March 18, 1938 Charley Frank Pride, country music singer, was born in Sledge, Mississippi. Pride’s initial love and life-long dream was to become a professional baseball player. However after a number of years in the minor leagues and several injuries, he turned to music. In 1966, Pride released “Just Between You and Me” which was […]
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Charley Frank Pride – March 18th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on March 18, 2013 in African American History, March, Music
Tags: Grammy Award, Pioneer Award
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