This “Stand Out Single” reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.
The 1973 single “Drift Away” / “City Stars” by Dobie Gray represents both a commercial breakthrough and a historically significant release tied to the closing chapter of Decca Records as a major U.S. pop label. Issued in early 1973 as Decca 33057, the record is widely regarded as the label’s last major hit before its consolidation into MCA,
Several more notable artists have passed away in March and April of 2025.
This group have recorded music such as “Since I Fell For You” and “Ebb Tide”; written songs for the such as Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, and Vince Gill; hosted game shows including Gambit, Tic Tac Dough, Las Vegas Gambit, and High Rollers; and performed on TV shows including Far Out Space Nuts, The Kroft Superstar Hour, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Born October 17, 1941, in Sidney, Texas to oilman and musician Wayland Seals[1], Jim Seals was a fiddle champion in his youth and later took up the saxophone. Seals joined an outfit called Dean Beard and the Crew Cats, in which he played sax; later on, Dash Crofts joined Seals in the band.
