SINGER

Charley Pride

1934 - 2020

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Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. Beginning his career as a Negro league baseball player in the early-1950s, he later pursued a career in country music, becoming the genre's first major black superstar. The period of his greatest musical success was from around 1969 to 1975, when he was the top-selling artist for RCA Records, outselling even Elvis Presley and John Denver. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charley Pride has received more than 4,975,267 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Charley Pride is the 2,275th most popular singer (down from 2,033rd in 2019), the 12,247th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,052nd in 2019) and the 617th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Charley Pride ranks 2,275 out of 4,381. Before him are Andrea, Rosanne Cash, P. P. Arnold, Jimmy Dean, Billy Fury, and Eric Saade. After him are Tony Orlando, Nelly Ciobanu, Jeremy Camp, Vince Gill, Petra Marklund, and Arabian Prince.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Charley Pride ranks 546. Before him are Eddie Harris, David Malouf, Tom Bridger, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Désiré Rakotoarijaona, and Gert Blomé. After him are Lars-Eric Lundvall, Hamilton Green, David Herd, Carla Anderson Hills, Oleg Golovanov, and Michel Vermeulin. Among people deceased in 2020, Charley Pride ranks 738. Before him are John Davies, Magdaleno Mercado, Rahat Indori, Oliver Friggieri, Alan Merrill, and Jan Halvarsson. After him are Gerhard Strack, Louis Meznarie, Paul Nihill, Alberto Alesina, Naomi Munakata, and Nimmi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charley Pride ranks 12,247 out of 20,380. Before him are Stuart Hamm (1960), Dale Dickey (1961), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), John Kerr (1931), Paul Douglas (1907), and Macy Gray (1967). After him are Tony Orlando (1944), Sherrod Brown (1952), Brian Tyree Henry (1982), Louise Ritter (1958), Steve Khan (1947), and Carter Braxton (1736).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Charley Pride ranks 617. Before him are Alan Merrill (1951), Mildred Bailey (1907), Paula Cole (1968), Rosanne Cash (1955), P. P. Arnold (1946), and Jimmy Dean (1928). After him are Tony Orlando (1944), Jeremy Camp (1978), Vince Gill (1957), Arabian Prince (1965), Nichkhun (1988), and Charlie Rich (1932).

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