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American musician
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
24 October 1952(Vicksburg)
Death:
2 December 2016
The details
Biography
Introduction
Mark Eugene Gray (October 24, 1952 – December 2, 2016) was an American country music artist. He recorded both as a solo artist for Columbia Records and as a member of the country pop band Exile, of which he was a member between 1979 and 1982.
Gray's solo career included three albums and eight Top 40 country hits, of which the highest-peaking is the No. 6 Tammy Wynette duet "Sometimes When We Touch", a cover of the Dan Hill song. Gray also co-wrote "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get", both of which were originally recorded by Exile and later became Number One hits for Alabama. Other songs that Gray co-wrote include "It Ain't Easy Being Easy" for Janie Fricke and "Second Hand Heart" for Gary Morris. He died on December 2, 2016.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Magic |
| 26 |
| This Ol' Piano |
| 33 |
| That Feeling Inside |
| 35 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1983 | "It Ain't Real (If It Ain't You)" | 25 | — | Magic |
| "Wounded Hearts" | 18 | — | ||
| 1984 | "Left Side of the Bed" | 10 | 28 | |
| "If All the Magic Is Gone" | 9 | 6 | ||
| "Diamond in the Dust" | 9 | 4 | This Ol' Piano | |
| 1985 | "Sometimes When We Touch" (with Tammy Wynette) | 6 | 24 | |
| "Smooth Sailing (Rock in the Road)" | 43 | 30 | ||
| "Please Be Love" | 7 | 3 | That Feeling Inside | |
| 1986 | "Back When Love Was Enough" | 14 | 7 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||