Dobie Gray
American singer-songwriterWikipedia
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Search complete. 12 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Dobie Gray".
Sep 16, 2026
Eddie GarciaPANELIST
Whoa.
Bobby BonesHOST
It was a Dobie Gray song.
Eddie GarciaPANELIST
Dobie Gray.
Brandon RayPANELIST
Okay.
Bobby BonesHOST
"Give me the beat, boy.
Dayton JohnGUEST
[laughs] And I was...
Dayton JohnGUEST
Like Do- the Dobie Gray song Drift Away, I thought for sure was the first person to do it.
Dayton JohnGUEST
Nope.
Dayton JohnGUEST
His version was a cover too, and I figured that out three days before we were actually supposed to record it.
Mod MartyHOST
We're back for another spin around the dial, another exciting show, another batch of incredible music, a mixture of new to us stuff that I just picked up, and, uh, some deep diving into the vaults.
Mod MartyHOST
The first one off the top there was Dobie Gray from 1965, See You At The Go-Go, which came out on the Charger label.
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[upbeat music] Well, you may be a hater, you may be a lover.
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You can bet your life one destroys the other.
EddieHOST
Whoa.
Bobby BonesHOST
It was a Dobie Gray song.
EddieHOST
Dobie Gray.
BrandonPANELIST
Okay.
Bobby BonesHOST
"Give me the beat boy- ... free my soul.
Josh CecilHOST
Corey Chisel.
Josh CecilHOST
Dobie Gray style.
Josh CecilHOST
Yeah, Drift Away.
Josh CecilHOST
All right, Corey Chisholm, I'll look that up.
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Peaked at number 47 on the Billboard albums chart, and it had the Prince-inspired R&B parody single, Idiot Boyfriend In 2002, Uncle Kracker released No Stranger to Shame.
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This was their sophomore album, peaked at number 43 on the Billboard albums chart, had the song In a Little While, and also his huge cover version, which went all the way up to number one, of Dobie Gray's song Drift Away.
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In 2007, Procol Harum released Secrets of the Hive.
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This was a double disc retrospective compilation.
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Kenny Malone passed away in 2021 at the age of 83.
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Kenny was a Nashville session drummer who backed up the late great Dolly Parton's song Jolene and also played on Dobie Gray's Drift Away.
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Joseph Haider passed away in 2006 at the age of 79 from natural causes.
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Joseph became famous for composing Hebrew folk and children's tracks that helped to form the core of traditional Israeli songwriting.
James GoldenHOST
1998, American conductor, composer, arranger, record producer Gene Page passed away on this day.
James GoldenHOST
He worked with so many artists like Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Jefferson Starship, Elton John, the J5, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Righteous Brothers, Dobie Gray.
James GoldenHOST
And he produced this one for Whitney Houston.
James GoldenHOST
He also produced, um, Tonight I Celebrate My Love with Roberta Flack and, uh, Peabo.
Robert MillerHOST
Well, in this instance, my featured song is my reimagined cover of The In Crowd.
Robert MillerHOST
It's the Dobie Gray classic from the mid-'60s.
Robert MillerHOST
My version, though, is very silky smooth, kind of like Sade might sing it, and I chose this because my guest sings cover songs, too, and very beautifully, I might add.
Robert MillerHOST
So I thought that that worked.
PepeHOST
Before that, how about the four tops? Ain't no woman like the one I've got, and that's certainly true for me, my wife, Becky.
PepeHOST
Dobie Gray, everybody's in with the in crowd right here on Pepe's Music Memories.
PepeHOST
And Georgia Peach, that song is called Hey Joyce.
PepeHOST
Lou Courtney is the artist.