Dobie Gray

American singer and songwriter (1940–2011)

Person Human Q485961

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: July 26, 1940
Date of death: December 6, 2011
Place of birth: Simonton
Place of death: Nashville
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: singer, singer-songwriter, composer, actor
Genre: soul, country music^[12]^[13]
Official website: www.dobiegray.com^[18]
Cause of death: cancer^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Family name: Brown^[16]
Given name: Lawrence^[17]
Instrument: voice^[20]
Manner of death: natural causes^[19]
Native language: English^[10]
Record label: Decca^[14]
Writing language: English^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Dobie Gray ar دوبي جراي (مغني) ja ドビー・グレイ zh 多比·格雷

🔖 Identifiers · 40

ISNI: 000000007735713X
VIAF cluster ID: 4132192
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n92100938
GND ID: 140662480
AZLyrics artist ID: d/dobiegray
Acharts.co artist ID: dobie_gray
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000138335
BBC Things ID: 84638879-1ba5-421b-9ece-9289ebc63174
Billboard artist ID: dobie-gray
DAHR artist ID: 318724
Deezer artist ID: 5989
Discogs artist ID: 107561

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Europeana entity: agent/base/77795
Film.ru person ID: dobie-gray
Find a Grave memorial ID: 81636567
Freebase ID: /m/01ldnmr
HAND ID: 5156-A7D9-135C-56CA-1D8E
IMDb ID: nm0113293
Kinobox person ID: 842143
Last.fm ID: Dobie+Gray
MusicBrainz artist ID: fb5d53ea-6090-49cd-b8ab-0d200bacf4c3
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 20165
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000058321
NNDB people ID: 416/000348369
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095904886
Plex person key: 5d7768eead5437001f7532a5
Rate Your Music artist ID: dobie_gray
Rock's Backpages artist ID: dobie-gray
SBN author ID: UBOV405196
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 1568
Songfacts artist ID: dobie-gray
Songkick artist ID: 354553
Spotify artist ID: 3mC1KCuZZSOlN8Z0M56VsV
TMDB person ID: 1239847
Tidal artist ID: 32919
WikiTree person ID: Brown-29918
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJfCr9Ky9MPG4Pc6cQPWjC
Yale LUX ID: person/9a65e5fb-511b-4155-b2e5-5cbbd6902411
Yandex Music artist ID: 11927
ČSFD person ID: 578796

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

actor, composer, singer, singer-songwriter

Genre 2

country music, soul

Cause of death 1

cancer

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Brown

Given name 1

Lawrence

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Native language 1

English

Place of birth 1

Simonton

Place of death 1

Nashville

Record label 1

Decca

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Dobie Gray was born on July 26, 1940^[1], in Simonton^[2]. He died on December 6, 2011^[3], in Nashville^[4]. He worked as a singer^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], composer^[7], and actor^[8].

FAQs

Where was Dobie Gray born?

Dobie Gray's place of birth was Simonton^[2].

Where did Dobie Gray die?

Dobie Gray passed away in Nashville^[4].

What did Dobie Gray do for work?

Dobie Gray worked as a singer^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], composer^[7], and actor^[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Dobie Gray — place of birth (P19): Simonton. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Dobie Gray — place of death (P20): Nashville. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Dobie Gray — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Dobie Gray — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Dobie Gray — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Dobie Gray — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Dobie Gray — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Dobie Gray — occupation (P106): composer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Dobie Gray — occupation (P106): actor. Retrieved 2019-05-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Dobie Gray — genre (P136): soul. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Dobie Gray — genre (P136): country music. Retrieved 2019-05-28. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Dobie Gray — record label (P264): Decca. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Dobie Gray — cause of death (P509): cancer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Dobie Gray — date of birth (P569): July 26, 1940. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-18. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Dobie Gray — date of death (P570): December 6, 2011. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2013-02-12. newschannel5.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Dobie Gray — family name (P734): Brown. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Dobie Gray — given name (P735): Lawrence. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Dobie Gray — official website (P856): http://www.dobiegray.com. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Dobie Gray — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Dobie Gray — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Dobie Gray — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Dobie Gray — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 32919

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5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57984: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
10w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 5156-A7D9-135C-56CA-1D8E

"Changed the item: Added mzn:دابی گری"
18w ago · Eddo1982! · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Family name → Brown

Cause of death → cancer

Record label → Decca

Manner of death → natural causes

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"Removed claim: Start of work period: 1960"

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Dobie Gray

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