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Charley Pride

1934 - 2020

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Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American country singer and baseball player. Beginning his career as a Negro league baseball player in the early-1950s, he later pursued a career in country music, becoming the genre's first black superstar. The period of his greatest musical success was from around 1969 to 1975, when he was the top-selling artist for RCA Records, outselling even Elvis Presley and John Denver. During the peak years of his recording career (1966–1987), he had 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made it to number one. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Charley Pride is the 2,439th most popular singer (down from 2,277th in 2024), the 13,284th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,242nd in 2019) and the 695th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Charley Pride ranks 2,439 out of 4,381. Before him are Shohreh, Fedez, Duncan James, Jang Won-young, Danny Brown, and Lee Tae-yong. After him are Evridiki, Koda Kumi, Bang Chan, Anneli Saaristo, Jeon So-mi, and Tix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Charley Pride ranks 561. Before him are Peter Masterson, Eddie Harris, Janet Munro, Mahendra Kapoor, Peter Arnett, and John S. Bull. After him are David Malouf, June Foulds, Rita R. Colwell, Carla Anderson Hills, Carver Mead, and Angela Buxton. Among people deceased in 2020, Charley Pride ranks 775. Before him are Rupert Hine, Carlos Girón, James Lipton, Stuart Christie, Alexander Gusev, and Alexander Vedernikov. After him are June Foulds, Alfredo Lim, Zoltan Sabo, Charles Wuorinen, Hossein Sheikholeslam, and Dave Greenfield.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charley Pride ranks 13,288 out of 20,380. Before him are Amber Benson (1977), Elizabeth Catlett (1915), John S. Bull (1934), Taissa Farmiga (1994), Steve Denton (1956), and Carmelita Geraghty (1901). After him are Steve Khan (1947), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), James Buchli (1945), Stanley Kunitz (1905), Arthur Hohl (1889), and Andrea Jaeger (1965).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Charley Pride ranks 695. Before him are Ghostface Killah (1970), Kim Hill (1970), Victoria Monét (1993), Edie Brickell (1966), Lindsey Stirling (1986), and Danny Brown (1981). After him are Barrett Strong (1941), Margaret Whiting (1924), Hayley Williams (1988), Aimee Mann (1960), Polo G (1999), and Rob Rock (1959).

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