DER US-AMERIKANISCHE COUNTRY-SÄNGER CHARLEY PRIDE IST GESTORBEN

13.12.2020 Der am 18. März 1934 in Sledge (Mississippi) geborene US-amerikanische Country-Sänger Charley Pride (Bild) ist am 12. Dezember 2020 in Dallas (Texas) gestorben. Er litt unter einer Covid-19-Infektion. Pride war mit 29 Nummer-eins-Hits in den Billboard-Country-Charts einer der erfolgreichsten Country-Interpreten aller Zeiten und der mit Abstand erfolgreichste schwarze Sänger des Genres.* Zu Prides Megahits gehörten zum Beispiel "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" und "Please Help Me I'm Falling".

Foto: Greg Mathison, U.S. Department of Defense photo, 1981 - Public domain - Datei: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Charley-Pride_1981.JPEG

Country Music Legend Charley Pride Dies At Age 86

Charley Pride, whose rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture, died Saturday, December 12, 2020, in Dallas, Texas of complications from Covid-19 at age 86.

Born a sharecropper's son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride emerged from Southern cotton fields to become country music's first Black superstar and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

"No person of color had ever done what he has done," said Darius Rucker in the PBS American Masters film Charley Pride: I'm Just Me.

Sherod Robertson

https://musicrow.com/2020/12/breaking-country-music-legend-charley-pride-dies-at-age-86/

Charley Pride, first Black member of Country Music Hall of Fame, dies at 86

He had three Grammy Awards, more than 30 No. 1 hits between 1969 and 1984, won the Country Music Association's Top Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year awards in 1972 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.

Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2020/12/12/22171654/charley-pride-dead-country-music

Charley Pride, Country Music's First Black Superstar, Dies of COVID-19 at 86

Pride had just been seen by millions on live TV in November as he received a lifetime achievement award from the Country Music Association on its annual telecast. It was on that Nov. 11 telecast that he did his final performance, a duet of his classic "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'," with Jimmie Allen, a rising Black star in country who expressed his indebtedness to his predecessor.

Chris Morris

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/charley-pride-dead-dies-country-music-legend-1234852402/

Charley Pride, Pioneering Black Country Singer, Dead at 86

Charley Pride, the pioneering black country singer known for such hits as "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" and "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone," has died in Dallas, Texas, from complications related to Covid-19, according to his publicist.

Joseph Hudak

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/charley-pride-dead-obit-192455/

Dallas singer Charley Pride, who broke country's color line, dies at 86

Once called ‘the Jackie Robinson of country,' Pride was the genre's first Black superstar.

Thor Christensen

https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2020/12/12/dallas-singer-charley-pride-who-broke-countrys-color-line-dies-at-86/

Charley Pride, Country Music's First Black Superstar, Dies at 86

He cemented his place in the country pantheon in the 1970s with hits including "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" and "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone."

Brian Pietsch

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/arts/music/charley-pride-dead.html

Country-Star Charley Pride mit 86 Jahren an Folgen von Covid-19 gestorben

Charley Pride war in den Sechzigerjahren der erste Afroamerikaner, der in der Country-Szene Erfolge feierte und der in die Country Music Hall of Fame aufgenommen wurde.

https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/country-star-charley-pride-mit-86-jahren-an-covid-19-gestorben-ld.1591839?reduced=tru

Videos:

Charley Pride, 'Kiss An Angel Good Morning' on 'The Lynn Anderson Show'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDKJIWwA2_Q

Charley Pride & Jimmie Allen - "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" | CMA Awards 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxM4GDimobE&feature=emb_logo

Charley Pride - Heartaches By The Number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTXerdX0JpQ

Charley Pride - Country Music Hall of Fame Member 1934-2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3trZKhAAcI

CHARLEY PRIDE - LIVE IN CANADA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgBub4H_T6s

Grammy Salute to Charley Pride!