STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - KENNY ROGERS - DAYTIME FRIENDS

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Great Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember Texas born singer songwriter, producer, and actor, Kenny Rogers, on what would have been his 85th Birthday. He was born in 1938 to parents Lucille Lois Rogers, a nurse's assistant, and Edward Floyd Rogers, a carpenter and during the course of his 6 decade career he sold over 100 million records worldwide, released 39 solo LPs, and 80 singles, 24 of them which were number ones. Today we have him on his third studio album, Daytime Friends. The album was released July 25, 1977 on the United Artists label and produced by Larry Butler. It peaked at #39 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top Country Albums chart. Two singles were released ; the title track (#69 Australia, #39 UK, #28 Hot 100, #21 Canada, #16 New Zealand, #13 Easy Listening, #1 Canada Country, #1Canada Adult Contemporary, #1 Hot Country Songs)  and "Sweet Music Man" (#89 Australia, #45 Canada, #44 Hot 100, #29 Adult Contemporary, #9 Hot Country Songs, #1 Canada Country, #1 Canada Adult Contemporary). Rogers passed away March 20, 2020 age 81 in hospice care after a range of health problems, including bladder cancer. He is surely missed. 

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

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
Management – Ken Kragen