Daytime Friends
Daytime Friends is the third studio album by Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records, released worldwide in 1977. It was his second major success following the break-up of The First Edition in 1976 (his first album Love Lifted Me was a minor success, with his second, the self-titled Kenny Rogers, going to Number 1 on the US country charts and crossing over to the mainstream pop charts in many countries).
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| Released | July 1977[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Length | 36:33 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | Larry Butler | |||
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The album produced two top 10 singles with the title cut reaching No. 1 on the country singles and tracks chart (and the top 40 in the UK pop charts) and "Sweet Music Man" (Rogers' own composition) reaching No. 9.[2] Elsewhere on the album is a song called "Am I Too Late" which was not released as a single, despite Rogers later saying it was one of his favorite songs . Another track "My World Begins and Ends With You" was later recorded by Dave & Sugar, who had a hit single with it in 1979.
The album reached No. 2 on the Country charts.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Daytime Friends" | Ben Peters | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Desperado" | Don Henley, Glenn Frey | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Rock and Roll Man" | Kenny O'Dell | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Lying Again" | Chips Moman, Larry Butler | 2:41 |
| 5. | "I'll Just Write My Music and Sing My Songs" | Thomas Cain | 2:55 |
| 6. | "My World Begins and Ends With You" | Larry Keith, Steve Pippin | 2:43 |
| 7. | "Sweet Music Man" | Rogers | 4:16 |
| 8. | "Am I Too Late" | Larry Keith | 3:31 |
| 9. | "We Don't Make Love Anymore" | Rogers | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Ghost of Another Man" | Frank Dycus, George Richey, Roger Bowling | 2:57 |
| 11. | "Let Me Sing For You" | Casey Kelly, Julie Didier | 4:39 |
Personnel
- Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
- Bobby Wood, Charles Cochran, Edgar Struble, Gene Golden, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Steve Glassmeyer – keyboards
- Shane Keister – Moog synthesizer
- Billy Sanford, Dave Kirby, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Jim Colvard, Johnny Christopher, Larry Keith, Reggie Young, T.G. Engel – guitars
- Pete Drake – steel guitar
- Joe Osborn, Mike Leech – bass guitar
- Tommy Allsup – six-string bass guitar
- Bob Moore – upright bass
- Bobby Daniels, Jerry Carrigan, Kenny Malone – drums
- Brenton Banks, Byron Theodore Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, Gary Vanosdale, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Pamela Sixfin, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Steven Maxwell Smith, Wilfred Lehmann – strings
- Bill Justis – string arrangements
- Bergen White, Bobby Daniels, Buzz Cason, Don Gant, Gene Golden, Johnny MacCrae, The Jordanaires, Larry Keith, Randy Rogers, Sandy Rogers, Steve Glassmeyer, Steve Pippin – background vocals
Production
- Producer – Larry Butler
- Engineers – Harold Lee and Billy Sherrill
- Remix – Billy Sherrill
- Recorded at American Studios and Jack Clement Recording Studios (Nashville, TN).
- Mastered by Bob Sowell at Master Control (Nashville, TN).
- Art Direction – Ria Lewerke
- Design – Bill Burks
- Photography – Gary Regester
- Management – Ken Kragen
Westlife version
Irish pop band Westlife recorded it in 2002 with a live performance of it. They renamed it also to "Daytime Friends, Nighttime Lovers".
References
- "LP Discography: Kenny Rogers". LP Discography. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
- Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 360. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
