Monday, 14 December 2020 06:31

Sarah Kay's Nashville News, 12/14/20

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Charley Pride passed away over the weekend…

Charley Pride died Saturday due to complications to COVID-19. He was 86.
During his career, he scored 52 top ten hits and 30 number-one singles, including his biggest hit, "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'," which topped the chart in 1971. That same year he won the CMA's Entertainer of the Year Award and the Male Vocalist of the Year Award.
He became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. 
In November, he was honored with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Country Music Association.
He leaves behind his wife of nearly 64 years and three children.