Daytime Friends
Studio album by
Kenny Rogers
Released25 July 1977[1]
Recorded1977 (1977)
StudioAmerican Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee; Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
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

Daytime Friends is the third studio album by American singer 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).

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.[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 [1]. 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"Keith, Jim Hurt3:31
9."We Don't Make Love Anymore"Rogers, Marianne Gordon3:51
10."Ghost of Another Man"Frank Dycus, George Richey, Roger Bowling2:57
11."Let Me Sing For You"Casey Kelly, Julie Didier4:39

Personnel

Production

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".

Charts

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 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1978". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
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