Charley Pride (born 1938) was country music's first African American star. For the past 25 years, Pride has been ranked among the top 15 best-selling recording artists of all time. During his career, he has had 36 number-one hit singles, and he has...

Singer Charley Pride has the distinction of being the only African-American musician to make his career entirely in the field of country music, a musical genre dominated by white performers. His string of hits that began in the mid-1960s and continued...

Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1938) is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. He was one of the few African-American country musicians to have considerable...

Like many youngsters, Charley Pride dreamed of becoming a pro athlete -- a baseball player.Although he did well in semipro ball, the majors didn't exactly write him into the starting lineup.So he put down his mitt, picked up a guitar and worked on Plan B...

Brewer has reunited with Howard to chronicle the life of country singer Charley Pride in a Paramount Pictures biopic that is to be filmed in Memphis, reports The Commercial Appeal, a Memphis daily newspaper. Howard, a long-time country fan who admitted to liking country more...

Country took its turn in the Grammy week spotlight with LeAnn Rimes, Marty Stuart, Charley Pride and Porter Wagoner among the stars calling attention to efforts to preserve vintage country audio and video performances.Rimes on Thursday night kicked off the "The Soul of Country," this...

Today is Sunday, March 18, the 77th day of 2007. There are 288 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 18, 1937, some 300 people, mostly children, were killed in a gas explosion at a school in New London, Texas.On this date:In 1766,...