Monday, May 31, 2021

HUM 111 Western Heritage - From the Book of Genesis to John Locke Summer 2018

Western Heritage Western Heritage - From the Book of Genesis to John Locke

Overview:

The Western heritage has two essential elements, represented by Athens and Jerusalem. Philosophy has its roots in ancient Greece and seeks to answer such questions as, “What is the good?” and “What is the best way for man to live?” The idea of monotheism first arose with the ancient Hebrews. These two elements together gave rise to Western Civilization and later to the American Founding.

The Hebrew Legacy

The Hebrew people are the source of a unique but vital contribution to our Western heritage.  Rather than bequeathing to their cultural heirs magnificent innovations in art, architecture, political theory, and public administration as have the Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans, it is the treasure of sacred literature which constitutes the Hebrew legacy.  The tradition of a monotheistic religion upon which Christianity would build, and out of which the modern world would emerge, has arguably served as the wellspring of Western civilization. 

Recommended Readings

  1. "Creation" - Selections from Genesis https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=349
  2. "Covenant  and Law" - Selections from Genesis, Exodus, and Deuteronomy https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=350
  3. "Kingship" - Selections from First Samuel https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=351

The Hebrews

Overview

The Western heritage begins with the Hebrew tradition. This tradition has had a great impact on the Western understanding of man, God, and the relationship between them. The Hebraic ideas of creation, covenant, and kingship are essential elements of this understanding.

Recommended Readings


The Greek Miracle

Overview
The emergence of the polis as a political form distinguished Greece from its neighbors in the ancient Near East. The polis was a small community—originally grouped around a citadel—governed by a council and a public assembly, and defended by a hoplite phalanx. Oikonomia (household management) was structured in such a way as to enable full political participation of the household in the city, through words and deeds worthy of note. The individual man who engaged in reasoned speech (logos) thus had an importance in the Greek community that was unusual compared to the other civilizations of the Near East, which were generally organized as hydraulic societies based on irrigation and public works, governed by a sacral monarchy, and administered by a bureaucratic class using the technology of syllabic script.

The Golden Age of Greece

Overview

Around the year 1200 B.C., Mycenaean civilization collapsed, which led to the creation of a new political order in Greece. The subsequent rise of the Greek city-state produced a civilization that culminated in the Golden Age of Greece. During this time, the Greeks produced great achievements in many fields, including politics, language, science, art, mathematics, war, architecture, and economics.

Recommended Readings

  1. Herodotus, "The History" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=354
  2. Thucydides - "Pericles' Funeral Oration" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=355
  3. Aristotle - "The Politics" (Excerpt One, up to Section I§3) https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=356
  4. Aristotle - "The Politics" (Excerpt Two, Section III§6) https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=357

The Greek Legacy

Overview

The philosophic pursuit of knowledge and the good life as exemplified by Socrates and his pupil Plato remains at the core of the Greek legacy to Western civilization. The moral and political issues that emerged from Athenian democracy and empire, and loss of freedom over the course of the Peloponnesian War, provided the context for Socrates’ questioning of the meaning of justice in relation to regimes and the individual soul.  The moral and political uncertainty of the contemporary world highlights the continued relevance of Socrates’ philosophic endeavor—to establish standards of goodness, truth, justice, and beauty for politicians no less than for individual citizens.

Recommended Readings

  1. Thucydides - "Pericles' Funeral Oration" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=355
  2. Thucydides - "Pericles' Plague Speech" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=365
  3. Plato - "The Republic" (Selection from Book VII, "The Allegory of the Cave") https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=367
  4. Plato - "The Republic" (Selections from Book VIII and IX) https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=366
  5. Plato - "The Apology of Socrates" (Excerpt) https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=368
Life and Government in Sparta
Paul A. Rahe
March 21, 2016
Life and Government in Athens
Victor Davis Hanson
March 28, 2016
Sparta and the Persian War
Paul A. Rahe
April 4, 2016
Athens and the Persian War
Victor Davis Hanson
April 11, 2016
Sparta and the Peloponnesian War
Paul A. Rahe
April 18, 2016
Athens and the Peloponnesian War
Victor Davis Hanson
April 25, 2016
Sparta and Athens—Conclusions
Paul A. Rahe
May 2, 2016
Athens and Sparta—Conclusions

Why Study the Classics?

Overview

The histories of Athens and Sparta—the most dominant cities of classical Greece—are of vital importance to understanding the story of Western Civilization. In Athens, great thinkers such as Plato examined universal philosophical questions. In Sparta, the martial virtues, including the virtue of courage, were mastered. A careful study of these two cities reveals timeless lessons about human nature and human conflict.

Life and Government in Sparta

Overview

Geographically isolated by mountain ranges and the sea, Sparta was able to become one of the two most dominant ancient Greek cities, along with Athens. Spartan government was stable, which was made possible by a system of checks and balances. Sparta fostered a way of life that demanded total dedication to the political community. These factors were essential to Sparta’s extraordinary military success.

Recommended Readings


Life and Government in Athens

Overview

In the fifth century B.C., Athens, the leading city of ancient Greece, experienced a golden age in the areas of literature, philosophy, politics, and art, among others. To a large degree, these accomplishments were made possible by a government that was based on the principle of demokratia, or rule by the people. Athenian direct democracy produced great achievements, but also often led to great injustices, as in the case of the philosopher Socrates.

Recommended Readings

Sparta and the Persian War

Overview

The first major challenge to the Spartan way of life occurred in approximately 546 B.C., when Persia, the largest empire at the time, set its sights on Greece. In a long war that led to the eventual defeat of Persia, Sparta was a decisive contributor in two major areas: leadership of the Greek resistance and military prowess, particularly at the decisive Battle of Plataea.

Recommended Readings

Athens and the Persian War

Overview

The Persian War was a conflict between two radically different civilizations. The Athenian democracy, in conjunction with several other neighboring Greek cities, was able to repel the invading Persians for two main reasons. The first was its superior naval prowess. Second and more fundamental was the statesmanship of Themistocles, who rallied the Greeks in defense of the Western ideal of freedom and against the tyrannical Persian Empire.

Recommended Readings

Sparta and the Peloponnesian War

Overview

The Greek victories against the Persians at Salamis and Plataea changed the geopolitical outlook for the small but powerful cities of Sparta and Athens. Preoccupied with ruling over a large section of the Peloponnese, Sparta stood aside reluctantly while the Athenians founded the Delian League and continued the war at sea against the Persians. As the Persian threat gradually dissipated, Athens and Sparta became enemies and fought one another in the Peloponnesian War.

Recommended Readings

Athens and the Peloponnesian War

Overview

The Peloponnesian War (431–404 B.C.) between Athens and Sparta was a war unparalleled in Greek history for its length and intensity. Wars in ancient Greece were typically short and fought to settle border disputes. Even the battles of the Persian War, while grand in scale, were only episodic. By the end of the Peloponnesian War, Sparta and its allies were victorious, and the Athenian Golden Age came to an end.

Recommended Readings

Sparta and Athens—Conclusions

Overview

The Spartan regime was distinguished by its extreme discipline, which was fostered by a culture of shame and by the society’s extreme regimentation. However, Spartan rule abroad—in the absence of these restraints—typically resulted in corruption and tyranny. Following its victory in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta’s attempt to establish and rule an empire led to its eventual demise.

Recommended Readings



Athens and Sparta—Conclusions

Overview

Following the defeat of the Athenian Empire by Sparta and its allies in the Peloponnesian War, Athens was ruled by tyrants. Although democracy was eventually restored, the war had weakened the Athenians’ attachment to freedom. This made them vulnerable to the kind of autocratic government that was eventually imposed on them by Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great.

Recommended Readings

Final Quiz



The Roman Legacy

Overview

Rome achieved its singular dominance over most of the known world in the course of a century. Polybius, a Greek historian conquered by the Romans, attributes this remarkable achievement to three principal elements of the Roman regime or way of life in his noted work, The Histories. He argues that the greatness of the Romans is due to their unique constitution or system of government, to their moral culture or mos maiorum, and to their practice of religion.  Defined most distinctly by the concept of pietas—(the duty and devotion due to the gods, ancestors, and the fatherland, a composite of love and reverence)—the Roman character lies at the heart of the Roman legacy to Western Civilization.

Recommended Readings

  1. Polybius - "The Histories" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=371
  2. Plutarch - "Marcus Cato" (Please begin with Reader page 207, line 22 through page 211, line 35.) https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=372

Early Christianity

Overview

The history of early Christianity is bound intrinsically to that of the great civilizations of the Mediterranean. The Pax Romana, in addition to the infrastructure of the Roman Empire under Augustus and his immediate successors, aided the spread of Christianity, the tenets of which appealed to people of all social classes and ethnicities in the Roman Empire. These same core beliefs put Christians at odds with the religious practices, and so also the political customs, of Rome. Centuries of persecutions came to an end with the Edict of Milan in 312 A.D., when Emperor Constantine declared Christianity to be a legally recognized religion. His imperial interactions with the Christian Church established many precedents and controversies for relations between church and state, which lasted even into the twentieth century.

Recommended Readings

  1. The Gospel of Matthew (Selections from Western Heritage: A Reader) https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=376
  2. Acts of the Apostles (Selections from Western Heritage: A Reader) https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=377
  3. Tertullian, "Prescription Against Heretics" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=378
  4. Clement of Alexandria, "On Philosophy" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=379
  5. Augustine, "On Christian Doctrine" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=380

Church and State

Overview

In the wake of the disintegration of the Roman Empire and the corresponding collapse of political cohesion throughout Western Europe in the fifth century, there arose numerous small kingdoms whose rulers came to rely on bishops and other leaders of the Church to help provide regional administrative order. The growth of royal power and the close interactions of Church and state officials gave rise to two fundamental political issues of the Middle Ages, which remain relevant even today: what constitutes the appropriate relationship between secular and spiritual authority, and what is the proper relationship between government and the governed.

Readings

  1. The Investiture Controversy - Excerpts from Western Heritage: A Reader https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=382
  2. Magna Carta https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=383

Renaissance, Reformation, and Counter-Reformation

Overview

The Renaissance represents a discovery and rebirth of the glories of antiquity, as well as the dawn of the modern world.  The great universities of Paris, Bologna, and Oxford were products of the Middle Ages, and had initiated the study of Aristotle and other ancient thinkers in relation to the tenets of Christianity. The rise of humanism during the Renaissance represented a challenge to the scholastic thought of the Middle Ages: it was a strain of humanism which resulted in the Protestant Reformation.  The Catholic Church responded by convening the Council of Trent, which initiated the Counter-Reformation. 

Readings

  1. Petrarch, selections from "On His Own Ignorance" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=386
  2. Machiavelli, selections from The Prince and The Discourses https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=387
  3. John Calvin, selections from The Institutes https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=388

The Scientific Revolution

Overview

From 1543 to 1687 A.D., Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Francis Bacon, René Descartes, and Isaac Newton, among others, began to weave a tapestry of modern science from the threads of the Greco-Roman intellectual tradition and the Judeo-Christian theological tradition. This period of time is referred to as the Scientific Revolution, which culminated in the publication of Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Newtonianism—the new culture of science, math, and confidence in human reason that arose subsequent to the Scientific Revolution—fueled the scientific efforts of the eighteenth century, and was a key component of the Enlightenment.

Readings

  1. Nicholas Copernicus - "The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=390
  2. Galileo Galilei - "The Starry Messenger" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=391
  3. Isaac Newton - "Principia" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=392

From Elizabeth I to the Glorious Revolution

Overview

The 16th and 17th centuries witnessed a growing crisis in the English monarchy, which was not resolved until the Glorious Revolution. The appeal to natural law, especially as formulated by John Locke, as the standard by which to govern political society, along with the idea of the necessity of the separation of powers to guard against tyranny, influenced not only English politics, but later, American revolutionaries.

Recommended Readings

  1. "The Petition of Right" and "Denial of Parliamentary Jurisdiction" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=398
  2. Thomas Hobbes - Selections from Leviathan (NOTE: This particular selection is not included in Hillsdale's Western Heritage Reader.) https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=397
  3. John Locke - "Second Treatise of Civil Government" https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=396
  4. The English Bill of Rights https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=399
Great Books 101—Ancient to Medieval

Literature and the Liberal Arts at Hillsdale
Larry P. Arnn

Homer, The Iliad
Stephen Smith

Homer, The Odyssey
David Whalen

Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
David Whalen

Virgil, The Aeneid
Patricia Bart

The David Story (1 and 2 Samuel & 1 Kings 1-2)
Justin Jackson

The Book of Job
Daniel Sundahl

Saint Augustine, Confessions
Jeffrey Lehman

Dante, Inferno
Stephen Smith

Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
Patricia Bart

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Justin Jackson

Athens and Sparta

Why Study the Classics?
Larry P. Arnn

Life and Government in Sparta
Paul A. Rahe

Life and Government in Athens
Victor Davis Hanson

Sparta and the Persian War
Paul A. Rahe

Athens and the Persian War
Victor Davis Hanson

Sparta and the Peloponnesian War
Paul A. Rahe

Athens and the Peloponnesian War
Victor Davis Hanson

Sparta and Athens—Conclusions
Paul A. Rahe

Athens and Sparta—Conclusions
Victor Davis Hanson

Sunday, May 30, 2021

HUM 111 Western Heritage

Overview:

The Western heritage has two essential elements, represented by Athens and Jerusalem. Philosophy has its roots in ancient Greece and seeks to answer such questions as, “What is the good?” and “What is the best way for man to live?” The idea of monotheism first arose with the ancient Hebrews. These two elements together gave rise to Western Civilization and later to the American Founding.

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Ian Hunter, Mott The Hoople, Azkena Festival, 23 June 2018

American Pie Intro.
The Golden Age Of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Lounge Lizard. (A pleasant surprise).
I Wish I Was Your Mother.
Pearl ‘n’ Roy (Another pleasant surprise).
Roll Away The Stone.
Sweet Jane.
Honaloochie Boogie.
Rest In Peace.
Walking With A Mountain.
Marionette.
All The Way From Memphis.
Medley - Jerkin’ Crocus / Sucker / You Really Got Me / One Of The Boys / Rock ‘n’ Roll Queen / Crash Street Kids / Peter Gunne Theme / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On / Johnny B. Goode / Violence.
All The Young Dudes.

Pearl n 'Roy

Mott The Hoople - Marionette - Azkena Rock Festival - ARF - 23-06-18




American Pie/Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll




Mott the Hoople "All the way from Memphis" 23-06-18 Azkena Rock Festival



Mott The Hoople - ARF 2018 (Vitoria-Gasteiz 23/06/2018)



(2) Mott The Hoople - ARF 2018 (Vitoria-Gasteiz 23/06/2018)



Mott the Hoople "Honaloochie Boogie + Rest In Peace " 23-06-18 Azkena Rock Festival



ATWFM



Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Ian Hunter, Mott The Hoople- Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 4/12/74

Mott The Hoople- Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, Ca 4/12/74





1. Jupiter Intro/ American Pie 2. The Golden Age Of Rock-n-Roll 3. Sucker 4. Roll Away The Stone/ 5. Sweet Jane 6. Rest In Peace 7. Here Comes The Sun 8. One Of The Boys 9. Born Late '58 10. Hymn For The Dudes 11. Marionette 12. Drivin' Sister/ 13. Crash Street Kids 14. Violence 15. All The Way From Memphis 16. All The Young Dudes 17. Walkin' With A Mountain

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Ian Hunter, Mott The Hoople- Winterland, San Francisco, Ca 9/28/73

Mott The Hoople- Winterland, San Francisco, CA 9/28/73

Very Flash, Very Rude, Bootleg




1. Jupiter Theme 2. Drivin' Sister 3. Sucker 4. Sweet Jane 5. Hymn For The Dudes 6. All the Way From Memphis 7. Angeline 8. Rose 9. All The Young Dudes 10. Jerkin' Crocus/ One Of The Boys 11. Rock and Roll Queen/ Get Back 12. Walkin' With A Mountain

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Ian Hunter, On Religion

Ian, in contrast to many well-known rock ‘n’ roll songs such as the Rolling Stones, “Sympathy for the Devil,” or AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell,” a number of your songs, e.g., “Salvation,” or “Something to Believe In,” are positive about religion. Since I don’t think you would consider yourself a particularly religious person why do you think your songwriting about religion is unique and positive?

“I’ve tried to put a positive slant on my stuff a lot of the time as it is, after all in public.”

June 2018 Horses’s Mouth

Sunday, May 9, 2021

PHI 210 Regulating Artificial Intelligence Weapons

The UK just wrote an AI Code of Ethics - certainly a good idea....Max Tegmark (Life 3.0 - Futureoflife.org), Nick Bogstrom (Superintelligence - FutureofHumanity.org) and Michio Kaku (Future of Humanity) and Elon Musk (Tesla/Space X/Neuralink) are all over the regulation of lethal autonomous weapon systems that could potential end humanity.

Friday, May 7, 2021

CDC, VAERS Data for Mass Vaccination Event

A vulnerable person should take the vaccines. The CDC profile is a person older than 70 with an average of 2.6 "comorbidities," such as diabetes and heart disease. 

The vast majority of the population, with a survival rate of more than 99%, should have as much information as possible to make a risk assessment.

In a typical flu season, more than 160 million Americans are vaccinated and only a small number die after receiving a shot. in 2019, it was 203 people and in 2018 it was 119.

But the question is how do those numbers compare to the death rate from the experimental, emergency-use COVID-19 vaccines.

Between late December 2020 and April 23, a total of 3,362 people were reported to have died after receiving COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., an average of 30 people every day, according to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, or VAERS.

Critics have argued that VAERS undercounts vaccine injuries.

A report submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services in 2010 concluding that "fewer than 1% of vaccine adverse events are reported" by the VAERS system.

So what is the real number of people who apparently have been killed or injured by the vaccine? Nobody knows that number. 

But it's clear that what is happening now, for whatever reason, is not even close to normal. It’s not even close to what we’ve seen in previous years with previous vaccines.

Dr. Andrew Bostom noted on Twitter the VAERS data shows that the COVID vaccines are 23 times more likely to be associated with hospitalizations and 119 times more likely to be associated with death.

Only one death in the U.S. is associated with the Menveo vaccine, which is given to people around the world, often children, to prevent bacterial meningitis.

But in just the first four months of this year, the U.S. government has recorded more deaths after COVID vaccinations than from all other vaccines administered in the United States between mid-1997 and the end of 2013.

What we’re seeing now as the single deadliest mass-vaccination event in modern history.

If the vaccine injury reporting system is flawed — and it clearly is flawed — why hasn’t it been fixed?

And more to the point, why has there not been an independent vaccine safety board to assess what’s happening and reassure people who stumble across official government numbers on the internet?


Saturday, May 1, 2021

HIS 205 HUM 112 The Color of Music, 1960s (and into the '70s)

Flaming Ember - Westbound #9, 3:39

The Flaming Ember was an American blue-eyed soul band from DetroitMichigan, who found commercial success starting in the late 1960s.
The group originally formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1964. At that time, they were known as The Flaming Embers, for a local Detroit restaurant. In 1969, they signed with the newly formed Hot Wax Records, (the label founded by Brian HollandLamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.), after the band had recorded for a number of smaller Detroit-area labels since 1965. They recorded for Ed Wingate's Ric Tic label in 1967, but when Berry Gordy, Jr.'s Motown Records purchased Golden Records/Ric-Tic from Wingate, the Flaming Ember chose not to sign with Motown.
The band dropped the "s" from its name and scored a pop and rhythm and blues hit with "Mind, Body and Soul" in 1969 (#26 on the US Billboard pop singles chart), their signature song (and heartland rock antecedent) "Westbound #9" (#24 US pop, #15 US Billboard R&B chart), and "I'm Not My Brother's Keeper" (#34 pop, #12 R&B), all released between late 1969 and late 1970.



Charlie Pride - Kiss an Angel Good Morning, 2:18

Rise to music fame

While he was active in baseball, Pride had been encouraged to join the music business by country stars such as Red Sovine and Red Foley, and was working towards this career. In 1958, in Memphis, Pride visited Sun Studios and recorded some songs. One song has survived on tape, and was released in the United Kingdom as part of a box set. The song is a slow stroll in walking tempo called "Walkin' (the Stroll)".
He played music at clubs in Montana solo and with a four-piece combo called the Night Hawks during the time he lived in Montana. His break came when Chet Atkins at RCA Victor heard a demonstration tape and got Pride a contract. In 1966, he released his first RCA Victor single, "The Snakes Crawl at Night". Nashville manager and agent Jack D. Johnson signed Pride. Atkins was the longtime producer at RCA Victor who had made stars out of country singers such as Jim ReevesSkeeter Davis, and others. Pride was signed to RCA Victor in 1965. "The Snakes Crawl at Night" did not chart. 
On the records of this song submitted to radio stations for airplay, the singer was listed as "Country Charley Pride". Pride disputes that the omission of a photo was deliberate; he stated that getting promoters to bring in a black country singer was a bigger problem: 
"people didn’t care if I was pink. RCA signed me... they knew I was colored...They decided to put the record out and let it speak for itself.”[9] 
While living in Montana, he continued to sing at local clubs, and in Great Falls had an additional boost to his career when he befriended local businessman Louis Allen “Al” Donohue, who owned radio stations including KMON, the first stations to play Pride's records in Montana.
Soon after the release of "The Snakes Crawl at Night", Pride released another single called "Before I Met You", which also did not chart. Soon after, Pride's third single, "Just Between You and Me", was released. This song finally brought Pride success on the country charts. The song reached number nine on the US country chart.

Height of his career

The success of "Just Between You and Me" was enormous. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for the song the next year.
In 1967, he became the first black performer to appear at the Grand Ole Opry since harmonica player DeFord Bailey, who was a regular cast member of the Opry from 1925 through 1941, and made a final appearance in 1974.
Between 1969 and 1971, Pride had eight singles that simultaneously reached number one on the US Country Hit Parade and also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)", "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again", "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me", "I'd Rather Love You", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone", "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore", "I'm Just Me", and "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'". The pop success of these songs reflected the country/pop crossover sound that was reaching country music in the 1960s and early 1970s, known as "Countrypolitan". In 1969, his compilation albumThe Best of Charley Pride, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Ultimately, Elvis Presley was the only artist who sold more records than Pride for the RCA label.[9]
Pride sang the main soundtrack song "All His Children" for the Paul Newman-directed film Sometimes a Great Notion in 1970. The film starred Newman and Henry Fonda and received two Oscar nominations in 1972, one being for the song that Pride sang.[19]

"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"

In 1971, he released what would become his biggest hit, "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'", a million-selling crossover single that helped Pride land the Country Music Association's prestigious Entertainer of the Year award, as well as Top Male Vocalist. He won CMA's Top Male Vocalist award again in 1972.
"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" became Pride's signature tune. Besides being a five-week country number one in late 1971 and early 1972, the song was also his only pop top-40 hit, hitting number 21, and reaching the top 10 of the Adult Contemporary charts, as well.