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Charley Pride
Over the past thirty years, Pride
has remained one of the Top 20 best-selling country artists of all-time. His
incredible legacy includes 36 #1 hit singles, over 70 million albums sold, 31
gold and 4 platinum albums - including one quadruple platinum. On RCA Records,
Charley Pride is second in sales only to Elvis Presley.
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Dozens of
Pride's chart toppers now stand as modern classics. "Kiss An Angel Good Morning"
went on to be a million-selling crossover single and
helped Pride land Country Music Association Awards as Entertainer of the Year in
1971 and Top Male Vocalist in 1971 and 1972. Other memorable Pride standards
include "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone?" "I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again,"
"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town," "Someone Loves You Honey," "When I Stop
Leaving I'll be gone," "Burgers and Fries," and "You're So Good When You're
Bad," to name but a few. His moving performances of Hank Williams classics "Kaw-Liga"
and "Honky Tonk Blues" on his number 1 album, "There's a Little Bit of Hank in
Me", was also certified Gold. |