Chronology
- 1960s, Pride lived in Helena, MT and played legion baseball for the Helena Smelterites.
- January 1966 - "The Snakes Crawl At Night" his first RCA Single is issued, receives airplay but does not chart.
- June 1966 - Second RCA Single - "Before I Met You" also does not chart.
- December 1966 – Makes his debut on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart with "Just Between You and Me." The song would peak in the top 10 less than three months later; two earlier singles had failed to chart.
- August 9, 1969 – Scores his first Billboard No. 1 hit with "All I Have to Offer You Is Me."
- September 6, 1969 – Pride appears on national television on The Johnny Cash Show to perform a medley of Hank Williams songs with Cash. Pride's medley with Cash can be seen here.
- 1971 – Enjoys the biggest hit of his career with the million-seller "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'." The song was his eighth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, and spent five weeks atop the chart.
- September 17, 1983 – Scores his 29th and final No. 1 hit on Billboard with "Night Games." He still remains sixth on the all-time list of most No. 1 hits on the Billboard country charts. "Night Games" would be the last song performed by a black artist to hit the top of the Billboard country charts until Darius Rucker's "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" reached No. 1 in 2008.
- May 1, 1993 – Pride accepted an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry, in the process becoming the first black Opry regular in the show's more than 70-year history.
- 1994 – Pride released his autobiography, Pride: The Charley Pride Story (published by William Morrow).
- June 1994 – Pride was honored by the Academy of Country Music with its prestigious Pioneer Award.
- January 1996 – Pride was honored with a Trumpet Award by Turner Broadcasting, marking outstanding African-American Achievement. His 1981 hit, "Roll On Mississippi", is considered the official song of his home state, a stretch of Mississippi highway was named for him and he headlined a special Christmas performance for President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton at the White House.
- July 1999 – Pride received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- March 25, 2003 - Received the Texas Cultural Trust's Texas Medal of Arts.
- March 27, 2003 - Ranked No. 18 on CMT's 40 Greatest Men in Country Music.
- May 20, 2003 – Pride's album, Comfort of Her Wings, was released on Music City Records.
- November 7, 2006 – Pride's album, Pride & Joy: A Gospel Music Collection, was released on Music City Records.
- January 10, 2008 - Received a lifetime achievement award from the Mississippi Arts Commission.
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