Apr 9, 2020
6 min read
Country Music Is Nothing Without Black Artists
Fifty years after Linda Martell’s ‘Color Me Country,’ current singers discuss her legacy
In 1969, Charley Pride scored his first number one on the country charts, proving, once and for all, that a Black man could be successful in the White world of country music. With hopes of replicating his triumphs, Linda Martell quite…
