Countrystjärnan Charley Pride död i covid-19
Den amerikanska countrystjärnan Charley Pride har dött i sviterna av covid-19, 86 år gammal, rapporterar Variety. Han somnade in under lördagen i Dallas, Texas, enligt hans pr-byrå.
Han uppträdde så sent som den 11 november på tv-sända musikgalan Country Music Association Awards med klassiska hitlåten ”Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” i en duett med unge musikern Jimmie Allen. Pride hyllas bland annat av countrykollegan Dolly Parton.
”Vilket fasansfullt, fasansfullt virus – Charley, vi kommer alltid att älska dig", skriver hon på Twitter.
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Charley Pride
Wikipedia (en)
Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, musician, guitarist, business owner, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career (1966–87), he garnered 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made it to number one. He also won the Entertainer of the Year award at the Country Music Association Awards in 1971.
Pride was one of only three African-Americans to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry (the others are DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker). He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
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