"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" is a song written by

Ben Peters Ben James Peters (born Greenville, Mississippi, June 20, 1933; died Nashville, Tennessee, May 25, 2005) was an American country music songwriter who wrote many #1 songs. Charley Pride recorded 68 of his songs and 6 of them went to #1 on the Americ ...

, and recorded by American

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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. It was also Pride's only single to reach the Top 40 on the pop charts, peaking at #21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and also went into the Top Ten of the Adult Contemporary charts. It also reached #19 on the U.S. ''

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'' 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. Though missing the Top 40 nationally, "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" reached the Top 10 in

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, Australia on

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, peaking at number seven.

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A man and a woman are happily married, and his friends ask the secret to their love. He says that he gets to "kiss an angel good mornin'", referring to his lover, and to "love her like a devil," referring to himself.

Cover versions

George Jones covered the song on his 1972 album ''

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''.

Conway Twitty Harold Lloyd Jenkins (September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993), better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as a country music performer. ...

recorded his version in 1972 on his album ''

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''. Gene Stuart recorded a version in Ireland in 1972.

Roy Clark Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted ''Hee Haw'', a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influen ...

recorded a version on his album entitled "Roy Clark Country!" released in 1972. Percy Sledge covered the song on his 1979 album ''Sings Country.''

Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for blending traditional honky-tonk and mainstream country pop sounds (for a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country"), as well as penning many o ...

covered the song on his 1999 album '' Under the Influence''. Heather Myles covered the song on her 1998 album '' Highways & Honky Tonks''.

Chart performance

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