Daytime Friends

Daytime Friends is the third studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records, released 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 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.

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