The Best of Charley Pride

The Best of Charley Pride
The Best of Charley Pride
Compilation album by Charley Pride
Released	October 1969
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Bob Ferguson, Chet Atkins, Felton Jarvis, Jack Clement
Charley Pride chronology
Singles from The Best of Charley Pride
	"All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)"; Released: June 1969;

The Best of Charley Pride is the first compilation album by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LSP-4223). It debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on November 1, 1969, peaked at No. 1, and remained on the chart for 84 weeks.^[1]

It ranked third in sales among all albums released by Pride during his career, trailing only The Best of Charley Pride, Volume II and Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Just Between You and Me"	Jack Clement	2:13
2.	"Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger"	Don Robertson, Clement, Jerry Crutchfield	2:16
3.	"Kaw-Liga"	Fred Rose, Hank Williams	3:00
4.	"The Snakes Crawl at Night"	Fred Burch, Mel Tillis	2:46
5.	"All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)"	A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dallas Frazier	3:00
6.	"The Easy Part's Over"	Rice, Foster	2:20
7.	"The Day the World Stood Still"	Rice, Foster	2:30
8.	"I Know One"	Clement	2:23
9.	"Gone, On The Other Hand"	Clement	2:29
10.	"Before I Met You"	Chuck Seitz, Elmer Rader, Joe Lewis	2:26
11.	"Too Hard to Say I'm Sorry"	Clement, Jack D. Johnson	2:32
12.	"Let the Chips Fall"	Clement	2:40

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	24
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1970)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	1

References

^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 139. ISBN 0898201241.
^ Whitburn, p. 138.
^ "Charley Pride Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
^ "Charley Pride Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1970". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

[1] Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 139. ISBN 0898201241.

[2] Whitburn, p. 138.

[ac_Billboard200_Charley_Pride-3] "Charley Pride Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Charley_Pride-4] "Charley Pride Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

[5] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1970". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

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v t e Charley Pride
Albums Singles
Studio and live albums	Country Charley Pride (1966) Pride of Country Music (1967) The Country Way (1967) Make Mine Country (1968) Songs of Pride...Charley That Is (1968) The Sensational Charley Pride (1969) Just Plain Charley (1970) Charley Pride's 10th Album (1970) Christmas in My Home Town (1970) From Me to You (1971) Did You Think to Pray (1971) I'm Just Me (1971) Sings Heart Songs (1971) A Sunshiny Day (1972) Songs of Love (1973) Sweet Country (1973) Amazing Love (1973) Country Feelin' (1974) Pride of America (1974) Charley (1975) The Happiness of Having You (1975) Sunday Morning with Charley Pride (1976) She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory (1977) Someone Loves You Honey (1978) Burgers and Fries/When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone) (1978) You're My Jamaica (1979) There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me (1980) Roll On Mississippi (1981) Charley Sings Everybody's Choice (1982) Country Classics (1983) Night Games (1983) Power of Love (1984) After All This Time (1987) I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio (1988) Moody Woman (1989)
Compilation albums	The Best of Charley Pride (1969) The Best of Charley Pride, Volume II (1972) The Incomparable Charley Pride (1972) Greatest Hits (1981) Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1985)
Live albums	Charley Pride in Person (1969)
Related people and acts	Jack Clement Henry Mancini
See also	Grand Ole Opry Negro American League Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride RCA Records Sometimes a Great Notion Sledge, Mississippi