When Pride’s single “Just Between You and Me” reached No. 10 on the country charts, his career was launched. His biggest hit, “Kiss an Angel Good Morning,” spent five weeks atop the country charts and crossed over to the pop market.
Charley Pride was the first black member of the Grand Ole Opry since DeFord Bailey decades earlier; the first black artist to have a number one country record; and the first artist of any race to win the Country Music Association’s male vocalist award two years in a row. One of the most successful country singers ever, he would go on to have 29 No. 1 country hits, 52 Top 10s, and twelve gold albums. He has parlayed his entertainment successes into an equally successful business career, making his mark in Texas real estate and banking in the North Dallas community where he and wife Rozene make their home. In 2000, Charley Pride was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Born: March 18, 1934, Sledge, Mississippi
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