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Charley Pride selected for the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience Hall of Fame MERIDIAN, Miss. - Country Music Hall of Fame member and Mississippi native Charley Pride, was honored with another industry accolade recently, celebrating his legendary career as a pioneering country musician. Pride was inducted into the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience Hall of Fame class of 2018, on Aug. 25 in Meridian, Miss., along with four other recipients; singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, photographer William Eggleston, writer and editor Willie Morris and Blues musician Howlin’ Wolf. Pride also received a Walk of Fame star as part of the ceremony. “I’m very humbled to be part of this Hall of Fame class along with these other accomplished Mississippians,” said Pride. “This honor means a lot to me because it comes from my home state. I am so proud to be from Mississippi.” Pride was born in Sledge,
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A pioneering country music star, Charlie Pride accepts induction into the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience Hall of Fame. Miss. to a sharecropping family, and was raised from humble roots on a farm. His love of country music was fostered by Grand Ole Opry broadcasts on WSM radio. He saved money for almost a
year to purchase his first guitar at age 14 – a Silvertone model from Sears & Roebuck In 1966, Pride was signed by Chet Atkins to RCA Records, where his gritty, southern-accented baritone voice made him a superstar. Pride has received three Grammys, three Country Music Association awards, an Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award, Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry inductions and a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. His 52 top-10 hits include “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone,” “Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town,” “Burgers and Fries,” “Roll On Mississippi” and others. Others in the Mississippi Hall of Fame include Morgan Freeman, John Grisham, Jim Henson, James Earl Jones, B.B. King, Elvis Presley, Muddy Waters, Tennessee Williams, Oprah Winfrey and Richard Wright.
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