This one is just utterly heartbreaking. Grew up with my dad waking us up on a Sunday to Charlie Pride on the stereo. I just had to call my dad and tell him and we sat for an hour going through our favourite songs and memories and asked him to help me pick songs for the radio tribute we’ll do on Monday morning... even reminded my dad that people used to always say he looked like Charlie Pride to which he said as he always does when told that “ah shucks man Dat dere is a handsome guy” 😉 #2020 #Covid even took away our Pride this year 💔💔 #RIPCharliePride . Charley Pride, the pioneering black country singer known for such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'” and “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone,” has died in Dallas, Texas, from complications related to Covid-19, He was 86. Born in Sledge, Mississippi, in 1934, Pride picked cotton, played baseball in the Negro leagues, served in the U.S. Army, and worked in a smelting plant in Montana before moving to Nashville and becoming country music’s first black superstar. He scored 52 Top 10 country hits, including 29 Number Ones, and was the first African-American performer to appear on the Grand Ole Opry stage since Deford Bailey made his debut in the 1920s. Pride became an Opry member in 1993. In 2000, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. . Just last month, Pride, a three-time Grammy winner, was honored by the Country Music Association with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. He performed on the telecast with country singer Jimmie Allen, recreating “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’.” It would be Pride’s final performance. #ripcharliepride #countrymusic #charleypride #blackexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CIt83zMFCN-/?igshid=w1h5rh30dj0m
