Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'

"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"
Single by Charley Pride
from the album Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs
Released 1971
Genre Country
Length 2:02
Label RCA
Writer(s) Ben Peters
Producer Jack Clement
Charley Pride singles chronology
"I'm Just Me"
(1971)		 "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"
(1971)		 "Let Me Live"
(1971)

"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" is the title of a song written by Ben Peters and recorded by Charley Pride. The song has since become one of his signature tunes and became his eighth song to reach number one on the country charts.[1] "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin" was also Charley Pride's first single to reach the pop charts, peaking at number twenty-one,[2] and also went into the Top Ten of the Adult Contemporary charts.

Content

A man and a woman are in love everyone wonders why he is so happy. He says that he gets to "kiss an angel good mornin'", referring to his lover.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1971) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 21
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 31
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 2

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 276. 
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 506. 
  3. ^ Randall, Alice; Carter Little, Courtney Little (2006). My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc.. pp. 92. ISBN 1595558608. 
Preceded by
"Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)"
by Merle Haggard and the Strangers		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
December 4, 1971-January 1, 1972		 Succeeded by
"Would You Take Another Chance on Me"
by Jerry Lee Lewis
Preceded by
"Lead Me On"
by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn		 RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
December 18-December 25, 1971		 Succeeded by
"Mile After Mile"
by Orval Prophet