Second Avenue (song)

"Second Avenue"
Single by Tim Moore
from the album Tim Moore
B-side"Aviation Man"
ReleasedSeptember 1974
GenreEasy listening
Length3:51
LabelAsylum
Songwriter(s)Tim Moore
Producer(s)Nick Jameson
Tim Moore singles chronology
"A Fool Like You"
(1973) 		"Second Avenue"
(1974) 		"Charmer"
(1975)
"Second Avenue"
Single by Garfunkel
B-side"Woyaya"
ReleasedSeptember 1974
GenreEasy listening
Length3:59
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Tim Moore
Producer(s)Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee
Garfunkel singles chronology
"Traveling Boy"
(1974) 		"Second Avenue"
(1974) 		"Break Away"
(1975)

“Second Avenue” is a song written by American singer-songwriter Tim Moore. The song was released in 1974 as Moore's second single from his debut LP, concurrently with a version by Art Garfunkel (billed as simply Garfunkel), which received greater notice.

The Garfunkel recording was a non-album single. It peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also charted in Canada and Australia.

Chart performance

Tim Moore
Chart (1974) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[1] 60
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 58
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 41
US Cash Box Top 100[3] 59
Garfunkel cover
Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 89
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 32
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 39
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 34

Covers

  • Others who have recorded cover versions of the song include Colin Blunstone (on his 2009 album The Ghost of You and Me).[9]

References

  1. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. October 12, 1974. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  3. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 12, 1974
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. November 16, 1974. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. November 9, 1974. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  7. ^ "Art Garfunkel Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Art Garfunkel Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 16, 2022.