{"id":114315,"date":"2021-02-08T11:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=114315"},"modified":"2021-02-08T11:21:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:21:39","slug":"pbs-stations-celebrate-charley-pride-for-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=114315","title":{"rendered":"PBS Stations Celebrate Charley Pride For Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nashville, TN…Throughout the month of February, while celebrating Black History Month, PBS has made it easy for Charley Pride fans and new audiences alike to learn more about his history in country music and the impact he made throughout the world. As part of their On-Demand exclusive for Passport members,\u00a0American Masters \u2013 Charley Pride: I\u2019m Just Me, Ken Burns\u2019\u00a0Country Music, Episode 5: The Sons and Daughters of America (1964-1968),\u00a0and\u00a0GRAMMY SALUTE TO MUSIC LEGENDS™\u00a0are available on PBS.com and the PBS Video app.\u00a0American Masters \u2013 Charley Pride: I\u2019m Just Me\u00a0will air in NY on Mountain Lake PBS (WCFE) on Tuesday, February 9 at 9 PM ET. PBS SoCal (KCET) aired the documentary on February 4th. Check your local listings for all available air times.\u00a0The documentary is also available on DVD at\u00a0charleypride.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Charley Pride, Photo credit: Ben De Rienzo<\/p>\n

PBS Passport Members can view\u00a0American Masters – Charley Pride: I\u2019m Just Me\u00a0by visiting\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

View\u00a0Ken Burns\u2019 Country Music, Episode 5: The Sons and Daughters of America (1964-1968)\u00a0by visiting\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

View\u00a0Grammy Salute To Music Legends™\u00a0honoring Charley Pride by visiting\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

American Masters \u2013 Charley Pride: I\u2019m Just Me\u00a0traces the improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper\u2019s son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi to his career as a Negro League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar. The new documentary reveals how Pride\u2019s love for music led him from the Delta to a larger, grander world. In the 1940s, radio transcended racial barriers, making it possible for Pride to grow up listening to and emulating Grand Ole Opry stars like Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff. The singer arrived in Nashville in 1963 while the city roiled with sit-ins and racial violence. But with boldness, perseverance, and undeniable musical talent, he managed to parlay a series of fortuitous encounters with music industry insiders into a legacy of hit singles, a Recording Academy “Lifetime Achievement Award” and a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

The film includes original interviews with country music royalty, including\u00a0Garth Brooks,\u00a0Dolly Parton,\u00a0Brad Paisley,\u00a0Darius Rucker, and\u00a0Marty Stuart. It also includes several on-camera conversations between Pride and special guests, including\u00a0Rozene Pride\u00a0(his wife of 63 years),\u00a0Willie Nelson, and other fellow musicians. The film also features many songs from his repertoire of classic country hits, along with more modern cuts like “Standing In My Way,” from his latest album\u00a0Music In My Heart, released in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when African-American singers were more notable for R&B hits, Charley Pride followed his passion for country music, overcoming obstacles through determination and raw talent to make a lasting impact on the genre and create a legacy that continues today,\u201d said Michael Kantor, executive producer of American Masters. \u201cWe are honored to share the inspiring, and largely untold, story of this barrier-breaking performer with viewers nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

On January 30, 2019, the film made its world premiere at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The premiere featured an appearance by Charley Pride himself, along with special guest artists featured in the film, including the film’s narrator\u00a0Tanya Tucker,\u00a0Jimmie Allen,\u00a0Janie Fricke, and\u00a0Sylvia Hutton. Members of the media and other family and friends of Pride also attended. After the film, a Q&A was hosted by the film’s director Barbara Hall, and journalist Robert K. Oermann, Country Music Hall of Fame’s Peter Cooper, and Charley Pride.<\/p>\n

Notable talent in the film:
\n\u2022 Charley Pride
\n\u2022 Garth Brooks
\n\u2022 Dolly Parton
\n\u2022 Willie Nelson
\n\u2022 Tanya Tucker (narrator)
\n\u2022 Brad Paisley
\n\u2022 Darius Rucker
\n\u2022 Marty Stuart
\n\u2022 Sylvia Hutton
\n\u2022 Charlie Worsham
\n\u2022 Jimmie Allen
\n\u2022 Whoopi Goldberg<\/p>\n

Noteworthy Facts:
\n\u2022 Eighteen-year-old Charley Pride made his debut in the Negro American League as a pitcher-outfielder for the Memphis Red Sox in 1952.
\n\u2022 Charley Pride was drafted into the army in 1956 and served 14 months in Arkansas and Colorado. While in the military, he played on the Fort Carson baseball team and sang in the barracks.
\n\u2022 After RCA signed him to a record deal, his third single, \u201cJust Between You and Me,\u201d reached the top 10 on the country music charts in 1967. The singer received his first GRAMMY\u00ae nomination, for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Male, for the song.
\n\u2022 Charley Pride first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry radio show in January 1967. When he was inducted as an Opry member in 1993, he became the first African-American Opry member since DeFord Bailey, who had been a regular member from 1927 until 1941. Pride celebrated the 25th anniversary of his induction into the Grand Ole Opry in 2018.
\n\u2022 Charley Pride won Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards in 1971.
\n\u2022 Charley Pride committed to an extensive tour of the U.K. in 1976, including several dates in Northern Ireland during the peak of the Troubles conflict. Because of the intense political violence, international music acts were avoiding Belfast. Pride\u2019s November 1976 appearance at Belfast’s Ritz Cinema brought the community together and he became a hero to both sides of the conflict for helping to break the informal touring ban of Northern Ireland after several other international music acts soon followed. This resulted in \u201cCrystal Chandeliers” being considered a \u2018unity song\u2019 in Ireland and the UK when it was subsequently released as a single.
\n\u2022 In 2000, Charley Pride was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
\n\u2022 The Recording Academy honored Charley Pride with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the GRAMMY\u00ae Salute to Music Legends awards ceremony and tribute concert event in 2017.<\/p>\n

Production Credits:
\nAmerican Masters \u2013 Charley Pride: I\u2019m Just Me is a production of Corridor Group Productions Inc in association with THIRTEEN\u2019s American Masters and ITVS. The film is directed by Barbara Hall, who is also the executive producer. Co-executive producers are Greg Hall, Suzanne Kessler, and Ed Lanquist. Jon Schouten is the producer. Editors are Matthew Walsh and Chris Windings. The writer is Jon Schouten. Michael Kantor is the American Masters series executive producer.<\/p>\n

Underwriters:
\nSupport for American Masters \u2013 Charley Pride: I\u2019m Just Me is provided by Mike and Ginny Lester. Major support for American Masters is provided by AARP. Additional support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rosalind P. Walter, Ellen and James Marcus, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Vital Projects Fund, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, The Andr\u00e9 and Elizabeth Kert\u00e9sz Foundation, Michael & Helen Schaffer Foundation, Seton Melvin, and public television viewers.<\/p>\n

Websites\/Socials:
\npbs.org\/americanmasters<\/a>
\nfacebook.com\/americanmasters<\/a>
\n@PBSAmerMasters<\/a>
\n#AmericanMastersPBS
\nyoutube.com\/AmericanMastersPBS<\/a>
\ninstagram.com\/<\/wbr>pbsamericanmasters<\/a><\/p>\n

About Charley Pride:
\nCharley Pride celebrated more than 50 years as a recording artist. He enjoyed one of the most successful careers in the history of country music and is credited with helping to break color barriers by becoming the first black superstar within the genre. A true living legend, he sold tens of millions of records worldwide with his large repertoire of hits. A three-time GRAMMY\u00ae award and Recording Academy \u201cLifetime Achievement Award\u201d winner, Pride garnered no less than 36 chart-topping country hits, including \u201cKiss An Angel Good Morning,\u201d a massive #1 crossover hit that sold over a million singles and helped Pride land the Country Music Association\u2019s \u201cEntertainer of the Year\u201d award in 1971 and the \u201cTop Male Vocalist\u201d awards of 1971 and 1972. A proud member of the Grand Ole Opry, Pride performed concerts worldwide and has toured the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand over the last several years. He received the Crossroads Of American Music Award At the 2019 GRAMMY Museum\u00ae Mississippi Gala in November of 2019, and the Country Music Association\u2019s Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award one year later in November 2020. On December 12, 2020, Pride died at the age of 86 from complications due to COVID-19. His memory and storied legacy will live on through his vast library of stories and songs, with forthcoming plans for a final album release, public celebration of life ceremony, tribute concert, and biopic film.<\/p>\n

Follow Charley Pride on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>and at\u00a0CharleyPride.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About American Masters:
\nLaunched in 1986 on PBS, American Masters has earned 28 Emmy Awards \u2014 including ten for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series and five for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special \u2014 13 Peabodys, an Oscar, three Grammys, two Producers Guild Awards, and many other honors. To further explore the lives and works of masters past and present, American Masters offers streaming video of select films, outtakes, filmmaker interviews, the American Masters Podcast, educational resources, and more. The series is a production of THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC for WNET and is also seen on the WORLD channel.<\/p>\n

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