Charley Pride News

A A Nov. 11: In a special Veterans Day performance, Bon Jovi perform their song "Who Says You Can't Go Home" on Rockefeller Plaza.

Darius Rucker was just a young boy with a love for "Hee Haw" and FM radio when he made a discovery - and a decision - that would shape the rest of his life.

Country music star and Sledge native Charley Pride brings his rich baritone home to Mississippi on Dec.

Miranda Lambert , Jason Aldean, Martina McBride and Charley Pride are playing the 2010 Craven Country Jamboree.

20, 2009, AND THEREAFTER ** In this July 21, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama smiles at the start of the White House music series event celebrating country music in the East Room at the White House in Washington.

Eight pioneers who made significant contributions to the culture and tradition of America's western frontier will be inducted on Nov.

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That's how Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer Dick Damron feels about the tribute concert that's being held for him Saturday tonight in Calgary, and it's more than a mere matter of flattery that's touched him so.

"The Wheeling Cat" Slim Lehart fell to his knees to kiss the stage where country music legends Doc Williams, Johnny Cash and Charley Pride once performed at the Capitol Theatre.

Well, boys and girls, it's time to go back to school and back to work. To lively up those dormant, moribund, sodden brain cells of yours, here's a little quiz to stretch your synapses.

With 36 number one hits under his belt, Charley Pride, who is black, has helped prove how little race matters to the majority of country music fans.

Alan Jackson will perform Sept. 17 and 18 at Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario.

Nowadays it's hard to surf Sirius XM stations without stumbling upon a Darius Rucker tune.

The way Darius Rucker tells it, his agent was having dinner one night with Mike Dungan, the president of Capitol Records Nashville.

The commander in chief, the First Family and other D.C. bigwigs were treated to a night of down-home cowboy entertainment in July that will air on national television Saturday evening, featuring some of the country music industry's biggest sellers -- and the spurs-jingling Obama himself.

Remember when Brad Paisley, Charley Pride and Alison Krauss + Union Station played for President Barack Obama last month and your invitation from the White House got lost in the mail? The television special Country in the White House will feature those appearances and more in the July 21 installment of the White House Music Series, launched by ...

The 151st Hartford Fair returns to Croton, Aug. 9-15, with rides, big trucks, competitions and music by country artist Aaron Tippin.

Singers like Brad Paisley and Charley Pride brought a touch of country to the capitol during a performance at the White House last night - but for fashion lovers, Michelle Obama 's hairstyle stole the show.

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 12:00 p.m. ET. On Our Soapbox Blog Weekend Edition Saturday , July 25, 2009 - This week, country performers Charley Pride, Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss led a music workshop for middle and high school students - at the White House.

Tonight, July 21st the White House will continue its music series celebrating the arts and demonstrating the importance of arts education by featuring Country Music and its stars Charley Pride, Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss and Union Station.