Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Dobie Gray (born Lawrence Darrow Brown; July 26, 1940 – December 6, 2011) was an American singer and songwriter. Gray's music spanned multiple genres, including soul , country , pop , and musical theater .
Mentor Ralph Williams (June 11, 1946 – November 16, 2016) was an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing "Drift Away", a popular song first performed by Mike Berry in 1972 and popularized by Dobie Gray the following year, and has since been covered by multiple artists.
A hit single was released, a cover version of Dobie Gray's 1973 Top 5 hit, "Drift Away" – also including Gray as a guest vocalist. Kracker's version of this song peaked at No. 9 on the Hot 100 one week to the day after Gray's 63rd birthday, and it set a record for most weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, remaining atop this chart ...
Toby Keith's net worth at the time of his death was $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He accumulated his wealth as a singer/songwriter and performer, but he also got rich off ...
A country version was recorded by American country music and rockabilly singer Narvel Felts in 1973. Felts' version — which changed the lyrics "I wanna get lost in your rock and roll" to "I wanna get lost in your country song" — peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in mid-August 1973, about three months after Gray's version reached its popularity peak. [14]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors have turned over a massive trove of medical records, emails and other evidence to attorneys representing six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, the first ...
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the charismatic frontman was worth $10 million when he died. By comparison, Pat Sajak , who took over as host of WoF when Woolery got canned (more on that in a ...
The film's spytime score was composed by Fred Darian (who then managed Dobie Gray) [6] and Al DeLory. [7] The film was written by Larry Hovis, who was then co-starring in Hogan's Heroes. This movie is the only onscreen appearance of The Turtles in a feature film. John Lodge, who plays John Stamp, never reveals his face onscreen.