1. Gavin Shane DeGraw was born on February 4,1977 and is an American singer-songwriter.
32 Facts About Gavin DeGraw
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In 2013, Gavin DeGraw released the album Make a Move, while in 2016 he released the album Something Worth Saving.
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Gavin DeGraw's mother, Lynne, was a detox specialist nurse practitioner, and his father, John Wayne DeGraw, was a corrections officer; he referenced his father's and mother's respective occupations in the song "I Don't Want to Be".
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Gavin DeGraw's father was of Irish descent and his mother was of Russian Jewish ancestry.
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Gavin DeGraw began singing and playing piano at the age of eight.
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Gavin DeGraw has two older siblings: a sister, Neeka, and a brother, Joey.
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Gavin DeGraw played in a local Catskills group called "The People's Band" with his brother Joey and with local musician and vocalist Steven Levine, Bart and Hal Coopersmith.
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On his brother's advice, Gavin DeGraw began writing his own songs.
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Gavin DeGraw attended Ithaca College on a music scholarship, but found himself spending more time in his dorm room writing songs than attending classes and dropped out after one semester.
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Gavin DeGraw then moved to Boston, where he attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music for two semesters while singing in a rock band and playing solo gigs on the side.
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Gavin DeGraw began developing a reputation in New York's music community.
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Gavin DeGraw rose to fame in 2003 when "I Don't Want to Be" was chosen as the theme song for teen drama One Tree Hill.
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Gavin DeGraw went on to release an acoustic version of Chariot in 2004.
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DeGraw's second studio album, the self-titled Gavin DeGraw, was released on May 6,2008.
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Gavin DeGraw debuted at No 1 on the digital sales chart and ranked at No 7 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart.
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Gavin DeGraw made Free in less than two weeks at the Brooklyn studio of his producer, Camus Celli.
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Gavin DeGraw included some songs on the album that he wrote very early in his career and that have evolved over time, songs such as "Dancing Shoes" and "Glass".
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Gavin DeGraw went on to release an acoustic album based mostly on songs from Sweeter.
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Gavin DeGraw sang "Baby It's Cold Outside" with Colbie Caillat on her 2012 Christmas in the Sand album.
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On June 18,2013, Gavin DeGraw released "Best I Ever Had", the first single from his fifth studio album.
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In 2015, Gavin DeGraw collaborated with Swedish DJ Avicii on the song "Sunset Jesus", from his album Stories.
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Gavin DeGraw co-wrote the song, and he sang it during the Avicii Tribute Concert in Stockholm in 2019.
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On September 9,2016, Gavin DeGraw released his sixth studio album, Something Worth Saving.
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On May 20,2022, Gavin DeGraw's released his seventh studio album Face the River, with the title track serving as the lead single; a tribute to his late parents.
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Gavin DeGraw released his first Christmas EP, A Classic Christmas on October 13,2023.
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On September 27,2024, Gavin DeGraw is releasing a re-recorded version of his debut album Chariot to commemorate 20 years since its release, to be titled Chariot 20.
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On January 20,2025, Gavin DeGraw performed at one of the balls during Donald Trump's second inauguration as president of the United States.
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Gavin DeGraw appeared in an on-screen role in four One Tree Hill episodes.
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Gavin DeGraw was a contestant on season 14 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, which premiered on March 19,2012.
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Gavin DeGraw suffered a broken nose, a concussion, two black eyes, and lacerations to his face.
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Only minutes after the attack, Gavin DeGraw was struck by a taxi at 19th Street and First Avenue.
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In January 2012, Gavin DeGraw reported that he had made a full recovery from his injuries.