Tim Moore (singer, songwriter)
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Tim Moore is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who had a recording career in his own right, but is best known through cover versions of his songs by other artists.
After classical training, he began his career in the 1960s as drummer with DC & the Senators, and then Woody’s Truck Stop, one of the first bands to feature Todd Rundgren. In 1967 he helped to form The Muffins, who had minor US success with a single, ‘Subway Traveler’. Next he joined Gulliver with Daryl Hall, and they recorded a self-titled album in 1970 before splitting.
In 1974 he released his first solo, self-titled album, on which he played most of the guitars, keyboards and bass. Singles, ‘A Fool Like You’, 'Second Avenue' and ‘When You Close Your Eyes’, received much airplay in the US and UK though only 'Second Avenue' made #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The following year he released ‘Behind The Eyes’, featuring what remains his best-known song, ‘Rock’n’Roll Love Letter’, a hit for the Bay City Rollers a year later. Subsequent albums followed a similar pattern, being highly praised by critics and providing material for other acts but without achieving major sales.
Other performers who have recorded songs by Moore include The Records (another version of ‘Rock’n’Roll Love Letter'), Maxine Nightingale ('I Think I Want to Possess You'), Ian Matthews ('A Fool Like You'), Colin Blunstone ('I Can Almost See The Light', 'When You Close Your Eyes'), Cliff Richard ('Love Enough'), Clifford T. Ward ('I Got Lost Tonight'), and Art Garfunkel ('Second Avenue').
He ceased recording after the release of ‘Flash Forward’, but has since done occasional session work for other artists, notably the Bee Gees, being responsible for the keyboards and programming on their 1993 album, ‘Size Isn’t Everything’.
[edit] Album discography
- ‘’Tim Moore’’ (1974)
- ‘’Behind The Eyes’’ (1975)
- ‘’White Shadows’’ (1977)
- ‘’High Contrast’’ (1979)
- ‘’Flash Forward’’ (1985)
