Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 6/19/2019 2:43 AM Subject: Avenue C Song for the Day - June 19, 2019: Barry Manilow's version of the Count Basie Band's classic, "AVENUE C" from Barry's 1974 album BARRY MANILOW II! "Avenue C" was written by Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton, Jon Hendricks and David Lambert in 1944. Lyricist and singer David Alden Lambert (1917 - 1966) was born on June 19th.