Remembering Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American country singer. Beginning his career as a Negro league baseball player in the early-1950s, he later pursued a career in country music, becoming the genre's first major black superstar. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. In total, he has garnered 39 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Pride is

In 1974, Charley Pride quietly stepped back onto a baseball diamond during spring training with the Texas Rangers. Before the hits and gold records, Pride was a real pro ballplayer—an early-1950s pitcher in the Negro Leagues and minors. The Rangers invited him to camp as a goodwill nod, and he still had the motion, the feel, and the respect of the game. Follow @lonestarbeer another Texas legend (footage sourced and recut from SMU) #americana #texas | Truck Stop Chic