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Legendary Country Music Singer, Charlie Pride, sings the national anthem before Super Bowl VIII. Superbowl 8 Anthem with - Charley Pride Super Bowl VIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings and the American Football Conference Super Bowl VIII was an American football game between the National Football Entertainment was provided by The La France Sisters and Charley Pride. Game summary Charley Pride—Super Bowl VIII, 1974. Charley Pride became the first country artist to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl in 1974. When Pride took the field at Rice Stadium in Houston Charley Pride: Super Bowl VIII (1974) A little over a year after snagging the award for CMA Male Vocalist of the year, Charley Pride became the first-ever solo artist , as well as the first country artist, to ever perform the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Here's a glimpse at the history of national anthem at the Super Bowl, VIII: 1974: Charley Pride: IX: 1975: Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band: X: 1976: Tom Sullivan: XI: 1977: Super Bowl VIII: Charley Pride; Super Bowl VII: Little Angels of Chicago’s Holy Angels Church (children’s choir) Super Bowl VI: U.S. Air Force Academy Chorale; Super Bowl V: Tommy Loy (trumpet) Super Bowl VIII: Charley Pride. David Redfern/Getty Images Before Mariah Carey and Diana Ross, Charley Pride was the first pop star to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl. In 1974, the late Charley Pride became the first country artist to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl, just prior to the Miami Dolphins taking on the Minnesota Vikings for Super Bowl The Complete Super Bowl: Established April 1, 1999 • A Division of Hoffco, Inc. • Not endorsed by the NFL: Games • MVPs • Standings • Records • Rings • Programs • Pre-Super Bowl • Sitemap • About The late Charley Pride performed at Super Bowl VIII. 50 years later, Reba McEntire is singing the national anthem at #SBLVIII! The game is Sunday at 6 ET/ 3PT. Watch it on CBS, Stream it on In fact, the Super Bowl became one of several new grounds broken by Charley Pride when the country music legend belted out "the Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl VIII in 1974. Pride performed 1. Charley Pride (Super Bowl VIII, 1974) The Super Bowl was still relatively new when Charley Pride was invited to sing the national anthem. Pride was not only the first country music artist to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl, but he was the first solo artist to perform the duties, with either bands, choirs or Charley Pride. He sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl VIII in 1974. Before him, at Super Bowls I-VII, the national anthem was performed by marching bands, choirs, and instrumentalists. Not only was Pride the first solo performer to sing the anthem at the Super Bowl, he was the first black performer to achieve country music superstardom. Charley Pride — Super Bowl VIII (1974) Christina Aguilera isn’t the only artist in the history of the Super Bowl to stumble with the words. Charley Pride also managed to royally screw up the Get the Charley Pride Setlist of the concert at Rice Stadium, Houston, TX, USA on January 13, 1974 and other Charley Pride Setlists for free on setlist.fm! Charley Pride Concert Setlist at Super Bowl VIII on January 13, 1974 | setlist.fm "This should be the best Super Bowl game of all because the teams are so good and so evenly matched." After two Super Bowls as underdogs, the Dolphins finally won the respect of the oddsmakers. The consensus of the betting lines pegged Miami as 6.5-point favorites. Finally, a former AFL team was favored in the Super Bowl. 01/13/1974 - Singer Charley Pride sings the national anthem at Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium in Houston. The game officials pose for a picture prior to Super Bowl VIII on January 13, 1974 Charley Pride Sings the National Anthem at Super Bowl 8. In 1974, Charley Pride became the first artist to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl. "Not only was Pride the first solo performer to sing the anthem at the Super Bowl, he was the first black performer to achieve country music superstardom."
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