Daytime Friends Explained
Daytime Friends is the third studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records, released in 1977.[2] 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.[3] 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtNYLVCxwU. 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.
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
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: LP Discography: Kenny Rogers . LP Discography . June 11, 2011.
- Book: Stambler . Irwin . Landon . Grelun . Country Music: The Encyclopedia . 2000 . St. Martin's Press . 420.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 360. 978-0-89820-177-2.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1977. Billboard. July 20, 2021.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1978. Billboard. July 20, 2021.
