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Charley Pride worked a knuckle ball into his arsenal of pitches during the 1956 season with the Memphis Red Sox and the results were so successful he was named to the Negro American League All-Star team. Then, his baseball dreams were abruptly put on hold for two years as he was drafted into the Army. His military service didnât stop his momentum as he returned to the all-star game in 1958. He eventually earned tryouts with two major league teams before shoulder problems ended his career. Pride had a solid âPlan Bâ to fall back on. Recording tracks at Sun Records in Memphis in 1958 whet his musical appetite. When his baseball interests led him to Montana in 1960, the team owner paid him $10 per game and an additional $10 to sing at the front gate before the game to draw in customers. ....
Charley Pride, country musicâs first black superstar and the first black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died Saturday, Dec. 12 at the age of 86. Pride visited Branson many times to perform and also had an extended stay in Branson in the 90âs where he performed at the Charley Pride Theatre, now the White House Theatre, for a few years. Pride died in Dallas, Texas due to complications from COVID-19. Born a sharecropperâs son in Sledge, Mississippi on March 18, 1934, Pride left the farm to play baseball. Pride first played organized games in the Iowa State League and then professional games in the Negro American League as a pitcher and outfielder for the Memphis Red Sox. In 1953, he signed a contract with the Boise Yankees, the Class C farm team of the New York Yankees. ....