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• CRYSTAL {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}CRYSTAL GAYLE IS A GRAMMY-WNG AMERIN UNTRY MIC ARTIST KNOWN FOR SUCH SONGS AS "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE" AND "TALKG YOUR SLEEP."{MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: OCT 1, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: JEFF KRAVZ/FILMMAGIC VIA GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1951-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS CRYSTAL GAYLE?CRYSTAL GAYLE WAS BORN 1951 KENTUCKY. GAYLE'S OLR SISTER IS UNTRY LEGEND {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}LORETTA LYNN, AND FOLLOWG HER FOOTSTEPS, GAYLE SET OUT AT AN EARLY AGE TO BE A MICIAN. SHE RELEASED HER FIRST SGLE 1970 AND LAND HER FIRST NO. 1 H 1976. "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE" WOULD SOON MAKE GAYLE A CROSSOVER SUPERSTAR, HTG NO. 1 ON THE UNTRY 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 YEARSCRYSTAL GAYLE, ORIGALLY BRENDA GAIL WEBB, WAS BORN PATSVILLE, KENTUCKY, ON JANUARY 9, 1951. HER FAY MOVED TO WABASH, INDIANA, WHEN GAYLE WAS FOUR, AND HER FATHER DIED JT A FEW YEARS LATER OM NCER. GAYLE WAS THE YOUNGT OF EIGHT CHILDREN. ONE OF HER SISTERS, ALREADY OUT OF THE HOE WHEN GAYLE WAS BORN, WAS FUTURE UNTRY MIC LEGEND LORETTA LYNN. GAYLE WAS A SGER OM A YOUNG AGE, AND HER LOVE OF MIC, AND HER SISTER’S SUCCS, SPIRED HER TO PICK UP A GUAR AND PERFORM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ALSO SANG BACKUP HER BROTHER’S BAND AND ACPANIED LYNN ON TOUR, GETTG AN EARLY TASTE OF THE LIFE OF A PROFSNAL TOURG MICIAN.HTG THE CHARTSIN 1970, DEC RERDS RELEASED GAYLE’S FIRST SGLE, "I'VE CRIED (THE BLU RIGHT OUT OF MY EY)," A TRADNAL UNTRY SONG WRTEN BY LYNN THAT LAND THE TOP 40 ON THE UNTRY CHART. THE LABEL WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE GAYLE FOLLOW HER SISTER’S FAMO FOOTSTEPS, AND THEY RELEASED THREE MORE SGL OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ALL OF WHICH HELPED GAYLE GET SOME FOOTG WH LISTENERS. BUT GAYLE CID EARLY ON HER REER THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF ON HER OWN TERMS, AND SHE LEFT DEC FOR UNED ARTISTS 1974. THERE, GAYLE WAS SET EE MILLY, AND HER FIRST ALBUM, CRYSTAL GAYLE, WAS RELEASED THAT SAME YEAR. “WRONG ROAD AGA” BEME HER FIRST BONA FI H, FDG A SPOT THE TOP 10 ON THE UNTRY CHART.SUPERSTARTWO YEARS LATER, GAYLE WOULD FD HER WAY TO NO. 1 WH “I'LL GET OVER YOU," AND HOT ON S HEELS ME THE CROSSOVER SMASH "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE," WHICH H NO. 1 ON THE UNTRY CHARTS AND NO. 2 ON THE POP CHARTS. THE ALBUM OM WHICH THE H ME, WE MT BELIEVE MAGIC, HELPED EARN GAYLE HER FIRST GRAMMY, FOR BT FEMALE COUNTRY VOL, AND SHE BEME THE FIRST FEMALE UNTRY ARTIST TO GO PLATUM. ALSO DURG THIS PERD, GAYLE MA SEVERAL NOTABLE MOV TO TELEVISN, STARRG HER OWN HOUR-LONG PRIME-TIME TV SPECIALS AND HOSTG A NCERT SPECIAL ON HBO AND A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. WHEN THE WORLD SAW GAYLE THROUGH THE APPEARANC, WH HER SIGNATURE HAIR, STRETCHG NEARLY TO THE FLOOR, HER FAN BASE GREW BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.CONTUED SUCCSTHE 1970S WERE A REER-MAKG FOR GAYLE, AND THE SUCCS SHE FOUND WH “BROWN EY” NTUED WH SEVERAL MORE NO. 1 UNTRY HS, CLUDG "YOU NEVER MISS A REAL GOOD THG (TILL HE SAYS GOODBYE)" AND "TALKG YOUR SLEEP" (ALSO A H ON THE POP CHART). IN 1980, SHE LAND AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AGA WH "IF YOU EVER CHANGE YOUR MD" AND "IT'S LIKE WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE.” IN 1981, "YOU AND I," A DUET WH EDDIE RABBT, WAS ANOTHER CROSSOVER H, AND SHE MA TO NO. 1 FIVE MORE TIM OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.WHILE GAYLE NTUED TO RERD SPORADILLY THE 1990S AND 2000S, SHE SAW HER LAST H 1986 WH “CRY.” HBAND AND CHILDRENSHE MARRIED BILL GATZIMOS 1971 AND THE UPLE HAVE TWO CHILDREN. SHE WAS AWARD A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 2009. {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}BIRTH YEAR: 1951BIRTH DATE: JANUARY 9, 1951BIRTH STATE: KENTUCKYBIRTH CY: PATSVILLEBIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATGENR: FEMALEBT KNOWN FOR: CRYSTAL GAYLE IS A GRAMMY-WNG AMERIN UNTRY MIC ARTIST KNOWN FOR SUCH SONGS AS "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE" AND "TALKG YOUR SLEEP."INDTRIMICASTROLOGIL SIGN: CAPRIRNFACT CHECK
• SIX CRYSTAL GAYLE FACTS THAT YOU SHOULD DEFELY KNOW
• CRYSTAL GAYLE
• CRYSTAL GAYLE REVEALS SHE'S WANTED TO CUT HER LONG HAIR: SOME DAYS 'I JT WANT TO TAKE THE SCISSORS'

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GAYLE'S OLR SISTER IS UNTRY LEGEND {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}LORETTA LYNN, AND FOLLOWG HER FOOTSTEPS, GAYLE SET OUT AT AN EARLY AGE TO BE A MICIAN. SHE RELEASED HER FIRST SGLE 1970 AND LAND HER FIRST NO. 1 H 1976. "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE" WOULD SOON MAKE GAYLE A CROSSOVER SUPERSTAR, HTG NO. 1 ON THE UNTRY 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 YEARSCRYSTAL GAYLE, ORIGALLY BRENDA GAIL WEBB, WAS BORN PATSVILLE, KENTUCKY, ON JANUARY 9, 1951. HER FAY MOVED TO WABASH, INDIANA, WHEN GAYLE WAS FOUR, AND HER FATHER DIED JT A FEW YEARS LATER OM NCER. GAYLE WAS THE YOUNGT OF EIGHT CHILDREN. ONE OF HER SISTERS, ALREADY OUT OF THE HOE WHEN GAYLE WAS BORN, WAS FUTURE UNTRY MIC LEGEND LORETTA LYNN. GAYLE WAS A SGER OM A YOUNG AGE, AND HER LOVE OF MIC, AND HER SISTER’S SUCCS, SPIRED HER TO PICK UP A GUAR AND PERFORM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ALSO SANG BACKUP HER BROTHER’S BAND AND ACPANIED LYNN ON TOUR, GETTG AN EARLY TASTE OF THE LIFE OF A PROFSNAL TOURG MICIAN.HTG THE CHARTSIN 1970, DEC RERDS RELEASED GAYLE’S FIRST SGLE, "I'VE CRIED (THE BLU RIGHT OUT OF MY EY)," A TRADNAL UNTRY SONG WRTEN BY LYNN THAT LAND THE TOP 40 ON THE UNTRY CHART. THE LABEL WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE GAYLE FOLLOW HER SISTER’S FAMO FOOTSTEPS, AND THEY RELEASED THREE MORE SGL OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ALL OF WHICH HELPED GAYLE GET SOME FOOTG WH LISTENERS. BUT GAYLE CID EARLY ON HER REER THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF ON HER OWN TERMS, AND SHE LEFT DEC FOR UNED ARTISTS 1974. THERE, GAYLE WAS SET EE MILLY, AND HER FIRST ALBUM, CRYSTAL GAYLE, WAS RELEASED THAT SAME YEAR. “WRONG ROAD AGA” BEME HER FIRST BONA FI H, FDG A SPOT THE TOP 10 ON THE UNTRY CHART.SUPERSTARTWO YEARS LATER, GAYLE WOULD FD HER WAY TO NO. 1 WH “I'LL GET OVER YOU," AND HOT ON S HEELS ME THE CROSSOVER SMASH "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE," WHICH H NO. 1 ON THE UNTRY CHARTS AND NO. 2 ON THE POP CHARTS. THE ALBUM OM WHICH THE H ME, WE MT BELIEVE MAGIC, HELPED EARN GAYLE HER FIRST GRAMMY, FOR BT FEMALE COUNTRY VOL, AND SHE BEME THE FIRST FEMALE UNTRY ARTIST TO GO PLATUM. ALSO DURG THIS PERD, GAYLE MA SEVERAL NOTABLE MOV TO TELEVISN, STARRG HER OWN HOUR-LONG PRIME-TIME TV SPECIALS AND HOSTG A NCERT SPECIAL ON HBO AND A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. WHEN THE WORLD SAW GAYLE THROUGH THE APPEARANC, WH HER SIGNATURE HAIR, STRETCHG NEARLY TO THE FLOOR, HER FAN BASE GREW BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.CONTUED SUCCSTHE 1970S WERE A REER-MAKG FOR GAYLE, AND THE SUCCS SHE FOUND WH “BROWN EY” NTUED WH SEVERAL MORE NO. 1 UNTRY HS, CLUDG "YOU NEVER MISS A REAL GOOD THG (TILL HE SAYS GOODBYE)" AND "TALKG YOUR SLEEP" (ALSO A H ON THE POP CHART). IN 1980, SHE LAND AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AGA WH "IF YOU EVER CHANGE YOUR MD" AND "IT'S LIKE WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE.” IN 1981, "YOU AND I," A DUET WH EDDIE RABBT, WAS ANOTHER CROSSOVER H, AND SHE MA TO NO. 1 FIVE MORE TIM OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.WHILE GAYLE NTUED TO RERD SPORADILLY THE 1990S AND 2000S, SHE SAW HER LAST H 1986 WH “CRY.” HBAND AND CHILDRENSHE MARRIED BILL GATZIMOS 1971 AND THE UPLE HAVE TWO CHILDREN. SHE WAS AWARD A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 2009. {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}BIRTH YEAR: 1951BIRTH DATE: JANUARY 9, 1951BIRTH STATE: KENTUCKYBIRTH CY: PATSVILLEBIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATGENR: FEMALEBT KNOWN FOR: CRYSTAL GAYLE IS A GRAMMY-WNG AMERIN UNTRY MIC ARTIST KNOWN FOR SUCH SONGS AS "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE" AND "TALKG YOUR SLEEP."INDTRIMICASTROLOGIL SIGN: CAPRIRNFACT CHECK

(1951-)Who Is Crystal Gayle? Crystal Gayle was born 1951 Kentucky.

SIX CRYSTAL GAYLE FACTS THAT YOU SHOULD DEFELY KNOW

Gayle's olr sister is untry legend Loretta Lynn, and followg her footsteps, Gayle set out at an early age to be a mician. "Don't It Make My Brown Ey Blue" would soon make Gayle a crossover superstar, htg No.

That smash led to several others, and Grammy and CMA awards followed Gayle throughout the 1970s and YearsCrystal Gayle, origally Brenda Gail Webb, was born Patsville, Kentucky, on January 9, 1951.

CRYSTAL GAYLE

Her fay moved to Wabash, Indiana, when Gayle was four, and her father died jt a few years later om ncer. Gayle was the youngt of eight children.

One of her sisters, already out of the hoe when Gayle was born, was future untry mic legend Loretta Lynn. Gayle was a sger om a young age, and her love of mic, and her sister’s succs, spired her to pick up a guar and perform high school. Htg the ChartsIn 1970, Dec Rerds released Gayle’s first sgle, "I've Cried (The Blu Right Out of My Ey), " a tradnal untry song wrten by Lynn that land the top 40 on the untry chart.

The label was more than happy to have Gayle follow her sister’s famo footsteps, and they released three more sgl over the next three years, all of which helped Gayle get some footg wh listeners.

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But Gayle cid early on her reer that she wanted to make a name for herself on her own terms, and she left Dec for Uned Artists 1974.

There, Gayle was set ee milly, and her first album, Crystal Gayle, was released that same year. SuperstarTwo years later, Gayle would fd her way to No. The album om which the h me, We Mt Believe Magic, helped earn Gayle her first Grammy, for Bt Female Country Vol, and she beme the first female untry artist to go platum.