re: How Black artists helped make country music what it is today

quote:

---

Rap is an import from Jamaica.

---

DJ Kool Herc DJing at the South Bronx street and house parties of the early 1970's with Coke La Rock is where it began

Debbie Harry used Fab Five Freddy to make rap mainstream with Rapture in 1981 but the Sugar Hill Gang was out with Rapper's Delight in 1979 and charted on the Billboard Top 40 in Jan 1980.


Charley Pride first charted on the Billboard Hot 100 Country Songs in 1967 with Just between you and me. The he hit #1 with Kiss an Angel Good Morning in 1971

quote:

---

Between 1969 and 1971, Pride had eight singles that reached number one on the US Country Hit Parade and also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)", "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again", "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me", "I'd Rather Love You", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone", "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore", "I'm Just Me", and "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'". The pop success of these songs reflected the country/pop crossover sound that was reaching country music in the 1960s and early 1970s, known as "Countrypolitan". In 1969, his compilation album, The Best of Charley Pride, sold more than one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[18] Ultimately, Elvis Presley was the only artist who sold more records than Pride for RCA.[19][9]

---