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Charley Pride
American country musician and baseball player (1934–2020)
Charley Pride | |
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Pride performing at Capital Centre on Inauguration Day, January 1981 | |
| Birth name | Charley Frank Pride |
| Born | (1934-03-18)March 18, 1934 Sledge, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 2020(2020-12-12) (aged 86) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1952–2020 |
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| Website | charleypride.com |
Baseball player Baseball career | |
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Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| 1953, for the Memphis Red Sox | |
| 1958, for the Memphis Red Sox | |
Musical artist
Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player.
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.[4] The period of his greatest mus