- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCharley Frank Pride
- Nicknames
- "Country" Charlie Pride
- The Pride of Country Music
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Charley Pride was born on March 18, 1934 in Sledge, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Breakdown (1997), Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) and Ellie (1984). He was married to Rozene Pride. He died on December 12, 2020 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- SpouseRozene Pride(December 28, 1956 - December 12, 2020) (his death, 3 children)
- To date (2012), Pride, Ray Charles and Darius Rucker form the trinity of only African-Americans to have conquered the country music charts.
- Played baseball in the Negro American League.
- Made his first national appearance on TV in the premiere episode of Hee Haw (1969) June 15, 1969.
- Is the uncle of former major league baseball player Curtis Pride.
- Became a member of the Grand Ole Opry on May 1, 1993.
- 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.
- It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.
- No one 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.
- When I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.'
- An entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.
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