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Gavin DeGraw

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What

Singer-songwriter behind hits like 'I Don't Want to Be' and 'Not Over You'.

When

1977, South Fallsburg, New York, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Gavin DeGraw is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Singer-songwriter behind hits like 'I Don't Want to Be' and 'Not Over You'.

How & why

Gavin DeGraw is an American singer-songwriter and pianist who broke through with the 2003 single 'I Don't Want to Be' — the theme to the TV series One Tree Hill — and later the hit 'Not Over You'. His mother was of Russian Jewish ancestry, though DeGraw was raised in a Christian household and does not present as religiously Jewish; his documented Jewish heritage is maternal. His blend of soul-inflected pop and piano-driven songwriting made him a fixture of 2000s American radio.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

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Singer-songwriter behind hits like 'I Don't Want to Be' and 'Not Over You'.

1977

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)