Sad to see the Country legend with the golden voice died yesterday:
Charley Pride, the first African-American to enter the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died aged 86, his website has announced.
Pride, who rose to fame in the 1960s, passed away on Saturday from complications of Covid-19.
While Pride was not the first black singer in country music, he became one of its biggest stars during a period of division in the US.
He won three Grammy Awards, followed by a lifetime achievement award in 2017….
"We're not colour-blind yet, but we've advanced a few paces along the path and I like to think I've contributed something to that process," he wrote in his memoir.
"Kiss an Angel Good Morning":
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I featured "Is Anybody Going To San Antone?" a couple of years back.
Obits at the Guardian, NYT, Rolling Stone.
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