- Played baseball in the Negro American League.
- To date (2012), Pride, Ray Charles and Darius Rucker form the trinity of only African-Americans to have conquered the country music charts.
- Made his first national appearance on TV in the premiere episode of Hee Haw (1969) June 15, 1969.
- Is the uncle of former major league baseball player Curtis Pride.
- Became a member of the Grand Ole Opry on May 1, 1993.
- Admitted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in the year 2000.
- Charley and Rozene have raised two sons, Kraig and Dion, as well as a daughter, Angela. They also have two grandsons, Carlton and Malachi.
- He was a country singer.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- He recorded dozens of albums and sold more than 25 million records, with over 30 number-one hits. He won three Grammy Awards, as well as the Country Music Association's Top Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year in 1972.
- A character in Robert Altman's Nashville is based on him.
- Had 29 #1 hit records.
- Also has three other grandchildren. and two great grand children.
- Pride is one of three African-American members of the Grand Ole Opry (the others being DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker).
- His father intended to name him Charl Frank Pride, but owing to a clerical error on his birth certificate, his legal name was Charley Frank Pride.
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