Daytime Friends | ||||
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Released | 25 July 1977[1] | |||
Recorded | 1977 (1977) | |||
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Length | 36:33 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Larry Butler | |||
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Singles from Kenny Rogers | ||||
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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).
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 [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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[11] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[12] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |