oliver
oliver
Latest Release
- Pirun hyvii
- March 2025
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Good Morning Starshine [Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 4, 1970] | ||
| 2 | Jean | ||
| 3 | Electrify | ||
| 4 | Falling Back | ||
| 5 | Full Circle |
Albums
Feb 2025 • 1 song
Jan 2025 • 1 song
Dec 2024 • 8 songs
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Popular On
- Music For Charlotte Harbor/Gulf Islands
About
Biography
Born William Oliver Swofford on February 22, 1945, in North Wilkesboro, NC, Oliver's first big hit was a song from the Broadway musical Hair, also a source for a hit ("Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In") for the 5th Dimension. Released on Jubilee, "Good Morning Starshine" b/w "Can't You See" went to number three pop in spring 1969. A song written by Rod McKuen from the movie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, "Jean," issued on Crewe, went gold, holding the number two pop spot for two weeks and going to number one adult contemporary on Billboard's charts in fall 1969. Both were i...