Comments on: Forgotten Artists: Charley Pride

By: james Barnes

james Barnes — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:13:53 +0000

I am looking for this 3 cd set! Please tell me how I can get my hands on it!
Jimmy Barnes
Charley Pride’s Country – Readers Digest 1996 — the best available American collection, 72 songs, 20 or so hits plus some good album cuts and cover versions.

By: 100 Love Songs

100 Love Songs — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:21:27 +0000

[...] a man meeting his old flame and apologizing for how he mistreated her, then making a pass at her. Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’ – Charley Pride – Charley Pride seems forgotten these days, but he was a trailblazer. “Kiss an angel in the [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:54:35 +0000

had you asked somebody in the german-speaking world at the end of the seventies, who were the most famous country singers, the answer, most likely, would have been:
“dave dudley, hank snow, charley pride” and possibly johnny cash. how come?

in 1978, the german country outfit “truckstop” had a big radio hit with “ich möcht so gern dave dudley hörn” ( engl. “i’d love to hear dave dudley”). a song in which a trucker laments that the radio station is only playing a/c dance music after midnight, when he’d love to hear dave dudley, hank snow and charley pride…but the next afn would still be far away. a catchy melody, pedal steel and some name-dropping made it a smash-hit in germany, austria and switzerland.

i don’t think most of us could name one of charley pride’s many hits from the top of our heads but there was no doubt that he had to be a great one. :)

there’s a youtube-clip, “truck stop – i möcht so gern…”. enjoy country music european style. the guys are still successfully touring.

By: Rucker Proves That Sometimes, The Best Marketing Is No Marketing At All | The 9513

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:19:35 +0000

[...] (and black American) Charley Pride in 1965. Paul W. Dennis explained the circumstances well in a recent installment in the Forgotten Artists series: The (race) situation in America was so tense in 1965 that RCA issued [Pride's] first few singles [...]

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:15:37 +0000

I read in the 9513 Archives about a Charley Pride movie of his life starring Terence Howard. Is there any update on this project?

By: lois

lois — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:47:22 +0000

I am trying to find who sang a song in the late 1970’s – early 80’s that had the lyrics… and when I die you can bury me under a cyprus tree.. or maybe it was “bury me neath a cyprus tree.. It was a country song. Thanks,
lois:o)

By: Homebody

Homebody — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:06:06 +0000

I was surprised that “The Snakes Crawl at Night” was not only not a Top 10 hit, that it did not even chart. It got massive airplay here in SC.

By the way, Jack Clement acts as DJ on one of the Sirius stations I listen to, either the Classic Country or Outlaw Country. He tells lots of stories between the music. With these two stations, I actually started enjoying listening to country music “radio” again.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:19:23 +0000

Thanks for the link Paul. That is one awesome site … can’t believe I didn’t find that via google.

By: Jim Malec

Jim Malec — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:00:27 +0000

Yes.

By: northtexas

northtexas — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:56:22 +0000

Is Darius Rucker’s “DON’T THINK I DON’T THINK ABOUT IT” the first country top 20 (possibly top 10)single by a black artist since Pride?