Charley Pride

Charley Pride

American musician
Trailblazing country singer who emerged in the 1960s with breezily melancholic songs full of hope and longing.
BornMarch 18, 1934
HometownSledge, Mississippi, United States of America
Net worth$40 million
Height6'1" (1.85m)
SpouseRozene Pride (m 1956 - 2020)
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Charley Pride: how the US country star became an unlikely hero during the Troubles

  • Charley Pride: how the US country star became an unlikely hero during the Troubles. Tammy Wynette and Johnny Cash cancelled gigs in Belfast during the violent 1970s, but Pride played on – and, with his song Crystal Chandeliers, became a sensation in the north and the Republic

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