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Dobie Gray (born Lawrence Victor Ainsworth, 26 July 1940) is an African American musician/singer best known for his cover of the song "Drift Away", which was one of the biggest hits of 1973, and still remains a staple of radio airplay.
Gray was born in Texas, possibly in Simonton. There is some disagreement about his birthdate, but it is generally placed in the early 1940s
. His birth name is also disputed, being listed as "Leonard Victor Ainsworth" or "Laurence Darrow Brown". However, Gray is listed in the Fort Bend County Birth Records in Texas, as being born on July 26, 1940, to Jane P. Spencel and Jethro Clifton Brown.
CareerGray moved from Texas to California in the 1960s, where he was mentored by Sonny Bono, and later moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Both the original "Drift Away" single, and album of the same title, were the final records pressed on the Decca Records label, before it was absorbed by MCA.
Gray had other hits with songs such as "Loving Arms" (1973), "Out On The Floor," and "The 'In' Crowd" (1965), which garnered him his first international recognition. Written by Billy Page, the lyrics of "The 'In' Crowd" extolled the cool sassiness and hipness of the mid-1960s. The record was on the charts for three months. The Ramsey Lewis Trio's hit instrumental cover version was released later in 1965. "Drift Away" became a hit again in 2003, when it was covered by Uncle Kracker on his No Stranger to Shame album. The recording is a duet between Kracker and Gray, who is also featured in the video.
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