San Antonio back in the 70s. May he Rest in Peace 🕯️🙏
Roll On Mississippi, is my favorite
Kiss An Angel Good Mornin.That's also my grandma's favorite. She saw him in concert many yrs ago.
He did not have a bad song..
No he didn't. Rest in Peace Charly Pride. ✌️❤️🌼
I agree 💯❤
Charlie was my greatest country music singer and fan we went all over to here him sing he was the greatest.
Charlie Pride was such a wonderful man. Just a humble and talented human being. My favorite Charlie songs were Kiss an Angel Good morning, Roll on Mississippi and Burgers and Fries.
I so admire his music he will be remembered for generations to come!
Charley Pride is one of my favorite C&W singers. I especially liked his hits in the early seventies.
Loved this! Thank you for this. I love every song he sang. Much appreciated ❤😊
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I didn't realize he passed away from COVID. Sad.
Ran my Dad’s truck battery down many times while listening to Charley on 8-track. Always had very much respect for him. Always wish I could have met him. Very special person.
Loved to listen to his Christmas Album on vinyl with my mom, who passed one year ago today.
Favorite song Kiss an Angel Good Morning!! Love your channel!!
I'm a white man and I'm 64 years old. From a young boy and my dad used to play a guitar. And sign he was very good. He played Charley pride Merle Hag Hank Williams Sr. All the oldies name one song I can't. Pride had so many great songs. But if I had too pink one it would be. Just between you and me. Pride sold as many than Elvis on RCA. R.I.P Mr Charley pride. Thank you for this video ❤
I loved all his songs, awesome singer❤🙏
RIP Mr.Pride and Thank you for your service. Love his music and I respect him highly. Kiss an Angel good morning is a favorite and Mountain of Love. Thanks I love your videos.
MET HIM AND HIS SON IN A CASNIO VERY NICE AND FRIENDLY. RIP SIR COUNTRY LENGEND
I was waiting for someone to do this. Thank you for taking us there to pay our respects also. He was a living Legend. In the early 70's I would rock myself to sleep in the living room listening to his music while mom worked in the kitchen. The world loved him. It hurt when he died.
I grew up here in Mississippi and live right down the road from Sledge. We are all proud of Charlie here and all of the many many other famous people from our state. RIP Charlie Pride
Thanks for doing this video I love his music. Crystal chandeliers is one of my favourite songs. My mother went to see charley and his son play here in Ireland a few years ago. What a great voice they both had. Rip charley 🎤🎵🎵
I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Pride in late February of 2020 right before covid hit. It was one of the last concerts he ever did. I'm so grateful I got to attend that show.
thank you for this, my mother in law was a big fan of Charlie pride so im watching this for her.
i have a shirt with his pic on it. was hers. i love his music, have a awesome week and safe travels
First time commenter...I saw Charlie in London Ontario Canada in 2012 (The same city Johnny Cash proposed to June Carter)..To be present to watch that man sing was a life long dream of mine...He sounded just like his records..He sang his old songs perfectly...I was up in the middle of the balcony and there was no one at the end so I went and sat there by myself...He walked to the corner of the stage and looked up..I waved and he waved back..I was so excited I started to cry...lol..He saw me and stood there looking at me while he finished his song..Then waved again and walked back to the middle of the stage..At the very end of the show, people were walking up to shake his hand..He bent down and was more like slapping people's hands as he walked off stage..A lady pushed an elderly man in a wheelchair to the stage and when Charlie saw that he stopped dead in his tracks...Knelt down and shook that man's hand..He spoke privately in his ear...It was such a touching moment...Such class..Such respect..He loved his fans and he made sure he told us so..Said he appreciated us because he never wanted to go back to Sledge MS to pick cotton again..I cried like a baby when he died...Just Between You And Me was my fav Charlie Pride song. May he truly RIP ❤ Thanks for the video..Just subscribed...😊
What a beautiful comment. ❤️
I loved him and his music. He had so many songs that I loved singing along to. He’s missed but never ever forgotten. Rest in peace Mr. Charley Pride ❤️🙏
My dad is a big Charlie Pride fan. My dad got to see him in concert back in the 90s at The old little Nashville Opry in Nashville IN. The Opry burned down in the early 00s. Now in Nashville IN has a new music center it's a lot bigger and nicer I would say it's a 2000 seat venu. My dad got his picture autograph. Heck I bought another a CD greatest hits of Charlie Pride at goodwill the ever day. Thanks for sharing this vlog. My fav song of Charlie Pride is "Kawija" by Hank Williams SR.
Love Charlie Pride!! What an amazing voice he had!! I couldn’t pick a favourite, there are so many
I was a big fan of Charlie pride he was one great country music singer when first heard him sang on johnnny Carlon when he started singing I was totally blown away with his singing that frist time I ever heard a man sang like a white I love all Charlie pride I love all his music I’ve even went through sledge Mississippi and I knew story about way they would little at night they would lay in ditch at the juke join in bottom ever Saturday night and he went from there I never forget Charlie pride one great singer Conway twitter and George jones and all the greatest country singer rip in peace all you great singer that will always be remember and love ❤❤❤❤❤😀😀😀🙏🇺🇸
I loved Charlie Pride,all his songs were all so great, I didn't want to miss any of his concerts, I was a large fan of his and everytime I went to his concerts, I tried to get a picture of him with my camera and not any of them would take!! I guess I was too excited! I have all his albums and tapes! He was my No.1 singer in so sorry we loss him!!
I had Charlie's LP Live at Panther Hall that was recorded in Fort Worth. One of my favorite albums. When my mama heard Kiss an Angel Good Morning she loved him too.
Jim Reeves is buried in Carthage, TX near the road leading into town.
Saw him in Saint John ,New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦......love his singing ❤
My favorite Charley Pride song will always be “The Day the World Stood Still”. That was my mom and dad’s song
The song brings back awesome memories.
Many of my friends had his records, I don't remember any of them being burned. He was quite popular and had a very good career that lasted a long time
Kiss an angel good morning is one of his best
Grew up listening to him he was my mom's favorite singer then I became a big fan.Its hard to choose a favorite he had so many great songs you are missed mr pride 😢RIP
Charlie Pride had a distinctive voice, Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' was a favorite. Interesting to learn of his background and that he started out playing baseball and was stationed in Colorado at Fort Carson. A great tribute to a great country singer, thank you, Jason!!
Thank you so much Jason for a great tribute to a fantastic singer and person ! When I was a kid his song came on the radio and I remember my daddy who love to joke said would you believe that's a black man Gloria and I said no and daddy said well he is and that man can sing and he's going to go far in country and western music ❤
Thanks I really loved Charley Pride I seen him in concert years ago kids an angel good morning
I love all of Charley Pride songs i born in 1974 but i love all the old classics country music
Charlie Pride was the one who broke the race barrier in country music when he started playing in that music scene. I heard that on the American Country Countdown when Bob Kingsley hosted that radio show on Sunday out in Southern California.
I might have saw he perform at a radio show fundraiser in Long Beach, California as I was driving by on the local 605 freeway after heading home from work. Charlie was a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic where he got and it was before the vaccines were available to everyone. If it is hot out there in Dallas and the humidity is up there too, you might as well head home or back to your hotel room, if you don’t need to be outside in this extremely hot weather, just stay indoors.
I filmed for a bit then got in the car and cooled off. I hung out in the hotel a lot on this trip. Texas heat is no joke.
I got to see him in concert once. Wonderful show!
My mom liked his singing and saw him in concert. RIP mom and Charlie
Charley Pride was my all time favourite country music singer.
RIP Mr.Pride of America
coming all the way from Central of Australia 🇦🇺🦘
Just by pure luck we my wife and I came across your fantastic video yes Charley Pride was one of our great country singers someone once told me that country singers don't die they just fade away thanks for the visit and some history along with it please stay safe Godspeed.😊
He absolutely was an icon. What a catalog of music he left us. I loved every song he sang. I was so heartbroken when he passed away. Love and prayers to his family, he will never be forgotten.
My favorite song was (if I could just say it’s a hard choice because they are all good) The Snakes Crawl at Night, just Between you and Me, Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger and Crystal Chandelier. Oh and Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town. I just can’t narrow it down. And gosh I always thought he was the best looking, most handsome man ❤
Loved Charley Pride’s songs even though I’m not a country music fan. He had the nicest voice.
Charley was the first real influence on me to like country music
I remember him at the state fair in Amarillo, Tx back in early 70s. I work for the Villa Inn hotel as a bus boy , delivered room service to him. He open door in boxers. His order was a cheese burger . He told me to keep the change from a 100. Bill.
At our wedding in 2012 I sang Charley Prides signature song KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING My wife passed in 2020 to the very last day of her life I sang it the last day of her life
thank you for doing this i liked charlie pride too many good ones have gone.
Thank you for the video. I finally see his resting place . Charlie Pride will always be my all time favorite country singer. All his songs have a distinctive sound to them.First fell in love with Does my ring hurt your finger and I never looked back as I heard more and more of his songs
I loved Charlie Pride.... I love his song Kiss an angel good morning.
Thank you Jason, for a wonderful tribute to a wonderful legend, Charlie Pride was an amazing singer, I don’t really have a favorite song 🎶 but I love the on Kiss an Angel 😇 Good Morning, I must say you do an amazing job on your video this was my first time watching you , Thank you again for such a wonderful tribute.
Thanks for watching. What keeps me going is knowing y’all enjoy them.
This is another aspect of the pandemic first we lost kenny rogers,little Richard, and now the pride of country music the man was priceless thank god country music won and football lost I hope they name the nearby airport after him what an honour that would be
We all will cont to Roll on in peace with the mighty Mississippi river with Charlie.! Awesome work as always man!
I seen charley 4 times and had tickets the yr covid hit to see him and they closed every thing down. I was member of his fan club and got to meet him backstage. He was such a nice guy. He did a great show and he add some comedy and make funny faces while singinv. A great singer that is deeply missed
I loved Charley pride! I loved he's song kiss a angel good morning!
My mom(1933-2017) loved Mr Prides music.Especially(There goes my everything)😢
My favorite songs by Charlie Pride are Kiss An Angel Good Morning, Mountain of Love, and I can't spell it to save my life but the one about the wooden Indian.
Kaw-Liga 😀 Actually here's a little history on that song..The Late Great Hank Williams wrote and sang it in 1952 (and was released in 1953 shortly after his death)..Charlie learned it when he was young and actually sang a few words wrong...He told us at a concert that we went to that he kept his version when he recorded it...😀
I loved Charlie Pride and I am from Mississippi so of course that makes it better thank you for doing this for the fans
Who could pick just one? I loved his smooth voice and wonderful delivery! Ramblin' Rose! Rest In Peace Charlie!
Good info tonight Sir. Be safe and God Bless
I wish I knew you were visiting this cemetery I would have advised you of the former Organized Crime Figures of Dallas interred there. I addition, I wish you had dropped to your knees and prayed for RAIN in and around Dallas. I am a retired Dallas Cop and would drink coffee at the Denny's on North Central Expressway near Meadow Road and Charley would stop in often and we always talked about baseball, he was an amazing historian of his favorite sport. A true gentleman and always polite to everybody, telling me, "this is so much better than pulling cotton". He is missed.
I’ll definitely be back to do some jfk videos. I’ll look into the mob stuff. I’m a little Leary of messing with the southern crime families. The dixie mob don’t play lol. I should have prayed for rain. It was so dry that adding my prayer to the list couldn’t have hurt.
Thanks for this one Jason. Kiss a angel good morning will always be my favorite. Mother Nature is just being very disrespectful this summer for sure. See you on the next one.
My grandmother loved his music she went to a few of his concerts and I remember hearing Mr pride first thing in the morning waking up at grandma's house miss those days
I had the honor of seeing him on my honeymoon over 5O years ago and I still love him
Thanks Jason. I was born in the Memphis area in '67 and Charley Pride was all over the local country stations there as far back as I can remember. Kiss an Angel Good morning and Mississippi Cotton Pickin' Delta Town were two of my mother's (who was born in Kasciusko Mississipp) favorite songs as well as my own. It is hard to pick one favorite Charley Pride song. I also love his gosphel renditions of Build me a Cabin in Glory Land and I'll Fly Away.
As an adult, I had the blessing of a chance meeting with Charley Pride at Bush Airport down In Houston several years ago, and he was a true gentleman as well as a great artist.
I was fortunate enough to see Charley Pride several times, always a class act and never forgot where he came from. I read in his book how even after he signed up with RCA he was reluctant to leave his job at the factory in case the music business didn't work out.
I got to see Charlie Pride in the mid 1970"s , it was my very first concert... Thanks for the tour and all the info !!
Nonchalantly finding Bonnie Parker and walking off? You're killing me (as I just did an episode on Bonnie and Clyde in Kansas City and haven't got to Dallas yet). LOL I hope you have a future episode! LOL. I want to tell you that in 1986 I saw Charley Pride perform in my native state of California and as a member of the media I had a chance to go in the RV backstage for an interview. I remember he told us how he was telling his son that the vocals of Steve Perry of Journey sounded a lot like Sam Cooke. I began noticing that after he said that. My wife was present and when we asked for a photo op with him, he slapped his lap and asked her to sit there. She said something like, "Oh, I weigh too much," to which he said, "Nah, my wife is bigger than you and she hasn't hurt me yet." Memorable times! FYI, I love "Kiss An Angel Good Morning." My sweet late wife loved his "Burgers and Fries and Cherry Pies." Hard to think of him as dead. Time marches on and waits for nobody.
The cemetery she is in is across the road from where Charlie is at. I forgot to even visit Clyde lol. Dallas is a beast to a country boy like me. Yosemite looks awesome. That’s one of those places on my vision board for the family lol. I bet you needs days there to see everything. The shoot out spot was really neat. I have to go back to Dallas and either do a JFK video or Bonnie and Clyde thing. That’s a tough choice.
I LOVE ALL OF HES SONGS ❤❤MAY GOD BLESS HIM HE WILL ALWAYS BE LOVE 😍 ❤❤AND MISS
My mom would buy his records and play them off and through the day . Sometimes she would play them at night. And she would dance with all of us there was three of us at the time. And sometimes she would sit in her rocking chair and sing along with Charlie Pride. While we sat around her. To this day I, love him so much.❤
I was on a date with my boyfriend, now husband, when we first heard KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING.
It became our favorite song.
Many thanks.
👍✌🕯💕🦋🌻🙏🕊🌹. RIP Mr Pride. Fact is my family didn't stress about the color of anybody's skin. If they loved you, hey they loved you. That was it. No more said. Yeah kiss a angel goodmorning, as well as many others he signed, my grandpa loved. You didn't dare cross my grandpa. His shot gun was never far away.😁. Love,Respect and Positivity always
Neita,Ace and family. ✌🕯💕🙏🦋🌻🙂👋👣.
“Is a body goin to San Anton “ ….I grew up listening to Charlie Pride . He was an amazing artist …I’m sad that he got Covid after that award ceremony, I wish he would’ve gone to that or he would probably still be with us …. I met him once at Love Field and he was the sweetest person …. He talked to us for the longest time , and he made my baby laugh just talking to him . That was 37 years ago
❤from TX
😅just between me and you does my ring hurt you're finger roll on Mississippi and so much more I love his songs and his great voice RIP CHARLEY PRIDE thank you for you're legacy from the Netherlands ❤🙏🏻😍🇳🇱🌷
Thank you so much for sharing this video! My fave song by him is "Kiss An Angel Good Morning". Fantastic video! 😊
I met Charley Pride several times, a wonderful singer, man
I was fortunate enough to see him in concert, when he toured Australia in the mid-1970s.
He has sung a lot of great songs, it's hard to single one out...
However. I really like "I don't think she's in love anymore"
RIP Charley....
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He was a great man and singer. My Mom loved his music people were ask her did she know he was black she would tell them she didn’t care she liked him anyway. I also do to always love his music now. R.I.P. Charley Pride 🙏❤️🎶
Charlie Pride was one of the best singers I enjoyed listening too. "Kiss an Angle Good Moring " was one my favorite songs that he recorded.
WE. MISS. YOU. SOOOO. MUCH. MR. CHARLIE. PRIDE. MAY. YOU. REST. ON. WITH. GOD. 😇😇💙👍🏽🙏🏽
I was the stage manager for Charley at his theatre in Branson although he and I did a lot of road miles together also. Always a humble & gracious man. I miss him a lot.
Is any body goin' to San Antone. Charlie was an exceptional human being. My Mother and Grand Mother, loved to hear Charlie sing.
I wish I could go to Carthage on august 20th to celebrate what world have been Jim Reeves 100th birthday. Thanks for the video. Crystal chandeliers is a great tune.
Kiss An Angel Good Morning is mine & my husband's favorite song by him.
THINK. YOU. CHARLIE. FOR. SHOWING. PEOPLE. HOW. TO. ACT. IN. THIS. WORLD 🌎💙
this is not susan, i am joe her husband. i was in the record business in the early 70s and met most of the artists recording at that time. the two that stand out in my memory as class individuals are niel diamond and charley prtde. both were very intelligent, without being full of themseves. may charley rest i peace and niel have a easy time with his sickness. may god bless you both and hold you in the palm of his hand
Mansion 🏡 on the Hill, I'm an Irish Fan who love all his songs .Their will never a singer like him again.❤
Hi from Louisiana. I am in bed watching you after i had surgery today. I feel relaxed watching you guys. I will be in bed for the next 3 days so i will be tuned in .lol. its very 🔥 hot here in Louisiana. It was 110 today. Stay safe .
Charlie was a wonderful gentleman beside a great singer; one of the things I appreciate the most is his faithfulness ❤
Im glad I found your channel. I think I catch myself smiling while your talking about the person or just being yourself. Thank you.
I loved Charley prides music. I miss seeing him. He was amazing. Even if he's not here I still listen.
Thanks for your time