Born to poor sharecroppers, one of eleven children in Sledge, Mississippi, Pride is a timeless everyman, revered by his musical peers and adored by countless millions of fans around the globe. Charley Pride unofficially started his music career in the late 1950s as a ballplayer with the Negro American Leagueâ€™s Memphis Red Sox singing and playing guitar on the team bus between ballparks. Self-taught on a guitar bought at the age 14 from Sears Roebuck, Pride would join various bands' onstage as he and the team roved the country. After a tryout with the New York Mets, Pride decided to return to his Montana home via Nashville. It was there he met Jack Johnson, who upon hearing the singer perform, sent him on his way with the promise of a management contract and a newly forged relationship that would last for over a decade.
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Charley Pride

(Yodel) I got a feelin' called the blues oh Lord since my baby's said goodbye
Oh Lord I don't know what I'll do all I do is sit and sigh oh Lord
That last long day she said goodbye dear Lord I thought I would cry
She'll do me she'll do you she's got that kinda lovin'
Lord I love to hear her when she calls me sweet daddy
Such a beautiful dream I hate to think it all over I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you somehow oh Lord I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
And I'm lonesome I got the lovesick blues

Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal yeah what's the matter with me
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal but she don't care about me
Lord I tried and tried to keep her satisfied but that girl wouldn't stay
So now that she is leavin' this is all that I can say
I got a feelin' called the blues...