Country music pioneer Charley Pride has died at 86. The singer passed away on Saturday of complications from Covid-19. Country's first Black superstar enjoyed 29 number ones and multiple top 10 hits in the U.
S. charts with songs like Crystal Chandeliers, Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone, and Mountain of Love. Pride began his career in the 1960s, and won the CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1971 and three Grammys the following year for his gospel songs Let Me Live and Did You Think to Pray.
In 1973, he picked up another Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the album Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs. In 2000, 33 years after he became the first Black performer to appear at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in more than a quarter of a.