Dobie Gray

( aka Leonard Ainsworth or Larry Curtis or Larry Dennis )

Born Lawrence Darrow Brown on 26 July 1940 in Texas, US.
Born in Texas although the exact place is unknown, Simonton being one of the most generally agreed on locations. There is also some argument as to his date of birth, 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 26 July 1940, to Jane P. Spencel and Jethro Clifton Brown.
Gray moved from Texas to California in the 1960s, where he was mentored by Sonny Bono and later took up residence in Nashville, Tennessee.
Both the original Drift Away single, and album of the same title, were the final records pressed on the Decca Records label. MCA absorbed the Decca label (along with its other subsidiaries) shortly thereafter.
Gray had other hits though, with songs such as The In Crowd in 1965, and Out On The Floor"" a decade later.
The record was in the charts for three months. The Ramsey Lewis Trio's hit version of it came two years later. 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 partial duet between Kracker and Gray, who is featured in the video.
Included in Northern Soul Top 500.
Included in Tim Ashibende's 5 all-time favourite tracks in The In Crowd - The Story of the Northern and Rare Soul Scene.
Died on 06 December 2011 in Tennessee, US.

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The In Crowd entered the US charts on 09 January 1965 and reached number 13.
(See You At The) 'Go-Go' entered the US charts on 03 April 1965 and reached number 69.

If Love Must Go entered the US charts on 14 February 1976 and reached number 78.
Find 'em, Fool 'em, Forget 'em entered the US charts on 23 October 1976 and reached number 94.