Sun, Dec 13 at 2:51 PM Rolling Stone 475 5th Avenue New York, NY 10017 RE: Charlie Pride on Grand Ole Opry https://www.opry.com Dear Rolling Stone, Thank you for Joseph Hudak's wonderful story on Charley Pride in your pages. I believe there should be a correction, though. Bobby Hebb, composer/singer of the mega hit "Sunny" played the Grand Ole Opry after DeFord Bailey but long before Charlie Pride, according to a source at the Country Music Hall of Fame . org Mr. Hudak writes this: "...and was the first African-American performer to appear on the Grand Ole Opry stage since Deford Bailey made his debut in the 1920s. Pride became an Opry member in 1993. In 2000, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame." There are a couple of photos of Bobby and Charlie together backstage at Opry in 2004, prior to Bobby's passing on August 3, 2010 from the same source at the Country Music Hall of Fame.. A Tumblr...