Remembering Charley Pride's No. 1 hit 'A Shoulder to Cry On' 53 years later

Charley Pride Fought To Release What Became His First Top 10 Hit

CHARLEY PRIDE NEVER EXPECTED A SONG ABOUT A GOOD MORNING KISS TO BECOME THE BIGGEST HIT OF HIS LIFE — IT SOLD OVER 1 MILLION COPIES When Charley Pride first heard this song in 1971, it almost felt too simple to matter. No heartbreak. No clever hook. Just a man explaining why he smiled all the time — because every morning, he kissed the woman he loved. "It wasn't built to cross over," he later said. "It wasn't built to do anything but tell the truth." Songwriter Ben Peters had written it after hi

Charley Pride Biography | Songs, Life & Death | PBS | Country Music | Ken Burns | PBS