Ames returned to singing as a solo artist in 1965. He released his first RCA Victor chart single, "Try to Remember". The song barely made the charts. A bigger success came in 1967 with "My Cup Runneth Over". The song was both a pop hit and an adult contemporary radio hit. He had less success on the Pop charts soon after, and only had Adult Contemporary hits with "Time, Time", "When the Snow Is on the Roses", and "Timeless Love", the latter written by Buffy Sainte-Marie. He did make the Pop Top Twenty one last time in his singing career with "Who Will Answer?" in 1968. "Apologize" reached #47 in the Canadian "RPM" Magazine hot singles chart.