Charley Pride With Lloyd Green On Pedal Steel Just Between You & Me..
Pride was one of three African-American members of the Grand Ole Opry (the others are DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker). He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
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He performed his music solo at clubs and with a four-piece
combo called the Night Hawks during the time he lived in Montana.[11] His break
came when Chet Atkins at RCA Victor heard a demonstration tape and got Pride a
contract. In 1966, he released his first RCA Victor single, "The Snakes
Crawl at Night".[11] Nashville manager and agent Jack D. Johnson signed
Pride. Atkins was the longtime producer at RCA Victor who had made stars out of
country singers such as Jim Reeves, Skeeter Davis, and others. Pride was signed
to RCA Victor in 1965. "The Snakes Crawl at Night" did not chart. On
the records of this song submitted to radio stations for airplay, the singer
was listed as "Country Charley Pride". Pride disputes that the
omission of a photo was deliberate; he stated that getting promoters to bring
in a black country singer was a bigger problem: "people didn't care if I
was pink. RCA signed me... they knew I was colored...They decided to put the
record out and let it speak for itself."[11] While living in Montana, he
continued to sing at local clubs, and in Great Falls had an additional boost to
his career when he befriended local businessman Louis Allen "Al"
Donohue, who owned radio stations including KMON, the first stations to play
Pride's records in Montana.[11]
Soon after the release of "The Snakes Crawl at Night", Pride released another single called "Before I Met You", which also did not chart. Not long afterwards, his third single, "Just Between You and Me", was released. This song finally brought Pride success on the country charts. The song reached number nine on Hot Country Songs on February 25, 1967.[15]
Career peak
The success of "Just Between You and Me" was
enormous. Pride was nominated for a Grammy Award for the song the next year. In
the late summer of 1966, on the strength of his early releases, he was booked
for his first large show, in Detroit's Olympia Stadium. Since no biographical
information had been included with those singles, few of the 10,000 country
fans who came to the show knew Pride was black, and only discovered the fact
when he walked onto the stage, at which point the applause trickled off to
silence. "I knew I'd have to get it over with sooner or later," Pride
later remembered. "I told the audience: 'Friends, I realize it's a little
unique, me coming out here—with a permanent suntan—to sing country and western
to you. But that's the way it is.' "[16]
The show became the first of a long and active career
playing to large audiences, his race soon becoming a minor detail compared to
his success. In 1967, he became the first black performer to appear at the
Grand Ole Opry since founding member DeFord Bailey, who had last appeared in
1941.
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In 2020, the CMA announced that Pride would receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th Country Music Association Awards in recognition of his work in the genre. The CEO of the CMA explained that "Charley Pride is the epitome of a trailblazer. Few other artists have grown country music's rich heritage and led to the advancement of country music around the world like Charley. His distinctive voice has created a timeless legacy that continues to echo through the country community today. We could not be more excited to honor Charley with one of CMA's highest accolades."[32]
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Pride died in Dallas on December 12, 2020, of complications related to COVID-19. He was 86 years old.[38][39]
**** LYRICS: JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME (Written by Jack Clement) [Verse 1]So I feel so blue sometimes I wanna die
And so I've got a broken heart so what
They say that time will heal all wounds in mice and men
And I know that someday I'll forget and love again
[Chorus]
But just between you and me I've got my doubts about it
'Cause just between you and me you're too much to forget
[Verse 2]
So I lost the only girl I ever loved
And so I've never felt so low so what
I'll just tell myself each time I wanna cry
That someday time will dry the teardrops from my eyes
But just between you and me, I'm not so sure about it
'Cause just between you and me, you're too much to forget
You're too much to forget
SELECTED COMMENTS
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJQdR0ciwYg&ab_channel=TerryMorgan
1. roy newbigging, 2013
“saw charley a few years ago in cambridge , he never sang this song , when we met him after the concert and he was signing various items , i said to him Charley you never sang my mums fav song ,just between you and me , and the great man stopped signing and sang to my mum,
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2. David Austin, 2020
"Just goes to show what a beautiful man he was."
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3. charles Dossett, 2014
"Lloyd Green one of the greatest pedal guitar players in history"
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"You got that right, sir."
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5. Petr Slivinski, 2015
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6. Greg Treadway, 2018
"I believe this was the first of two times Charley did a guest appearance on the show. The second time was a year or so later."
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7. Trucka Daddy, 2015
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8. peter babooram, 2019
"I am from trinidad, and my neighbour used to play his songs on his stereo very loud, iam grown now and still listen his songs today"
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9. Trucka Daddy, 2020
"peter babooram I live in Texas now and people are shocked when I tell them country music is played a lot in people’s homes and bars in the Caribbean. And very old country music too. Haha"
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10. Winston Tucker, 2020
"Sat Dec 12, 2020 ,sadly we lost this wonderful man and
country legend this morning in Dallas, TX."
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11. Keek Sheri, 2020
"RIP Mr Charley Pride 😞 He was one of the
greats in Country music!"
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