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Oct 24, 1952

Mark Gray is born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Briefly a member of Exile, he pens Janie Fricke's "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and Alabama's "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get." Gray also records three 1984 solo hits and a duet hit with Tammy Wynette, "Sometimes When We Touch"

Dec 27, 1983

Columbia releases Mark Gray's "Left Side Of The Bed"

Apr 24, 1984

Columbia releases Mark Gray's "If All The Magic Is Gone"

Apr 27, 1984

Columbia releases Mark Gray's debut album, "Magic"

Aug 27, 1984

Columbia releases Mark Gray's "Diamond In The Dust"

Jun 15, 1985

Mark Gray and Tammy Wynette perform "Sometimes When We Touch" on the syndicated TV show "Solid Gold"

Jun 14, 1986

Alabama hosts June Jam V in Fort Payne. The band's annual charity concert features musical guests Willie Nelson, Gary Morris, The Charlie Daniels Band, Mark Gray, Mel Tillis and The Forester Sisters

Dec 2, 2016

Singer/songwriter Mark Gray dies in Lebanon, Tennessee. A solo hitmaker in the 1980s, he also landed a duet with Tammy Wynette on "Sometimes When We Touch" and wrote Janie Fricke's "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and the Alabama singles "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get"

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