Daytime Friends
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Daytime Friends is the title of Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

' third solo album for United Artists Records
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...

, released worldwide in 1977. It was his second major success following the break-up of The First Edition
The First Edition
The First Edition was a country music/rock band. Its stalwart members being Kenny Rogers , Mickey Jones and Terry Williams...

 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 #1 on the country singles and tracks chart and "Sweet Music Man" (Rogers' own composition) reaching #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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtNYLVCxwU&feature=related.

The album reached #2 on the Country charts.

Track listing

  1. "Daytime Friends
    Daytime Friends (song)
    "Daytime Friends" is the title of a song written by Ben Peters and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in August 1977 as the lead single from the album of the same name, 1977 album and was written by Ben Peters. "Daytime Friends" was Kenny Rogers' second number...

    " (Ben Peters
    Ben Peters
    Ben James Peters was an American country music songwriter who wrote many #1 songs. Charley Pride recorded 40 of his songs and 4 of them went to #1 on the American country charts...

    ) [3:10]
  2. "Desperado
    Desperado (song)
    "Desperado" is a soft rock song by the Eagles, an American rock band, written by group members Glenn Frey and Don Henley. It first appeared on the 1973 album Desperado, and has later appeared on numerous compilation albums although it was not a single....

    " (Don Henley
    Don Henley
    Donald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...

    , Glenn Frey
    Glenn Frey
    Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...

    ) [3:44]
  3. "Rock and Roll Man" (Kenny O'Dell
    Kenny O'Dell
    Kenny O'Dell is an American country music singer and songwriter.Early in his career he worked with guitar legand,Duane Eddy,and his own band, Guys and Dolls. He is best known for writing the country hit "Behind Closed Doors", which Charlie Rich recorded, and "Mama He's Crazy" for The Judds...

    ) [2:46]
  4. "Lying Again" (Chips Moman
    Chips Moman
    Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman is an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. As a record producer, Moman is known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of the Box Tops in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1960s...

    , 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
    Sweet Music Man
    "Sweet Music Man" is the title of a song written and recorded by American singer Kenny Rogers. It appears on his 1977 album Daytime Friends, from which it was released as the final single....

    " (Rogers) [4:16]
  8. "Am I Too Late" (Larry Keith) [3:31]
  9. "We Don't Make Love Anymore" (Rogers) [3:51]
  10. "Ghost of Another Man" [2:57]
  11. "Let Me Sing For You" [4:39]
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