Dobie Gray: Dobie Gray. Soundtrack: Casino. Dobie Gray was born on July 26, 1940, to a family of sharecroppers in Simonton, Texas (some sources cite Brookshire, Texas, as Gray's place of birth, but he claimed on his official website that he hails from Simonton. Moreover, his birth name has been variously cited as either Lawrence Victor Ainsworth or Laurence Darrow Brown). Gray's Baptist minister grandfather introduced him to gospel music. Dobie also...
Known For: Casino (Soundtrack("The 'In' Crowd")), Invincible (Soundtrack("Drift Away")), Wonderland (Soundtrack("Drift Away")), Uptown Saturday Night (Soundtrack("Uptown Saturday Night"))