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It was released in June 1969 as the first single from his compilation album The Best of Charley Pride. While Charley Pride's version is by far the most famous one, the first version was actually recorded by Johnny Bush in 1968 on his album "Undo the Right." The song, released that June, reached the top of the Billboard magazine Hot Country ...
She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory (song) She's Too Good to Be True (Charley Pride song) The Shelter of Your Eyes; A Shoulder to Cry On (Charley Pride song) Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This; Someone Loves You Honey
Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional 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 major black superstar. [4]
He was credited as "Country Charley Pride." [4] The song became Pride's first charting single and first major hit as a music artist, [2] [4] spending a total of 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart before peaking at number nine in February 1967. [5] It was later released on Pride's 1967 RCA studio album Pride of Country Music. [1]
Pride's manager, Jack D. Johnson, was given a demonstration tape of this song and rewrote it, changing the chords, lyrics, and arrangement to better fit his client, Charley Pride. Pride recorded and made this rewrite his third number-one hit. Jack did not take songwriter's credit, as he was working for the success of his client.
"(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and A.L. "Doodle" Owens, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in October 1969 as the first single from the album Just Plain Charley. The song was Pride's second number one on the country charts.
His name on the single release was credited as "Country Charley Pride." [5] It spent a total of 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and peaked at number six on the list in August 1967. [6] The song was Pride's highest-charting hit single up to that point, as his previous hit had reached the number nine spot on the country survey. [5]
"Hope You're Feelin' Me (Like I'm Feelin' You)" is a song written by Bobby David and Jim Rushing, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in July 1975 as the second single from the album Charley. The song was Pride's fifteenth number one on the country chart.