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Dobie Gray, born Lawrence Darrow Brown, (Simonton July 26, 1940 - Nashville, December 6, 2011) was an American soul singer and stage actor from the 1960s and 1970s. Gray was an African American. His grandfather was a minister at a Baptist church, which is how Gray ended up in gospel. When he left for California in the early 1960s, he met Sonny Bono. That led to Gray releasing his first single, “Look at me“. The single did hit the charts, but his real breakthrough came in 1965 with the song “The in crowd“, which remained on the charts in the US for about three months. Gray also had other talents, including playing in Hollywood theaters. There he became known with the musical “Hair“, with which he toured for two and a half years. His most famous hits were “Loving arms“ and “Drift away“. This recording is an exclusive recording of Vray performing at the tvshow ’Grand Gala du Disque on 15 February 1974 in the RAI Congresshall, Amsterdam. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 15 February 1974. This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
