NEW YORK — Charley Pride, one of country music’s first Black superstar whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. “Heaven just got one of the finest people I know.” Tanya Tucker tweeted “I’m just …
Country music was no ordinary path for a Black kid growing up in the segregated South. “‘Charley, how’d you get into country music?’ And ‘Why you don’t sound like you’re supposed to sound?’ Well, it is a little unique, I admit, but I’ve been singing country music since I was about 5 years old, and this is what I sound …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country singer Jimmie Allen continues to rise on the charts, but he can’t think about his own success without giving praise to one of the stars who paved the way for him: country music trailblazer Charley Pride. Allen has been reflecting on Pride’s impact on Black country artists like himself and rubbing elbows with the Country Music …
