• Daily Illinois
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DMCA
  • Sitemap
  • Write For Us
Monday, May 16, 2022
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine
  • Covid-19
  • News
    • All
    • Business
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • World

    Current Mortgage Interest Rates on May 16, 2022: Rates Fall

    After 32 years, McDonald’s plans to sell its Russia business.

    After 32 years, McDonald’s plans to sell its Russia business.

    Mayor Lightfoot bans unaccompanied minors from Millennium Park after 6 p.m. in wake of 16-year-old’s fatal shooting near The Bean – Chicago Tribune

    Mayor Lightfoot bans unaccompanied minors from Millennium Park after 6 p.m. in wake of 16-year-old’s fatal shooting near The Bean – Chicago Tribune

    amaBhungane | How fuel thieves siphon off millions from Eskom power station

    amaBhungane | How fuel thieves siphon off millions from Eskom power station

    First Lady Jill Biden speaks as President Biden, right, hosting a Cinco de Mayo reception in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 5, 2022. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    Buffalo mass shooting: President Biden to visit city following attack police say was racially motivated

    Josh Lambo gets an earful from Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer after missing a field goal last season.

    Kicker Sues NFL’s Jaguars, Accuses Ex-Coach Urban Meyer Of Physical, Verbal Abuse

    Billionaire Adani to buy Holcim’s India cement biz for $10.5bn | Business and Economy News

    Billionaire Adani to buy Holcim’s India cement biz for $10.5bn | Business and Economy News

    Parker Conrad’s Rippling Hits $11.25 Billion Valuation As Former Zenefits CEO Rebounds With HR Software

    Parker Conrad’s Rippling Hits $11.25 Billion Valuation As Former Zenefits CEO Rebounds With HR Software

    A tree

    I gave ‘forest bathing’ a go and it instantly helped my mental health

    Suspicious Clarence Thomas Complains He's 'Looking Over' His Shoulder Since Leak

    Suspicious Clarence Thomas Complains He’s ‘Looking Over’ His Shoulder Since Leak

  • Science & Tech
    • All
    • Ai - Artificial Intelligence
    • Apps
    • Mobile
    What time is the Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

    What time is the Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

    Norm Macdonald Recorded a New Netflix Comedy Special Before He Died

    Elon Musk Says Some Twitter Users Will Have To Pay To Use Platform

    Elon Musk Says Some Twitter Users Will Have To Pay To Use Platform

    Tether (USDT) stablecoin drops below $1 peg

    Tether (USDT) stablecoin drops below $1 peg

    An Elusive Gravity Signal Could Mean Faster Earthquake Warnings

    An Elusive Gravity Signal Could Mean Faster Earthquake Warnings

    The iOS App Icon Book Review

    The iOS App Icon Book Review

    The best thing about the DJI Mini 3 Pro might surprise you

    The best thing about the DJI Mini 3 Pro might surprise you

    Do You Really Need Both A Phone Case and A Screen Protector?

    Do You Really Need Both A Phone Case and A Screen Protector?

    Gentler Streak for Apple Watch adds workouts voice feedback, now tracks housekeeping, gardening, more

    Gentler Streak for Apple Watch adds workouts voice feedback, now tracks housekeeping, gardening, more

    Igor Bonifacic

    ‘League of Legends’ mocumentary ‘Players’ heads to Paramount+ on June 16th

  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    Lebanon is in political crisis. Sunday’s elections won’t change that.

    Lebanon is in political crisis. Sunday’s elections won’t change that.

    Walter Huston, left, and James Craig in 1941's "All That Money Can Buy" directed by William Dieterle.

    Must-see films at 2022 UCLA Festival of Preservation

    A slide show featuring Paul McCartney and his former band, The Beatles , entertains the crowd before the concert.

    Paul McCartney is still the world’s most charming rock god

    Russian war effort runs into diplomatic, military hurdles

    Russian war effort runs into diplomatic, military hurdles

    'Pleasure' review: Interrogating the male gaze through a porn lens

    ‘Pleasure’ review: Interrogating the male gaze through a porn lens

    At Cruel World, goths and new wavers will sweat to the oldies

    At Cruel World, goths and new wavers will sweat to the oldies

    Why Do The Black Keys Still Feel Like Underdogs?

    Why Do The Black Keys Still Feel Like Underdogs?

    Kendrick Lamar raps about trans relatives in new song sparking praise and criticism

    Kendrick Lamar raps about trans relatives in new song sparking praise and criticism

    A man with headphones around his neck and a red solo cup in his right hand and a fleece blanket draped over his shoulder

    Jerrod Carmichael on coming out, depression and the pandemic

    Ashley Judd confirms mother Naomi Judd's cause of death

    Ashley Judd confirms mother Naomi Judd’s cause of death

    • F95zone
  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Travel
    Family and community members marched around the neighborhood, held up roses as they marched.  The group prayed in the street in front of the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave., in Buffalo, NY on May 15, 2022. 10 people were killed and three others injured in a shooting at the Buffalo grocery store on May 14, 2022.

    Buffalo shooting leaves close-knit neighborhood an epicenter of grief

    New photo exhibit offers behind-the-scenes look at a house ball in 1984 Harlem – New York Daily News

    New photo exhibit offers behind-the-scenes look at a house ball in 1984 Harlem – New York Daily News

    Just because it's in California doesn't mean San Francisco is always warm and sunny.

    Mistakes Tourists Make While Visiting San Francisco

    Traveling Light This Summer? How To Style One Dress 5 Ways

    Traveling Light This Summer? How To Style One Dress 5 Ways

    Abbott Laboratories corporate logo

    Abbott Laboratories eyes May return to production at under-scrutiny plant

    Don't date a man who treats you like leftovers

    Don’t date a man who treats you like leftovers

    The Three Most Upgraded Stocks You Can Buy Now 

    The Three Most Upgraded Stocks You Can Buy Now 

    Firms plan to use balloons to go to space in 2024

    Firms plan to use balloons to go to space in 2024

    Kelsea Ballerini's Easy Skincare-and-Beauty Routine

    Kelsea Ballerini’s Easy Skincare-and-Beauty Routine

    baby infant formula

    CDC closes infant formula outbreak investigation; FDA continues work to find source; USDA works to resolve shortages

33 °f
Chicago
35 ° Sat
35 ° Sun
35 ° Mon
37 ° Tue
No Result
View All Result
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine
  • Covid-19
  • News
    • All
    • Business
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • World

    Current Mortgage Interest Rates on May 16, 2022: Rates Fall

    After 32 years, McDonald’s plans to sell its Russia business.

    After 32 years, McDonald’s plans to sell its Russia business.

    Mayor Lightfoot bans unaccompanied minors from Millennium Park after 6 p.m. in wake of 16-year-old’s fatal shooting near The Bean – Chicago Tribune

    Mayor Lightfoot bans unaccompanied minors from Millennium Park after 6 p.m. in wake of 16-year-old’s fatal shooting near The Bean – Chicago Tribune

    amaBhungane | How fuel thieves siphon off millions from Eskom power station

    amaBhungane | How fuel thieves siphon off millions from Eskom power station

    First Lady Jill Biden speaks as President Biden, right, hosting a Cinco de Mayo reception in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 5, 2022. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    Buffalo mass shooting: President Biden to visit city following attack police say was racially motivated

    Josh Lambo gets an earful from Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer after missing a field goal last season.

    Kicker Sues NFL’s Jaguars, Accuses Ex-Coach Urban Meyer Of Physical, Verbal Abuse

    Billionaire Adani to buy Holcim’s India cement biz for $10.5bn | Business and Economy News

    Billionaire Adani to buy Holcim’s India cement biz for $10.5bn | Business and Economy News

    Parker Conrad’s Rippling Hits $11.25 Billion Valuation As Former Zenefits CEO Rebounds With HR Software

    Parker Conrad’s Rippling Hits $11.25 Billion Valuation As Former Zenefits CEO Rebounds With HR Software

    A tree

    I gave ‘forest bathing’ a go and it instantly helped my mental health

    Suspicious Clarence Thomas Complains He's 'Looking Over' His Shoulder Since Leak

    Suspicious Clarence Thomas Complains He’s ‘Looking Over’ His Shoulder Since Leak

  • Science & Tech
    • All
    • Ai - Artificial Intelligence
    • Apps
    • Mobile
    What time is the Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

    What time is the Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

    Norm Macdonald Recorded a New Netflix Comedy Special Before He Died

    Elon Musk Says Some Twitter Users Will Have To Pay To Use Platform

    Elon Musk Says Some Twitter Users Will Have To Pay To Use Platform

    Tether (USDT) stablecoin drops below $1 peg

    Tether (USDT) stablecoin drops below $1 peg

    An Elusive Gravity Signal Could Mean Faster Earthquake Warnings

    An Elusive Gravity Signal Could Mean Faster Earthquake Warnings

    The iOS App Icon Book Review

    The iOS App Icon Book Review

    The best thing about the DJI Mini 3 Pro might surprise you

    The best thing about the DJI Mini 3 Pro might surprise you

    Do You Really Need Both A Phone Case and A Screen Protector?

    Do You Really Need Both A Phone Case and A Screen Protector?

    Gentler Streak for Apple Watch adds workouts voice feedback, now tracks housekeeping, gardening, more

    Gentler Streak for Apple Watch adds workouts voice feedback, now tracks housekeeping, gardening, more

    Igor Bonifacic

    ‘League of Legends’ mocumentary ‘Players’ heads to Paramount+ on June 16th

  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    Lebanon is in political crisis. Sunday’s elections won’t change that.

    Lebanon is in political crisis. Sunday’s elections won’t change that.

    Walter Huston, left, and James Craig in 1941's "All That Money Can Buy" directed by William Dieterle.

    Must-see films at 2022 UCLA Festival of Preservation

    A slide show featuring Paul McCartney and his former band, The Beatles , entertains the crowd before the concert.

    Paul McCartney is still the world’s most charming rock god

    Russian war effort runs into diplomatic, military hurdles

    Russian war effort runs into diplomatic, military hurdles

    'Pleasure' review: Interrogating the male gaze through a porn lens

    ‘Pleasure’ review: Interrogating the male gaze through a porn lens

    At Cruel World, goths and new wavers will sweat to the oldies

    At Cruel World, goths and new wavers will sweat to the oldies

    Why Do The Black Keys Still Feel Like Underdogs?

    Why Do The Black Keys Still Feel Like Underdogs?

    Kendrick Lamar raps about trans relatives in new song sparking praise and criticism

    Kendrick Lamar raps about trans relatives in new song sparking praise and criticism

    A man with headphones around his neck and a red solo cup in his right hand and a fleece blanket draped over his shoulder

    Jerrod Carmichael on coming out, depression and the pandemic

    Ashley Judd confirms mother Naomi Judd's cause of death

    Ashley Judd confirms mother Naomi Judd’s cause of death

    • F95zone
  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Travel
    Family and community members marched around the neighborhood, held up roses as they marched.  The group prayed in the street in front of the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave., in Buffalo, NY on May 15, 2022. 10 people were killed and three others injured in a shooting at the Buffalo grocery store on May 14, 2022.

    Buffalo shooting leaves close-knit neighborhood an epicenter of grief

    New photo exhibit offers behind-the-scenes look at a house ball in 1984 Harlem – New York Daily News

    New photo exhibit offers behind-the-scenes look at a house ball in 1984 Harlem – New York Daily News

    Just because it's in California doesn't mean San Francisco is always warm and sunny.

    Mistakes Tourists Make While Visiting San Francisco

    Traveling Light This Summer? How To Style One Dress 5 Ways

    Traveling Light This Summer? How To Style One Dress 5 Ways

    Abbott Laboratories corporate logo

    Abbott Laboratories eyes May return to production at under-scrutiny plant

    Don't date a man who treats you like leftovers

    Don’t date a man who treats you like leftovers

    The Three Most Upgraded Stocks You Can Buy Now 

    The Three Most Upgraded Stocks You Can Buy Now 

    Firms plan to use balloons to go to space in 2024

    Firms plan to use balloons to go to space in 2024

    Kelsea Ballerini's Easy Skincare-and-Beauty Routine

    Kelsea Ballerini’s Easy Skincare-and-Beauty Routine

    baby infant formula

    CDC closes infant formula outbreak investigation; FDA continues work to find source; USDA works to resolve shortages

33 °f
Chicago
35 ° Sat
35 ° Sun
35 ° Mon
37 ° Tue
No Result
View All Result
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine
No Result
View All Result
Home Entertainment Music

Charley Pride, the ‘Jackie Robinson of country music,’ dies at 86 of COVID-19

by Staff Writer
December 13, 2020
in Music
Reading Time: 6 mins read
0
Charley Pride, the 'Jackie Robinson of country music,' dies at 86 of COVID-19
492
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The guitar that changed his life cost $10 and came out of the Sears Roebuck catalog. Charley Pride was 14 at the time, one of 11 children of a sharecropper in Sledge, Miss., a cotton town in the Delta. With that guitar, he learned how to play the tunes he heard emanating from the Grand Ole Opry’s famed broadcasts on WSM Radio, inspired by country acts such the Louvin Brothers and Smilin’ Eddie Hill.

Related posts

A slide show featuring Paul McCartney and his former band, The Beatles , entertains the crowd before the concert.

Paul McCartney is still the world’s most charming rock god

May 16, 2022
Russian war effort runs into diplomatic, military hurdles

Russian war effort runs into diplomatic, military hurdles

May 16, 2022

Country music was no ordinary path for a Black kid growing up in the segregated South. But Pride was never destined to be ordinary. In fact, his meteoric career was highly unlikely in an area of music that to this day remains overwhelmingly white.

Pride sold millions of albums, becoming country music’s first Black superstar. He was the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The first — and still the only — Black musician to receive the Country Music Awards’ Entertainer of the Year award (back in 1971). And the first — and the only — Black entertainer to receive the CMA’s prestigious Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award (presented last month).

“I get a lot of questions you know,” he told NPR in 2000, upon his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. “‘Charley, how’d you get into country music?’ And ‘Why you don’t sound like you’re supposed to sound?’ Well, it is a little unique, I admit, but I’ve been singing country music since I was about 5 years old, and this is what I sound like.”

Pride, an entertainer known for his congenial manner, his smooth, baritone vocals on hits such as “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone” and dapper get-ups that eschewed all the tropes of country music (no rhinestones or 10-gallon hats for him), died Saturday in Dallas, his home since the 1970s.

The singer, 86, died of complications from COVID-19. His death was confirmed by a press representative.

As the news broke on Saturday, fellow country stars immediately took to Twitter to mourn his passing.

“I’m so heartbroken that one of my dearest and oldest friends, Charley Pride, has passed away,” tweeted Dolly Parton.

I’m so heartbroken that one of my dearest and oldest friends, Charley Pride, has passed away. It’s even worse to know that he passed away from COVID-19. What a horrible, horrible virus. Charley, we will always love you. (1/2)

— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) December 12, 2020

Reba McEntire wrote that Pride “will always be remembered for his great music, wonderful personality and his big heart.” Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell described it as “a sad day for American music.”

“To say Country Music has lost a trailblazer is an obvious understatement,” Country Music Assn. CEO Sarah Trahern said in a statement, “but in fact one of the biggest losses is Charley’s definitive Country voice.”

Pride’s last performance was at the Country Music Awards in November, where, in a blue suit, he crooned “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” with fellow musician Jimmie Allen.

His death, just one month after the awards show, led to speculation on social media about where Pride may have contracted the disease.

Country singer Mickey Guyton shared a broken heart emoji on Twitter upon hearing the news of Pride’s death. She followed that up with another Tweet: “We need answers as to how Charley Pride got covid.”

Times music critic Mikael Wood had criticized the show last month for seeming intent on avoiding the realities of the pandemic. At the indoor event, unmasked performers shared relatively intimate quarters with one another and their plus ones.

We need answers as to how Charley Pride got covid.

— Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) December 12, 2020

But mostly, Pride’s death was marked by reverent recollection. Documentarian Ken Burns, who interviewed Pride for his series “Country Music,” tweeted that the singer’s “remarkable voice & generous spirit broke down barriers in country music.”

Ironically, while music is how he is most likely to be remembered, in his early years, it didn’t seem as if it would ever amount to much more than a hobby. Pride spent much of his young adulthood pursuing a career as a baseball player in the Negro and minor leagues — but was ultimately sidelined by injuries. For a time, he worked in a Montana smelting plant. On the side, he would occasionally perform local club gigs.

These landed him on the line-up for a concert in Helena, Mont., in 1962, performing two songs: “Heartaches by the Number” and “Lovesick Blues.” It was where Pride’s musical fortunes began to change. The singer made an impression on Grand Ole Opry star Red Sovine, who suggested the young man take his talents to the Nashville music scene.

“Go to Nashville,” Pride recalls Sovine told him in his 1994 autobiography, “Pride: The Charley Pride Story.” “I don’t care what color you are.”

The suggestion would ultimately lead him to his longtime manager Jack Johnson, producer Jack Clement and a recording contract with RCA.

By 1967, Pride had broken into the country Top Ten with “Just Between You and Me.” In 1971, he would release the biggest hit of his career, the twangy “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’,” which topped the country charts for five weeks and became a Top 40 hit.

Ultimately, Pride would land more than two dozen No. 1 hits on the Billboard country singles chart and become the second best-selling act of all time at RCA — outdone only by Elvis Presley.

For his achievements, he was frequently described as the “Jackie Robinson of country music” by the press. But, throughout his career, Pride often deflected questions about the significance of his race — with amiability and biting wit.

In a 2018 interview with Sports Illustrated, he said: “People used to ask me how it felt to be the first colored country singer. Then the first Negro country singer. Then the first black country singer. Then the first Afro-American country singer. And I always say, ‘Feels the same as it did when I was colored.’”

Charley Pride had a career that took him from baseball to country music.

(Joseph Llanes)

Charley Frank Pride was born in rural Sledge, Miss., on March 18, 1934, the son of Mack Pride Sr. and Tessie Stewart Pride. When the young Charley wasn’t in school, he was helping the family pick cotton.

While he developed an interest in music from an early age, he initially banked on baseball as a way out of farm labor.

“I saw Robinson get to the majors, and I said, here’s my way out of the cotton fields,” he told Sports Illustrated.

For a time, he pitched and played the outfield for the Memphis Red Sox, a Negro League club. In the early ’50s, he was signed by the New York Yankees’ Class C team in Boise, Idaho. But an arm injury prevented any advancement. He spent the subsequent years — into the early ’60s — bouncing around various leagues.

By 1963, he gave up the baseball and turned his attention to music. But he never gave up his love of the game, frequently turning up at the Texas Rangers’ spring camp in Arizona to train with the players (even at the age of 84). For the past decade, he was part of the team’s ownership group.

Pride is survived by his wife, Ebby Rozene Cohran Pride, three children — Carlton Kraig Pride, Charles Dion Pride and Angela Rozene Pride — as well as five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He is also survived by four of his 10 siblings: Harmon Pride, Stephen Pride, Catherine Sanders and Maxine Pride.

Source by www.latimes.com

Related

Share197Tweet123Share49

Latest News - Daily illinois

Current Mortgage Interest Rates on May 16, 2022: Rates Fall

May 16, 2022
After 32 years, McDonald’s plans to sell its Russia business.

After 32 years, McDonald’s plans to sell its Russia business.

May 16, 2022
Mayor Lightfoot bans unaccompanied minors from Millennium Park after 6 p.m. in wake of 16-year-old’s fatal shooting near The Bean – Chicago Tribune

Mayor Lightfoot bans unaccompanied minors from Millennium Park after 6 p.m. in wake of 16-year-old’s fatal shooting near The Bean – Chicago Tribune

May 16, 2022
amaBhungane | How fuel thieves siphon off millions from Eskom power station

amaBhungane | How fuel thieves siphon off millions from Eskom power station

May 16, 2022
US vice president, officials heading to UAE to pay respects

US vice president, officials heading to UAE to pay respects

May 16, 2022
Lebanon is in political crisis. Sunday’s elections won’t change that.

Lebanon is in political crisis. Sunday’s elections won’t change that.

May 16, 2022
Walter Huston, left, and James Craig in 1941's "All That Money Can Buy" directed by William Dieterle.

Must-see films at 2022 UCLA Festival of Preservation

May 16, 2022
A slide show featuring Paul McCartney and his former band, The Beatles , entertains the crowd before the concert.

Paul McCartney is still the world’s most charming rock god

May 16, 2022
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine

Copyright © 2020 Dailyillinois.com.

Navigate Site

  • Daily Illinois
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DMCA
  • Sitemap
  • Write For Us

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • About Us Page
  • Contact
  • Daily illinois
  • DMCA Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Submit, Guest Post, Write For Us and Become a Contributor
  • Terms of Use

Copyright © 2020 Dailyillinois.com.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.