''Daytime Friends'' is the third studio album by

Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted mo ...

for

United Artists Records United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B. History Genres In 1959, ...

, 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. 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 song

Another track "My World Begins and Ends With You" was later recorded by

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, who had a hit single with it in 1979. The album reached No. 2 on the Country charts.

Track listing

Personnel

* Kenny Rogers – lead vocals * Bobby Wood, Charles Cochran, Edgar Struble, Gene Golden,

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, Steve Glassmeyer – keyboards *

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–

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* Billy Sanford, David Kirby, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Jimmy Colvard,

Johnny Christopher John (“Johnny”) Lee Christopher Jr. (born 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American singer, guitarist, session musician and songwriter. Music career Christopher's singles included "(She's A) Girl Of Many Colors / The Teacher And The Pet" (19 ...

, Larry Keith,

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, T.G. Engel – guitars *

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– steel guitar *

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– six-string bass guitar *

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– upright bass * Bobby Daniels,

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Kenny Malone Kenny Malone (August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021) was an American drummer and percussionist. Life and career Malone was born in Denver, Colorado. From the 1970s onwards, he was a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic ...

– 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 William Everett Justis Jr. (October 14, 1926 – July 16, 1982) was an American pioneer rock and roll musician, composer, and arrangement, musical arranger, best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song, "Raunchy (instrumental), Raunchy". As a ...

– string arrangements * Bergen White, Bobby Daniels,

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, Don Gant, Gene Golden, Johnny MacRae,

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, Larry Keith, Randy Rogers, Sandy Rogers, Steve Glassmeyer, Steve Pippin – backing vocals

Production

* Producer – Larry Butler * Engineers – Harold Lee and

Billy Sherrill Billy Norris Sherrill (November 5, 1936 – August 4, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter, and arranger best known for his association with country artists, notably Tammy Wynette and George Jones. Sherrill and business partner Gle ...

* 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

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pop band

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recorded it in 2002 with a live performance of it. They renamed it also to "Daytime Friends, Nighttime Lovers".

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control Kenny Rogers albums 1977 albums United Artists Records albums Albums arranged by Bill Justis Albums produced by Larry Butler (producer)