‘He was a trailblazer’: Charley Pride, country music’s first Black superstar, dies from Covid complications
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Country music’s first Black superstar Charley Pride has died from Covid complications. “Charley Pride was a trailblazer whose remarkable voice and generous spirit broke down barriers in country music just as his hero Jackie Robinson had in baseball,” wrote Mr Burns. “Charley Pride will always be a legend in Country music,” wrote Reba McEntire on Twitter. “Then it was ‘first Negro country singer;’ then ‘first black country singer.’ Now I’m the ‘first African-American country singer.’ That’s about the only thing that’s changed.
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Charley Pride, a country music Black superstar, dies at 86
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