Grand Ole Opry’s Opry 100 Honors to Celebrate Charley Pride’s Career and Legacy

The Grand Ole Opry’s Opry 100 Honors is set to honor the life, career and legacy of the late Charley Pride on Sept. 22. The event, held at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House, will feature performances from Opry members Darius Rucker and Pam Tillis, as well as Neal McCoy and Pride’s son, Dion Pride.

Mississippi native Pride, country music’s first Black superstar, was known for hits including “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’,” “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone,” “Roll On Mississippi” and “All I Have to Offer You (Is Me).” Pride landed 29 No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Songs chart hits during his decades-long career and earned three Grammy Awards.

He signed with RCA Records in the 1960s and earned a career breakthrough with “Just Between You and Me.” In 1971, he was named the CMA’s entertainer of the year and earned two consecutive male vocalist of the year honors (1971-1972). Pride was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.

Among his other accolades are the ACM’s pioneer award and the Recording Academy’s lifetime achievement award. Pride made his Opry debut in 1967 and became an Opry member in 1993, when he was inducted by Jimmy C. Newman.

“The Grand Ole Opry held a very special place in my father’s heart, and our family is deeply grateful to see his music and legacy celebrated on the stage he loved so much,” Dion Pride said in a statement. “It will be an honor to perform alongside artists who admired him and to share his songs with the fans who have kept them alive for generations.”“Every single night Charley Pride came home to the Opry was an event,” added Opry executive producer Dan Rogers.

“His performances were amazing. The crowd response was like no other. And the backstage area was always, always buzzing.

Charley’s spirit and songs live on, and we’re so looking forward to celebrating both on the Opry stage in September.” $5 from each ticket sold for Opry 100 Honors shows will directly impact the Opry Trust Fund, which has supported country music professional