When Charley Pride released "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'," it quickly became more than just a No. 1 hit. With its charm and heartfelt lyrics, the song struck the hearts of listeners across country music and beyond. Over 50 years later, it still holds up as one of Pride's most recognizable tracks.
About a friend who is asking the secret between a man and a woman's happy marriage, "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" became his eighth song to be crowned the top spot on the country charts, and spent four months and peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track won him a Grammy for Best Country Song, as well for Best Country Vocal Performance for the album, in 1973. In addition, Billboard ranked the track at the number 74 for the best songs of 1972, and in 2024, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Charley Pride performs onstage during the The 54th Annual CMA Awards at Nashville’s Music City Center on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for CMA
"'Kiss An Angel' is a clear example of a record that was not recorded to be a crossover record, and all that sort of hocus-pocus, and it became a million-seller," Pride told Alanna Nash in Behind Closed Doors: Talking with The Legends of Country Music back in 2002. "And it's a typical example of where we are today, flailin' about who's country and who's middle-of-the-road."
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The country singer was active in his career until 2020, when he recieved the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th Country Music Awards. Unfortunately, he passed away a few months later in his home in Dallas in December 2020 after complications related to COVID-19. He was 86 years old.
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