1970 – 1977: Country beginnings
Gayle's debut single, I've Cried (The Blues Right Out of My Eyes), was released in 1970 peaking at No. 23 on Billboard's Country singles chart. The song was written by Loretta Lynn and performed in a style very similar to her sister's. Decca pushed for more records styled like Lynn's with Lynn actually writing more of her early singles. Unfortunately, this approach failed to establish Gayle in her own right even with regular appearances on Jim Ed Brown's television show The Country Place. She did not return to the Country Top 40 until 1974's Restless (No. 39).
Frustrated, she parted ways with Decca and signed with United Artists in 1974 where she teamed with producer Allen Reynolds. Reynolds offered Gayle the creative freedom she wanted helping her develop her own distinctive style and phrasing. Her first album, Crystal Gayle, was released in 1974 yielding her first Top Ten country hit, Wrong Road Again (No. 6). By 1976, Gayle amassed the first of her 18 Number One country sin
More about Crystal Gayle (From Wikipedia)
Early Years
Crystal Gayle was born Brenda Gail Webb in Paintsville, Kentucky, USA, on January 9, 1951, the youngest daughter of Melvin "Ted" and Clara Marie (Ramey) Webb. Her sister, country read more...
1970 – 1977: Country Beginnings
Gayle's debut single, I've Cried (The Blues Right Out of My Eyes), was released in 1970 peaking at No. 23 on Billboard's Country singles chart. The song was written by Loretta Lynn read more...
1977 – 1989: Crossover
Believing Gayle was poised for a larger breakthrough, Reynolds encouraged her to record the jazz-flavored ballad, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue. The song became the most successful read more...
Floor-length Hair
Gayle is known to be the female artist with the longest hair in the world. Her website says she grew her hair to such incredible lengths because she had to have it boyishly short read more...
Crystal Gayle (born January 9, 1951) is an American country singer best known for a series of country-pop crossover hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Grammy Award-winning, read more...
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