Dobie Gray, a smooth balladeer who hit the top of the music charts in 1973 with “Drift Away” and wrote songs for an array of country and pop performers, died in his sleep in Nashville early Tuesday, ...

Most people will remember Dobie Gray as the singer who had a big hit with "Drift Away" back in 1973. But his influence in the music world went far beyond song that became a timeless classic. Gray ...

He wrote songs for an array of country and pop performers, was a trailblazing entertainer in South Africa and, in death, a philanthropist. Gray died in his sleep at his Nashville home Tuesday after a ...