American Songwriter

Hear Charley Pride Sing the R&B Classic “It’s Only a Matter of Time” from the Lost 1980s Album ‘Endlessly: A Tribute to Brook Benton’ (Exclusive Premiere)

Benton penned “It’s Just a Matter of Time” with Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis and released it in 1959. It was a No. 1 R&B hit and went to No. 3 on the Hot 100. Sonny James released his version in ...
Rolling Stone

Charley Pride Cut an Album of Brook Benton Songs. It’s Finally Been Released

In the mid-1980s, when Charley Pride was in between record contracts, he went into a Dallas studio with an all-star cast of area musicians to record a series of songs by Brook Benton. He intended to ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1971, Charley Pride Topped the Country Charts With a Signature Tune That Provided the Recipe for a Happy Marriage

On this day in 1971, Charley Pride found himself in a by-now familiar position—atop the country singles chart .
WWNO

American Routes Shortcuts: Charley Pride

Charley Pride was the first great African American star of country music. Born in Sledge, MS in 1938, Pride left farm life behind and had a budding baseball career in the Negro and minor leagues. He ...