Article Contributed by 2911 Media | Published on Friday, March 12, 2021
Charley Pride: I m Just Me, a documentary about the life and career of legendary Country music superstar Charley Pride, will air on CBC s documentaryChannel on Friday, March 12 at 9:00 pm ET. It will air once again on Thursday, May 6 on CBC. [click here for trailer & airing info]
Charley Pride: I m Just Me traces the improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi to his career as a Negro League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar. Narrated by country music icon Tanya Tucker, the new documentary reveals how Pride’s love for music led him from the Delta to a larger, grander world. In the 1940s, radio transcended racial barriers, making it possible for Pride to grow up listening to and emulating Grand Ole Opry stars like Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff. The singer arrived