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"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

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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

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

References

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  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.
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