Name: Crystal Gayle

Birth Name: Brenda Gail Webb

Born:  January 9, 1951, Paintsville, Kentucky

Claim to Fame:  A "Country-Pop" singer. She enjoyed the
majority of her success in the 70s and 80s, although she still is moderately popular in the 90's.

I'd have to say her biggest hit was, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." Then again maybe "You've Been Talking in Your Sleep"... that was pretty big too.

Family Life: Bill Gatzimos (1970 - present) and two children: Catherine Clare & Christos James.

Info:  Crystal has had a very good career. You could say she followed in her sister's footsteps in choosing a singing career. Her big sister is none other than country legend, Loretta Lynn.

She has tried her hand at acting a little. In 1987, she was a guest star on the daytime soap, "Another World" for a week. I believe she played herself though.

Where Is She Now:  Still actively touring the country, Crystal can still pack them in. In fact you can keep up to date with her concert dates by visiting: Crystal Gayle Tour Dates

Her current tour is to promote a new CD called, "All My Tomorrow."

If your in Brentwood TN make sure you stop by her store called, Crystal's. It specializes in gifts.

Trivia: How she got her name Crystal... Loretta thought she needed something a little classier, so they changed it to Crystal after spotting a sign for the "Krystal" restaurant chain.

Her trademark is her floor-length brown hair. When asked why she has it so long she says... "mother always kept my hair cut short."

Crystal is the first female country artist to have an album reach Platinum Status: "We Must Believe In Magic" in 1977.

She's also the first country artist to tour China: 1979

Related to singer Patty Loveless, altought I'm not sure how.

When her 1980 song "If You Ever Change Your Mind" was Grammy-nominated in the Best Country Vocal Performance
category, Crystal found herself competing (same category) with Sissy Spacek who was nominated for title song from "Coal Miner's Daughter", the acclaimed biopic in which Sissy portrayed Gayle's real-life sister Loretta Lynn.

CREDITS:
Believe it or not, she has done a little bit of acting. Hereis a listing then after that we'll move into her Discography.

Gordy (1995) (singer: "I Made a Promise")
"Masquerade" (1983) TV Series (singer: theme song)
Six Pack (1982) (singer: "Hello I Love You")
One from the Heart (1982) (singer)
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993) .... Emily
Country Comes Home (1982) (TV)

DISCOGRAPHY:
1975 Crystal Gayle
1975 Somebody Loves You
1976 Crystal
1977 Crystal Gayle Sampler
1977 We Must Believe in Magic
1978 When I Dream
1978 I've Cried The Blue Right Out Of My Eyes
1979 Classic Crystal
1979 Miss The Mississippi
1979 We Should Be Together
1980 The Very Best of
1980 A Woman's Heart
1980 The Crystal Gayle Singles Album
1980 Favorites
1980 These Days
1981 Hollywood, Tennessee
1981 One From The Heart (Soundtrack with Tom Waits) - CD
1982 Love Songs
1982 True Love
1983 Cage The Songbird
1984 Crystal Gayle
1985 Nobody Wants To Be Alone
1985 The Very Best Of
1986 Straight To The Heart
1987 What If We Fall In Love (with Gary Morris)
1987 The Crystal Gayle Collection (2 CD)
1987 The Best Of
1988 The Country Store Collection Volume 2 (CD)
1988 20 Love Songs (CD)
1988 Nobody's Angel
1988 Country Girl (CD)
1988 Classic Crystal
1990 Ain't Gonna Worry
1990 All-Time Greatest Hits
1991 Greatest Hits
1992 Three Good Reasons
1992 The Best Of Crystal Gayle (CD)
1992 Hits Of Crystal Gayle - Volume 1
1993 Best Of Crystal Gayle
1993 50 Original Tracks (2 CD)
1993 Best Always Branson
1994 Crystal Gayle (MCA Special Products)
1995 The Hit Albums (CD)
1995 Someday
1996 20 Great Love Songs
1996 The Best Of Crystal Gayle (CD)
1996 Best Of The Best (CD)
1996 A Crystal Christmas
1996 The Best Of Crystal Gayle -- Talking In Your Sleep (CD)
1996 Love Songs
1997 Country Classics (CD)
1997 Crystal Gayle -- Two In One
Cage The Songbird/Nobody Wants To Be Alone (CD)
1997 Crystal Gayle -- Two In One
Hollywood-Tennessee/True Love (CD)
1997 Crystal Gayle -- Two In One
Miss The Mississippi/These Days (CD)
1997 Crystal Gayle -- Two In One
Straight To The Heart/Nobodys Angel (CD)
1997 Joy And Inspiration
1997 Crystal Gayle
1999 Crystal Gayle Sings The Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael

Write To Crystal at:
Gayle Enterprises, Inc.
51 Music Square East
Nashville, TN 37203
 

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