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Charley Pride - I'm Just Me

Music documentary that traces the journey of Charley Pride from sharecropper鈥檚 son to country music superstar.

Music documentary that traces the improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper鈥檚 son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi to his career as a black American League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar.

Pride鈥檚 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 imitating Grand Ole Opry stars like Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff. Pride arrived in Nashville in 1963 with the city embroiled in 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 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Narrated by Grammy-nominated country singer Tanya Tucker, the film features original interviews with country music royalty as well as on-camera conversations between Pride and the programme鈥檚 other guests.

1 hour, 12 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Jun 2022 23:30

Music Played

  • Charley Pride

    Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'

  • Jimmie Rodgers

    Sleep Baby, Sleep

  • Charley Pride

    Lovesick Blues

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Charley Pride
Narrator Tanya Tucker
Interviewed Guest Rozene Pride
Interviewed Guest Garth Brooks
Interviewed Guest Marty Stuart
Interviewed Guest Darius Rucker
Interviewed Guest Brad Paisley
Interviewed Guest Willie Nelson
Interviewed Guest Dolly Parton
Director Barbara Hall

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