Daytime Friends

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Daytime Friends
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Released25 July 1977 [1]
Recorded1977 (1977)
Studio
Length36:33
Label United Artists
Producer Larry Butler
Kenny Rogers chronology
Kenny Rogers
(1977)
Daytime Friends
(1977)
Ten Years of Gold
(1978)
Singles from Kenny Rogers
  1. "Daytime Friends"
    Released: August 1, 1977
  2. "Sweet Music Man"
    Released: October 10, 1977
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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).

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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.TitleWriter(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 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 Bowling 2:57
11."Let Me Sing For You" Casey Kelly, Julie Didier4:39

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [12] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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