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).

Daytime Friends
Studio album by
Kenny Rogers
ReleasedJuly 1977[1]
Recorded1977 (1977)
Length36:33
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerLarry Butler
Kenny Rogers chronology
Kenny Rogers
(1977)		 Daytime Friends
(1977)		 Ten Years of Gold
(1978)
Singles from Kenny Rogers
  1. "Daytime Friends"
    Released: August 1, 1977
  2. "Sweet Music Man"
    Released: October 10, 1977

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Daytime Friends"Ben Peters3:14
2."Desperado"Don Henley, Glenn Frey3:44
3."Rock and Roll Man"Kenny O'Dell2:46
4."Lying Again"Chips Moman, Larry Butler2:41
5."I'll Just Write My Music and Sing My Songs"Thomas Cain2:55
6."My World Begins and Ends With You"Larry Keith, Steve Pippin2:43
7."Sweet Music Man"Rogers4:16
8."Am I Too Late"Larry Keith3:31
9."We Don't Make Love Anymore"Rogers3:51
10."Ghost of Another Man"Frank Dycus, George Richey, Roger Bowling2:57
11."Let Me Sing For You"Casey Kelly, Julie Didier4:39

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
  1. "LP Discography: Kenny Rogers". LP Discography. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 360. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
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