First black country superstar Charley Pride dies aged 86

Country music legend Charley Pride, the genre's first black superstar, died Saturday at age 86 of complications from Covid-19. His baritone voice was featured on more than 50 Top 10 country hits and he was the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was a sportsman at first - he played Negro League baseball at 16, eventually becoming an all-star player with the Mets. He quit baseball and arrived in Nashville in 1963 to start a career that spanned more than four decades, and included 52 Top 10 country hits, Grammy awards, and the status of RCA Records' top-selling country artist. Pride's early singles were released without mention of his race or a photo of him. Some of Pride's biggest hits include 'Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone', 'Just Between You and Me', 'Kiss an Angel Good Mornin''.