It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.

" Like many other country performers he has paid tribute to Hank Williams with an album of songs that were all written by Hank entitled There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me which included top-sellers of Williams' classics "Kaw-Liga" "Honky Tonk Blues" and "You Win Again". Personal
Pride met his future wife Rozene while playing baseball in the southern states. Soon after Pride's third single "Just Between You and Me" was released.

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.