Daytime Friends

Daytime Friends is the third studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records, released in 1977.^[4] 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
Released	25 July 1977[1]
Recorded	1977 (1977)
Studio	American Sound (Memphis, Tennessee) Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
Length	36:33
Label	United Artists
Producer	Larry Butler
Kenny Rogers chronology
Kenny Rogers (1977) Daytime Friends (1977) Ten Years of Gold (1978)
Singles from Kenny Rogers
"Daytime Friends" Released: August 1, 1977 "Sweet Music Man" Released: October 10, 1977

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

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 singles chart) and "Sweet Music Man" (Rogers' own composition) reaching No. 9.^[5] 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
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"	Keith, Jim Hurt	3:31
9.	"We Don't Make Love Anymore"	Rogers, Marianne Gordon	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, David Kirby, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Jimmy 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 Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, Gary Vanosdale, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Pam Sixfin, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Steven Smith, Willi Lehmann – strings
• Bill Justis – string arrangements
• Bergen White, Bobby Daniels, Buzz Cason, Don Gant, Gene Golden, Johnny MacRae, The Jordanaires, Larry Keith, Randy Rogers, Sandy Rogers, Steve Glassmeyer, Steve Pippin – backing 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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1977-1978) Peak position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6] 41 US Billboard 200[7] 39 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 22 Chart (1978) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 16

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[12]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.