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Born to poor sharechoppers as one of eleven children in Sledge, Mississippi, Charlie Pride is a timeless everyman revered by his musical peers and adored by countless millions of fans around the globe. Pride's golden baritone voice has transcended race and spanned the generations.

Charlie Pride unofficially started his music career in the late 1950s as a ballplayer with the Negro American League's Memphis Red Sox singing and playing guitar on the team bus between ballparks. Self-taught on a guitar bought at the age 14 from Sears Roebuck, Pride would join various bands' onstage as he and the team roved the country.

After a tryout with the New York Mets, Charlie Pride decided to return to his Montana home via Nashville. It was there he met Jack Johnson, who upon hearing the singer perform, sent him on his way with the promise of a management contract and a newly forged relationship that would last for over a decade.

A year later, Pride returned to the Music City and was introduced to producer, Jack Clement, who gave him several songs to learn. When Clement heard Charlie Pride's renditions, he immediately asked the fledgling singer if he could cut two songs in two hours. Pride agreed, and "The Snakes Crawl at Night" and "Atlantic Coastal Line" were recorded.

Three months later, Charlie Pride's two song demo landed in the hands of already legendary RCA Records head, Chet Atkins, who was so moved he immediately signed him to the label. Pride's first single hit the airwaves in January 1966 and just like that his star was on the rise. Within a short period of time "The Snakes Crawl at Night" was climbing the charts with his "Before I Met You" closing in on its tail.

Charlie Pride has always set his own goals. One of those goals was to become an internationally known artist. He achieved this by performing, in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Fiji as well as the provinces of Canada. Pride still tours these countries today and even takes in a few extra countries, on USO Tours, entertaining our service men and women who are stationed overseas.

Between 1969, when Charlie Pride first hit #1 on the singles chart with "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" and 1984, when Pride commanded the top spot again with "Every Heart Should Have One," Pride scored more than 36 number one country singles, only a few shy from being Billboard magazine's all-time record holder in that category.

Over the past thirty years, Charlie Pride has remained one of the Top 20 best-selling country artists of all-time. His incredible legacy includes 36 #1 hits singles, over 35 million albums sold, 31 gold and 4 platinum albums - including one quadruple platinum. On RCA Records, Charlie Pride is second in sales only to Elvis Presley.

Dozens of Pride's charttoppers now stand as modern classics. "Kiss An Angel Good Morning" went on to be a million-selling crossover single and helped Charlie Pride land Country Music Association Awards as Entertainer of the Year in 1971 and Top Male Vocalist in 1971 and 1972.

Other memorable Charlie 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.

In 1994, Charlie released his autobiography, "Pride: The Charlie Pride Story" (published by William Morrow). Aside from detailing great moments of his amazing career and journeyman stint as a ballplayer, Pride: is an often moving, sometimes hilarious tale of his almost improbable dream come true and journey to the top of the charts.

In his own words, Charlie Pride recalls his hardscrabble childhood, his enduring marriage, the thrill of his biggest hit - a double into the outfield gap off Hall of Farmer Warren Spahn - and his first singing engagement in a Montana bar that eventually led to a career as the first and only African-American superstar in country music. Through it all, we are reminded that "The Pride of Country Music" remains one of the great legends in popular music - and that he is still going strong.

On May 1, 1993, Charlie Pride accepted a long-standing invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry, 26 years after he first played there as a guest, the first African-American in its over 70 year history.

In June 1994, Charlie opened the Charlie Pride Theatre in Branson Missouri. He performed nearly 200 shows a year at the 2000 seat complex. This same year, Pride was also honored by the Academy Of Country Music with its prestigious Pioneer Award.

In January 1996, Charlie Pride was honored with a Trumpet Award by Turner Broadcasting, marking outstanding African-American Achievement. In between, his "Roll On Mississippi" was considered as the official song of his home state, a stretch of Mississippi highway was named for him, and Pride headlined a special Christmas performance for President and Mrs. Clinton at the White House.

And just in case music should leave his blood, Charlie Pride continues to work out annually with baseball's Texas Rangers. When not touring extensively world wide or recording music, Pride can often be found pursuing another love, one at which he also excels - golf.

Charlie Pride met the love of his life, Rozene, while playing baseball in Memphis. They have raised two sons. Kraig and Dion, as well as a daughter, Angela, and will be celebrating their 42nd wedding anniversary this year. The Prides currently reside in Dallas, Texas.

In October 1996, Charlie Pride was presented, by the North Dakota Norsk Hostfest, the Merit of Distinction Award in the Performing Arts. In 1997 he received two more accolades, a Gold Record was given to him in Australia for compilation of hits called '30 Years of Pride,' the second, 'The Living Legend Award' was given to him by TNN's Music City News Country Awards. This award was presented by Loretta Lynn.