"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" is the title of a song written by Ben Peters

Ben Peters

Ben James Peters was an American country music songwriter who wrote many #1 songs. Charley Pride recorded 40 of his songs and 4 of them went to #1 on the American country charts...

 and recorded by Charley Pride

Charley Pride

Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...

. The song has since become one of his signature tunes and became his eighth song to reach number one on the country charts. "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin" was also Charley Pride's first single to reach the pop charts, peaking at number twenty-one, 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.

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