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Daytime Friends (1977)

Where the lyrics of Daytime Friends take you, and where it was really made.

Kenny Rogers' third album for United Artists came out after The First Edition broke up, and its title track went to No. 1 on the country singles chart.

Key places

American Studios, named as a recording site (1977)

Recording site American Sound Studio — The album credits name American Studios as one of two recording sites. This point uses the Memphis studio candidate, so the exact building is not confirmed from the page. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Jack Clement Recording Studios, a Nashville recording site (1977)

Recording site Nashville — The album credits list Jack Clement Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee as a recording site. The point is set at the city centre, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Daytime Friends: third studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records
• Released in 1977
• Title track and "Sweet Music Man" were released as singles
• Title track reached No. 1 on the country singles and tracks chart
• "Sweet Music Man", Rogers' own composition, reached No. 9
• Album reached No. 2 on the Country charts

Background

• Released after The First Edition broke up in 1976
• Rogers' first album Love Lifted Me was a minor success
• The self-titled album before this one went to No. 1 on the US country charts
• The album was Rogers' second major success following the break-up of The First Edition

Recording

• Produced by Larry Butler
• String arrangements by Bill Justis on tracks 2, 7 and 9
• Engineers Harold Lee and Billy Sherrill; remix by Billy Sherrill
• Recorded at American Studios and Jack Clement Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
• Mastered by Bob Sowell at Master Control in Nashville
• Pete Drake on steel guitar; Shane Keister on Moog synthesizer on track 7
• The Jordanaires sang backing vocals on track 4

Cover

• Art direction by Ria Lewerke, design by Bill Burks
• Photography by Gary Regester

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Kenneth Donald Ray Rogers was born on August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas, and began his recording career in the late 1950s with the Houston group the Scholars.
• He was an American country singer-songwriter who moved from teenage rock and roll through psychedelic rock to become a country-pop crossover artist of the 1970s and 1980s.
• In 1967 he co-founded the First Edition with former New Christy Minstrels members, later renamed Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.

Members

• The First Edition's members included Mike Settle, Terry Williams, Thelma Camacho, and Kin Vassy.
• Rogers's backing band Bloodline has toured with him since 1976.

Career

• The First Edition scored hits including "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" before the group disbanded in 1976.
• As a solo artist he charted more than 60 top-40 singles, including the number-one hits "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream".
• He recorded duets with Dottie West, Dolly Parton, and Sheena Easton, and partnered with Lionel Richie as songwriter.
• His signature song "The Gambler" won a Grammy in 1980 and was selected for the National Recording Registry in 2018.
• He sold more than 100 million records worldwide and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
• He retired from touring in 2017 and died on March 20, 2020, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released in 1977 by United Artists Records
• 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
• The album reached No. 2 on the Country charts

Reappraisal

• Rogers later said "Am I Too Late" was one of his favorite songs, though it was never released as a single
• "My World Begins and Ends with You" was later recorded by Dave & Sugar, who had a hit single with it in 1979

Records

• Title track: No. 1 on the country singles and tracks chart, top 40 on the UK singles chart
• "Sweet Music Man": No. 9
• Album: No. 2 on the Country charts

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Am I Too Late" was not released as a single, though Rogers later called it one of his favorite songs
• "My World Begins and Ends with You" was later recorded by Dave & Sugar, who had a hit with it in 1979
• Shane Keister played Moog synthesizer on track 7
• The Jordanaires sang backing vocals on track 4
• Gary Regester took the photography credited on the album
• Bill Justis arranged the strings on tracks 2, 7 and 9

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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