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Oliver

American singer (1945–2000)
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Oliver
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Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
February 22, 1945
Date of death
February 12, 2000
Place of birth
North Wilkesboro
Place of death
Shreveport
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
singer
Educated at
Wilkes Central High School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[9][10]
Sibling
John Swofford[26]
Genre
pop music[12]
Nominated for
Grammy Award for Best New Artist[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Birth name
William Oliver Swofford[22]
Different from
Oliver[24]
Discography
Oliver discography[14]
Family name
Swofford[15]
Given name
William, Oliver[16][17]
Instrument
voice[19]
Name in native language
Bill Swofford[23]
Native language
English[8]
Place of burial
Laurel Land Memorial Park[6]
Pseudonym
Oliver[18]
Record label
Jubilee Records[13]
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Start of work period
1960[25]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000462768189
VIAF cluster ID
60765578
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n93120165
GND ID
134476727
BBC Things ID
17985371-d7d9-489a-ad68-15db6c068f2f
Billboard artist ID
oliver
Carnegie Hall agent ID
107046
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134476727
Discogs artist ID
321306, 1270027
Europeana entity
agent/base/146749
FAST ID
332740
Find a Grave memorial ID
20124
Show all 23 identifiers +11
Freebase ID
/m/05bjcy
Grammy Awards artist ID
Oliver/14408
HAND ID
93F3-B65E-0CEC-59FD-792C
IMDb ID
nm1434116
Kinobox person ID
1196463
MusicBrainz artist ID
a3ce2ff1-db41-4337-9c3c-6e19667ca5ac, 3954aff6-07b3-4dc1-b4f6-9e0d174256ae
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
17039
SBN author ID
CFIV356976, DDSV012363
Songkick artist ID
2560021
WikiTree person ID
Swofford-275
Yale LUX ID
person/0c17a3b1-3d36-4995-bb03-1da74641da0a

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🔗 Connections
Given name 2
William, Oliver
← Performer 2
Ruby Tuesday, The Wheels on the Bus
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Different from 1
Oliver
Educated at 1
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Genre 1
pop music
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:performer of 1
Good Morning Starshine
Native language 1
English
Nominated for 1
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Occupation 1
singer
Place of birth 1
North Wilkesboro
Place of death 1
Shreveport
Record label 1
Jubilee Records
Sex or gender 1
male
← Different from 1
Oliver
← FactGrid item ID 1
Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels
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Summary

Oliver was born on February 22, 1945[1], in North Wilkesboro[2]. He died on February 12, 2000[3], in Shreveport[4]. He worked as a singer[5].

FAQs

Where was Oliver born?

Oliver's place of birth was North Wilkesboro[2].

Where did Oliver die?

Oliver died in Shreveport[4].

What did Oliver do for work?

Oliver worked as a singer[5].

Where did Oliver go to school?

Oliver was educated at Wilkes Central High School[9] and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[10].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62824: add P1810 to P396"
  2. 11d ago · Qyayoor · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → CFIV356976, DDSV012363
    "Created claim: SBN author ID: DDSV012363, batch #292920"
  3. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → William, Oliver
    Sex or gender → male
    Place of death → Shreveport
    Family name → Swofford
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46378: HAND ID (1)"
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