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Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1938) is an American country music singer, musician/guitarist, recording artist, performer, and business owner. His greatest musical success came in the early- to mid-1970s when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. In total, he has garnered 39 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
Pride is one of the few African-Americans to have had considerable success in the country music industry and one of only three African-Americans (along with DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker) to have been inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
In 2010, Pride became a special investor and minority owner of the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball club.
Pride was born in Sledge, Mississippi, one of eleven children of poor sharecroppers. His father intended to name him Charl Frank Pride, but owing to a clerical error on his birth certificate, his legal name is Charley Frank Pride. There were eight boys and three girls in the family. He married Rozene Cohan in 1956.
More and more, I'm forgetting the past
More and more, I'm living at last
Day by day, I'm losing my blues
More and more, I'm forgetting about you
You know how I tried keep you by my side
You know how I cried the day you said goodbye
Day by day, I'm losing my blues
More and more, I'm forgetting about you
But oh, how I tried keep you by my side
And oh, how I cried the day you said goodbye
Day by day, I'm losing my blues
More and more, I'm forgetting about you
Day by day, I'm losing my blues