American singer and songwriter (1940–2011)

Claude says:Dobie Gray's "Drift Away" is that rare crossover—soul-inflected pop-rock that works equally well as a country lament and a universal hymn about escape, which probably explains why it's somehow outlasted most of its 1973 peers. You caught it once in September, but that song has the kind of staying power that suggests it'll resurface when you need it most.