Crystal gayle wikipedia
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Crystal Gayle
American country music singer (born 1951)
Brenda Gail Webb (born January 9, 1951), known professionally as Crystal Gayle, is an American country music singer widely known for her 1977 hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Initially, Gayle's management and record label were the same as that of her oldest sister, Loretta Lynn. Not finding success with the arrangement after several years, and with Lynn's encouragement, Gayle decided to try a different approach. She signed a new record contract and began recording with Nashville producer Allen Reynolds. Gayle's new sound was sometimes referred to as middle-of-the-road (MOR) or country pop, and was part of a bigger musical trend by many country artists of the 1970s to appeal to a wider audience. Subsequently, Gayle became one of the most successful crossover artists of the 1970s and 80s.[2][3] She is known for her floor-length hair.[4]
Gayle was said to have begun her career in the 1960s performing as a background singer in Lynn's band (although Gayle says this actually never happe
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Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb on January 9, 1951) is an award-winning American country music singer. Best known for her 1977 country-pop crossover hit song, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", she accumulated 20 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s (18 on Billboard and 2 on Cashbox) with six albums certified Gold by the RIAA. Crystal Gayle became the first female artist in country music history to reach Platinum sales with her 1977 album, "We Must Believe in Magic". Also famous for her nearly floor-length hair, she was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine in 1983. She is the youngest sister (by 19 years) of singer Loretta Lynn and a distant cousin of singer Patty Loveless. Crystal Gayle has a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame, near Loretta Lynn's star.
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- 1 Biography and career
- 1.1 1970–1977: Country beginnings
- 1.2 1977–1989: Crossover
- 1.3 1990–present: Later career
- 2 Discography
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Crystal Gayle
(1951-)
Who Is Crystal Gayle?
Crystal Gayle was born in 1951 in Kentucky. Gayle's older sister is country legend Loretta Lynn, and following in her footsteps, Gayle set out at an early age to be a musician. She released her first single in 1970 and landed her first No. 1 hit in 1976. "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" would soon make Gayle a crossover superstar, hitting No. 1 on the country chart and No. 2 on the pop chart. That smash led to several others, and Grammy and CMA awards followed Gayle throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Early Years
Crystal Gayle, originally Brenda Gail Webb, was born in Paintsville, Kentucky, on January 9, 1951. Her family moved to Wabash, Indiana, when Gayle was four, and her father died just a few years later from cancer. Gayle was the youngest of eight children. One of her sisters, already out of the house when Gayle was born, was future country music legend Loretta Lynn.
Gayle was a singer from a young age, and her love of music, and her sister’s success, inspired her to pick up a guitar and perform in high school. S
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