[1] He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill starting in 1963 and began singing as an undergraduate.

Written by poet Rod McKuen, "Jean" also sold over one million copies, garnering Oliver his second gold disc in as many months.

His cover of "I Can Remember", the 1968 James & Bobby Purify hit, missed the Hot 100 but climbed into the top 25 of the Billboard Easy Listening chart in the mid summer of 1970.

[3] Late that fall, Oliver also had one inspirational recording titled "Light the Way", composed by Eric Carmen.

Oliver's last single to enter the pop music charts was his 1971 cover of "Early Morning Rain" by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.

[5] Resuming the name Bill "Oliver" Swofford, the singer toured hundreds of college campuses in the eastern and southern United States in 1976 and 1977.

The album was finally released in 2005 under the title Lonely Days, and contained the same song list as "In Our Time", minus his re-recorded hits, "Good Morning Starshine" and "Jean".

Bob Crewe, and "60's on 6" celebrity disc jockey, Phlash Phelps, served as honorary co-chair(s) with Brown.