Country Charley Pride

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Country Charley Pride
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1966
Studio RCA Victor, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Producer Bob Ferguson, Chet Atkins, Jack Clement
Charley Pride chronology
Country Charley Pride
(1966)
Pride of Country Music
(1967)

Country Charley Pride is the debut studio album by country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in September 1966 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LSP-3645). The album was awarded three stars from the web site AllMusic. [1] The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on November 5, 1966, peaked at No. 16, and remained on the chart for 23 weeks. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Busted" [2:07]
  2. "Distant Drums" [2:44]
  3. "Detroit City" [3:01]
  4. "Yonder Comes A Sucker" [2:22]
  5. "Green, Green Grass Of Home" [2:55]
  6. "That's The Chance I'll Have To Take" [2:03]

Side B

  1. "Before I Met You" [2:26]
  2. "Folsom Prison Blues" [2:35]
  3. "The Snakes Crawl At Night" [2:46]
  4. "Miller's Cave" [3:15]
  5. "The Atlantic Coastal Line" [2:12]
  6. "Got Leavin' On Her Mind" [2:14]

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References

  1. "Country Charley Pride". AllMusic . Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  2. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 138. ISBN   0898201241.