Country Charley Pride

by Charley Pride

Country Charley Pride cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:26
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Country Charley Pride' introduced Charley Pride as one of country music's most important new voices, arriving at a time when mainstream Nashville was still dominated by white performers. The record places his baritone within polished Nashville Sound arrangements, emphasizing melodic clarity and sentimental storytelling.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. Busted (2:10)
  2. Distant Drums (2:47)
  3. Detroit City (3:05)
  4. Yonder Comes a Sucker (2:25)
  5. Green, Green Grass of Home (3:06)
  6. That's the Chance I'll Have to Take (2:07)
  7. Before I Met You (2:29)
  8. Folsom Prison Blues (2:38)
  9. The Snakes Crawl at Night (2:45)
  10. Miller's Cave (3:18)
  11. The Atlantic Coastal Line (2:12)
  12. Got Leavin' On Her Mind (2:17)

Credits

  • Charley Pride - primary artist
  • Junior Huskey - bass [uncredited]
  • Jerry Carrigan - drums [uncredited]
  • Scotty Stoneman - fiddle [uncredited]
  • Harold Bradley - guitar [uncredited]
  • Herman Wade - guitar [uncredited]
  • Jerry R. Hubbard - guitar [uncredited]
  • Wayne Moss - guitar [uncredited]

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