The singer's country-soul hit was a radio staple for decades, even as recently as 2003 when Uncle Kracker covered the song and reached no. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. On Dec. 6, the Detroit rocker ...

Singer Dobie Gray, who had an enormous hit with 1973's "Drift Away," has died at age 71. Gray's personal website confirms the news. No cause of death was listed. According to Gray's site, he was born ...

Dobie Gray’s classic rendering of Mentor Williams’ ‘Drift Away’ back in 1973 is pretty much the epitome of a hit song, top to bottom. It’s got that great little Stephen Stills-esque guitar lick in the ...

Pop/Soul/Country singer/songwriter Dobie Gray passed away today after a long, respected career as a silky crooner and songwriter, who achieved moderate success in the ’60s and ’70s. He had his biggest ...

Soul singer Dobie Gray, known for the 1973 hit “Drift Away,” died yesterday at the age of 71, his website reported. The cause of death was not revealed. Gray was born in 1940 to a family of ...

Gimme the beat, boys, and free my soul / I wanna get lost in your rock ‘n’ roll / And drift away … So sang Dobie Gray nearly 40 years ago, exposing a little-known, quasi-spiritual song from 1972 that, ...

Dobie Gray was more than a smooth balladeer who recorded the timeless hit “Drift Away” in 1973. He wrote songs for an array of country and pop performers, was a trailblazing entertainer in South ...