| "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" | ||||
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| Single by Charley Pride | ||||
| from the album Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs | ||||
| B-side | "No One Could Ever Take Me from You" | |||
| Released | October 23, 1971 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Country pop[1] | |||
| Length | 2:02 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ben Peters | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Clement | |||
| Charley Pride singles chronology | ||||
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"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" is a song written by Ben Peters, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in October 1971 as the first single from the album Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs. The song has since become one of his signature tunes and was his eighth song to reach number one on the country charts.[2] It was also Pride's only single to reach the Top 40 on the pop charts, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] and also went into the Top Ten of the Adult Contemporary charts. It also reached #19 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100. The song spent four months on the pop chart, longer than any of his other hits. Billboard ranked it as the No. 74 song for 1972.[4]
Though missing the Top 40 nationally, "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" reached the Top 10 in Sydney, Australia on 2NUR, peaking at number seven.
- ^ Mejía, Paula. "The Unflappable Country Star Charley Pride Dies at 86". Texas Monthly. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 276.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 506.
- ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972