The Grammy-winning classic, famously recorded in a single take, became one of the most successful country-pop crossover hits ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The song reminds Gayle of her Kentucky upbringing, as her and sister Loretta Lynn's mother would often play big band music in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. Apr 24, 2025, 03:49pm EDT Alana Springsteen at the 2024 CMT Music Awards held at ...

Beginning in 1970, Crystal Gayle spent two decades as one of country music’s biggest hitmakers. While perhaps not as legendary as her sister, Loretta Lynn, Gayle had more than 40 hit singles at ...

At the time, Leigh was a relatively new songwriter, already feeling depressed that he wasn’t having more success. According to Classic Country Music Stories, Leigh wrote “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes ...

After her song “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” blew up the charts, every song pitched to Crystal Gayle had the word “blue” in it. The year was 1977, and Gayle’s country music career was heating up.

This week in 1977: U.S. State Dept. proposed emergency admission of 10.000 Vietnam refugees who were fleeing their nation in small boats; hundreds of angry farmers rolled into Washington aboard ...

Loretta Lynn had seven siblings: Melvin “Junior” Webb, Herman Webb, Willie “Jay” Lee Webb, Donald Ray Webb, Peggy Sue Wright, Betty Ruth Hopkins and Crystal Gayle Tony R. Phipps/FilmMagic Loretta Lynn ...

It’s hard to follow your older sibling(s) into the music business. Ask Janet Jackson. Or Marie Osmond. Or Solange, Beyoncé’s sister. Country star Crystal Gayle was one of the first younger siblings of ...

Grammy®-winning songstress Crystal Gayle is a beloved country music icon whose reign in the music business includes 22 No. 1 country hits, four top twenty pop hits, six albums certified Gold by the ...

Country songbird Crystal Gayle has been hobbled by a knee injury that has also slowed down her career. The 75-year-old was forced to cancel an appearance at the Your Roots Are Showing conference in ...