Once exploring a career as a baseball player during the 1950s, Charley Pride eventually turned his attention to country music. Born in Sledge, Mississippi, the singer used his love for music to record ...

Benton penned “It’s Just a Matter of Time” with Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis and released it in 1959. It was a No. 1 R&B hit and went to No. 3 on the Hot 100. Sonny James released his version in ...

Follows trailblazing country music performer Charley Pride's amazing journey to stardom. Trace the improbable journey of Charley Pride (1934-2020), from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son ...

The sun was shining on an unseasonably cold, blustery November morning in downtown Nashville as three brand new stars on the Music City Walk of Fame were revealed. Grammy-winning songwriter Liz Rose, ...

Country music lost a trailblazer five years ago, December 12, when Charley Pride, the first Black star in country music, died at age 86.