Charley Pride was a black man in a white man\u2019s business. He was a country superstar when country music was almost exclusively dominated by white musicians and fans. During the 1960s and 1970s, he sold tens of millions of albums; only Elvis Presley sold more records for the RCA label during that period. Pride also released 39 number one country singles over the course of his career. He was elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in the year 2000. <\/p>\n
He has released 48 studio albums but only two contained gospel music. Real Gone Music has now reissued 1971\u2019s Did You Think To Pray <\/i>and 1975\u2019s Sunday Morning With Charley Pride <\/i>under the title The Gospel Collection.<\/i> The material from Sunday Morning With Charley Pride <\/i>is making its official debut on CD. <\/p>\n
Pride\u2019s voice was somewhat unusual for country music at the time. It had a very smooth quality that enabled him to find commercial success beyond country music\u2019s normal fan base. <\/p>\n
Country and gospel music have always been first cousins and Pride was able to make the jump between the two forms with ease. <\/p>\n
Each of the albums has a distinct quality. Did You Think To Pray <\/i>has a more traditional flavor as it mixes some gospel standards with newly created inspirational songs. Sunday Morning With Charley Pride <\/i>has a more contemporary feel. <\/p>\n
Did You Think To Pray <\/i>is a classic fusion of country and gospel. \u201cLet Me Live\u201d was a hit country single release and finds Pride stretching his vocal ability in an emotional performance. His laidback renditions of \u201cWhispering Home\u201d and \u201cChurch In The Wildwood\u201d bring these old chestnuts into the modern age. <\/p>\n
Many of the compositions on Sunday Morning With Charley Pride <\/i>were written especially for him. The Jordanaires and the Nashville Edition provide choir-like backing vocals on the tracks. \u201cLittle Delta Church\u201d finds Pride reminiscing about happy childhood memories, while incorporating such hymns as \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d \u201cIn The Sweet By And By,\u201d and \u201cPrecious Memories\u201d into the mix. \u201cBrush Arbor Meeting\u201d is a nice nostalgic performance, while \u201cWithout Mama Here\u201d is and outstanding ballad. <\/p>\n
The Gospel Collection <\/i>presents two unique stops in the career of country superstar Charley Pride. They remain two of the better gospel albums of the 1970s and it is nice to have them back in circulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":31905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9376],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-43630","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-charley-pride","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43630"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}