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Crystal Gayle (born January 9, 1951) is an American country and western singer. She is also the sister of singer Loretta Lynn. Born Brenda Gail Webb in Paintsville, Kentucky, Gayle began performing and recording during the early 1970s. Her fourth album, We Must Believe in Magic (released in 1977) brought her to a wide audience. Fuelled by the worldwide hit single Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, which reached number two on the US pop charts, the album became a best seller and she won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the single. In 1977 and 1978 she was chosen the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year.", she also toured with Kenny Rogers in Britain. She continued to achieve success on the country charts, with such songs as Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For, and achieved several hits on the pop charts including Talking In Your Sleep, Half The Way and a duet with Eddie Rabbitt, You And I. Crystal Gayle and Tom Waits recorded the soundtrack to the movie One From the Heart in 1982. Gayle continues to record and perform, but has not achieved the same level of commercial success she enjoyed in the late 1970s. In 1987, she guest-starred on the soap opera Another World and sang a duet with Gary Morris. From October 1987 until March 1996, her duet was the theme song for the serial. She is also noted for her trademark long hair, which reaches the floor.
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About Crystal Gayle
Gayle first entered the US country charts in 1970 with the Top 30 hit, "I've Cried (The Blue Right Out Of My Eyes)", which was followed by "Everybody Oughta Cry" and "I Hope You're Havin' Better Luck Than Me'. There was nothing original about the records and Gayle, wanting a say in what she recorded, left the label. She joined United Artists Records and was teamed with producer Allen Reynolds, who was having success with Don Williams. Her first records had the easy-going charm of Williams" records, but her 1974 Top 10 country hit, "Wrong Road Again", hinted at the dynamics in her voice. Reynolds, who wrote the song, did not have enough time to devote to composing but nurtured several songwriters (including Richard Leigh and Bob McDill) who supplied Gayle with excellent songs. Gayle also had a Top 30 country hit with "Beyond You", co-written with her lawyer/manager/husband Vassilios "Bill" Gatzimos. Gayle returned to the country Top 10 with the title song from Somebody Loves You, and followed it with her first number 1 country single, "I'll Get Over You", written by Leigh. In 1976, Gayle was voted Female Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music, but Reynolds knew there was a bigger market than merely country fans for her records. He seized the opportunity when Leigh wrote the jazz-tinged ballad "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", although United Artists had reservations. "They thought it was a mistake", said Reynolds. "It was gimmickless, straight ahead, soulful and classy, but that's all it takes."
The public found "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" irresistible and in 1977 it went to number 2 in the US pop charts and reached number 5 in the UK. It also won Grammy awards for the Best Female Country Vocal Performance and for the Best Country Song. The album on which it appeared, We Must Believe In Magic, became the first album by a female country artist to sell over a million copies.
Gayle, who was Female Vocalist of the Year for both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association, said, "There is no rivalry between me and Loretta and if there is, it is on a friendly basis. I know that Loretta voted for me at the CMA awards in Nashville." In 1979, she became the first US country artist to perform in China. Although petite in stature, her stage act is mesmerizing. She stands with her back to the audience, who watch her luxurious hair sway back and forth. Gayle grows her hair to three inches off the floor: "If it's on the ground, I find I step on it on stage. When you've hair like this, you cannot plan anything other than washing your hair and doing your concert." Her fifth album, again produced by Reynolds, When I Dream, included the credit, "Suggestions: Crystal".
