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No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.

Charley Pride

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Charley Pride
Age: 82 †
Born: 1938
Born: March 18
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Baseball Player
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Guitarist
Musician
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Songwriter
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Mississippi
Charley Frank Pride
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