Sunday Morning with Charley Pride

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Sunday Morning with Charley Pride
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ReleasedApril 1976 (1976-04)
RecordedJanuary 1974
Studio RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Label RCA Victor
Producer Jerry Bradley
Charley Pride chronology
The Happiness of Having You
(1975)
Sunday Morning with Charley Pride
(1976)
She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory
(1976)
Singles from Sunday Morning with Charley Pride
  1. "I Don't Deserve a Mansion"
    Released: May 1976

Sunday Morning with Charley Pride is a studio album by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in April 1976 via RCA Victor Records and was produced by Jerry Bradley. It was Pride's twenty second studio record released in his music career and contained ten tracks. The album was also Pride's second collection of gospel recordings.

Contents

Background and content

In 1971, Charley Pride released his first gospel collection titled, Did You Think to Pray. Spawning the minor hit, "Let Me Live," the album itself would win a Grammy award and Pride would continue having a successful country music career in the 1970s. [2] The success of his first gospel album inspired the release of Sunday Morning with Charley Pride. The project had actually been recorded two years prior, in January 1974. Sessions were held at the RCA Victor Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by Jerry Bradley. [3] The album consisted of ten tracks. [4] All of the album's tracks were new recordings of gospel recordings. They featured vocal accompaniment by The Nashville Edition and The Jordanaires. [3]

Release and reception

Sunday Morning with Charley Pride was released in April 1976 on RCA Victor Records. Its release would make it Pride's twenty second studio album released in his career. [3] The album was distributed as a vinyl LP, containing five songs on each side of the record. [1] In the 2010s, it was reissued in a digital format to music download and streaming services, including Apple Music. [5] The album spent a total of 11 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums and peaked at number 14 in July 1976. [6] The album spawned one single, "I Don't Deserve a Mansion." The song was issued as a single on RCA Victor, but failed to make any Billboard chart publications. [7] In 1976, the album would receive an accolade for Best Gospel Album by a Non-Gospel Artist at the 8th GMA Dove Awards. [8] In later years, Allmusic would give the record a rating of 2 out of 5 stars. [4]

Track listing

Vinyl version

Side one [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Deserve a Mansion"
  • John Schweers
  • Winnie Simms
2:06
2."Be Grateful"Don Hosea2:17
3."He's the Man"George Place3:33
4."In Jesus' Name I Pray"
2:36
5."Without Mama Here"Sue Lane2:57
Side two [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Delta Church"George Knight3:38
2."Next Year Finally Came"
  • Grindele
  • Jim Lunsford
2:46
3."Jesus Is Your Saviour, Child"Don Feagin2:30
4."He Took My Place"Ruth Hukill3:04
5."Brush Arbor Meeting"Kenny Munds3:24

Digital version

Sunday Morning with Charley Pride [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Deserve a Mansion"
  • Schweers
  • Simms
2:10
2."Be Grateful"Hosea2:20
3."He's the Man"Place3:36
4."In Jesus' Name I Pray"
  • Gibbons
  • Grindele
  • Hatch
2:39
5."Without Mama Here"Lane3:00
6."Little Delta Church"Knight3:32
7."Next Year Finally Came"
  • Grindele
  • Lunsford
2:50
8."Jesus Is Your Saviour, Child"Feagin2:33
9."He Took My Place"Hukill3:08
10."Brush Arbor Meeting"Munds3:24

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Sunday Morning with Charley Pride. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1976)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] 14

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
AustraliaApril 1976Vinyl RCA Victor Records [10]
Canada [11]
United Kingdom [12]
United States [3] [1]
2010s Sony Music Entertainment
  • Digital
  • streaming
[5]

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