Died: December 12, 2020. CHARLEY Pride, who has died aged 86 from complications of Covid-19, was a country singer who broke the mould several times over. His honey-sweet, easy-going voice on deep-fried classics such as Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ and Crystal Chandelier saw him sell millions of records and become successful all over the world. He released more than 50 albums, and scored 29 No.1’s in the Country music chart. During his 3- years with the RCA label, only Elvis Presley sold more records than he did. As a black artist operating within what has historically been a predominantly white genre, his talents came to the fore during an era of institutionalised racism, and his early records were issued without a picture of him. He was only the second artist of colour to become a member of the home of country royalty, the Grand Ole Opry.
Charley Pride, who has died of complications from Covid-19 aged 86, was a hugely successful American country music star who made history when in 1969 he topped the US country charts, the first black performer to achieve that feat since Louis Jordan 25 years earlier.
The song was All I Have to Offer You (Is Me), and with its lush background vocals and slick production the song epitomised the Nashville sound pioneered by Chet Atkins, the great guitarist and RCA executive who produced it with Cowboy Jack Clement.
Pride hit his artistic purple patch in the late 1960s and early 1970s with ballads of broken hearts, including Just Between You and Me and Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger, as well as more uptempo hits with countrypolitan appeal, among them Kiss an Angel Good Mornin and the paean to hitchhiking Is Anybody Going to San Antone?.
Karan Johar announces epic series to celebrate 75 years of India s Independence
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December 22, 2020
Mumbai, Dec 22: Filmmaker Karan Johar on Tuesday announced an epic series as part of the Change Within initiative to celebrate 75 years of the country s Independence.
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti this year, Johar, along with filmmakers including Ekta Kapoor and Aanand L Rai, launched the initiative aimed towards creating inspiring content about the valour, values and culture of India.
Johar took to Twitter and shared the announcement, tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi and producer Dinesh Vijan are also part of the initiative.
Dennis Quaid is Working on a Movie About Charley Pride s Life
Hollywood superstar, recording artist and recent
The Charley Pride Story. I tried to do a movie on
Charley Pride years ago, and it just didn t go anywhere at the time, Quaid told Wide Open Country in a recent
Jack Clement, who was a great mentor to Charley. So I got ahold of Charley and asked if I could just come and meet him in Dallas. I went and had Mexican lunch with he and his wife Rozene. This was before the pandemic. We got it up and running again.
Country Legend Charley Pride Dies From Covid At 86
American country music legend Charley Pride has become a victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pride is dead at age 86.
RCA Records recording artist Pride was at one time the second biggest selling RCA artist after Elvis Presley. He is also one of only three African-American artists to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
In the 1950s Pride excelled in sport and was a baseball player for the Memphis Red Sox.
In 1958 Charley visited Sun Records in Memphis and diverted his vocation to music. In 1971 he had his biggest hit ‘Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’.