Here we listed some less-known Charley Pride facts for his fans
1- Charley Frank Pride born on the 18 March 1934 in Mississippi.
2- Dion Pride cowrote a song on Charley’s 2010 album Choices titled “I Miss My Home”.
3- Charley Pride became a member of the Grand Ole Opry on May 1, 1993
As a boy, Charley was showing talent on the field and had the ambition to be a professional baseball player
4- In 1999 Charley Pride was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2000 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
5- In 1971, Pride released what would become his biggest hit, “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'”, a million-selling crossover single that helped him land the Country Music Association’s prestigious Entertainer of the Year award, as well as Top Male Vocalist.
6- He Was Mildly Manic Depressive
7- “All I Have to Offer You Is Me” would be the first of 29 No. 1 hits for Pride, spanning to 1983’s “Night Games.”
8- Charley Pride’s favorite food was Mexican food
9- In 2017, he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Pride has sold over 70 million records.
10- After work, Charley played at various saloons and pubs, frequently solo, and other times as part of a four-piece combo called the Night Hawks.
11- Charley bought his first guitar from the Sears Roebuck mail order catalogue when he was fourteen and taught himself to play by listening to the radio.
12- He grew up with 10 siblings in a three-room house in the delta town of Sledge, Mississippi. His sharecropper parents taught him to be grateful for what he had.
13- His father intended to name him Charl Frank Pride, but due to a clerical error on his birth certificate, his legal name became Charley.
14- Pride became an investor for the Texas Rangers and could be regularly seen at their games.
15- Charley Pride often sang the national anthem at baseball games and played in clubs and did gigs around the area.
16- Pride died in Dallas, Texas on December 12, 2020 of complications from COVID-19. He was 86 years old
