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Charley Pride

From humble beginnings, the improbable journey of Charley Pride. Bho toiseach iriosal, turas iongantach Charley Pide.

The improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi to his career as a Negro American League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar.

The new documentary reveals how Pride’s love for music led him from the Delta to a larger, grander world. In the 1940s, radio transcended racial barriers, making it possible for Pride to grow up listening to and imitating Grand Ole Opry stars like Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff.

At a time when African-American singers were more notable for R&B hits, Charley Pride followed his passion for country music, overcoming obstacles through determination and raw talent to make a lasting impact on the genre and create a legacy that continues today.

Turas iongantach Charley Pide, bho toiseach iriosal na mhac tuathanach roinn-phàirteach air tuathanas cotain sa bhaile sgaraichte, Sledge, Mississippi, gu a dhreuchd mar chluicheadair baseball ann an Lìog Dhubha Ameireaga agus an uairsin gu bhith na shàr ghaisgeach ceòl dùthchasach.

Tha am prògram aithriseach ùr seo a' sealltainn mar a thug gràdh a' chiùil Pride às an Inbhir gu saoghal nas motha is nas uaisle. Sna ceathradan, bha an rèidio a' dol os cionn an sgaradh cinnidh, agus choisinn seo gun deach Pride a thogail ag èisteachd ri agus ag atharrais rionnagan a' Ghrand Ole Opry leithid Ernest Tubb is Roy Acuff.

Aig àm nuair a bha cliù aig seinneadairean Ameireaganach-Afraganach airson ceòl R&B, chùm Pride air ann an ceòl dùthchasach, a' faighinn seachad air cnapan-starraidh le dìcheall is liut, a' toirt buaidh mhaireannach air a' cheòl agus a' cruthachadh dìleab a tha a' leantainn gus an latha an-diugh.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles

55 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Mar 2022 00:05

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