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He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'."
Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) [1] is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album Killin' Time produced four straight number one singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.
DeFord Bailey (December 14, 1899 – July 2, 1982) [4] was an American old-time musician and songwriter considered to be the first African American country music star. He started his career in the 1920s and was one of the first performers to be introduced on Nashville radio station WSM's Grand Ole Opry, [5] and becoming, alongside Uncle Dave Macon, one of the program's most famous performers.
The Inglewood resident was one of very few Black men to have success in country music in the 1970s, and one of two known Black male artists from California who performed at a nationally-charting ...
Charley Pride, Tracy Chapman, and Beyoncé—yes, really—are some of the Black country singers who have made their mark on the genre.
Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American country singer. 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. [1]
A pioneering Black country music artist, Bailey was the first African-American star of the Grand Ole Opry. ... the most successful artist on the Billboard Hot 100 of all time. Lil Nas X has not ...
This is a list of notable African-American singers that gives their year ... (born 1995): country trap; Dee ... (1927–2022), singerknown as the black Marilyn ...