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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While he's renowned for the decade-old hit "Blue Ain't Your Color," 2012-inducted Grand Ole Opry member Keith Urban sang 2017 cast ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

She’ll take the stage on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Tickets will be available on AXS and in person at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office. Gayle is best known for her hit “Don’t It Make My ...

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 ...

Crystal Gayle tells PEOPLE that she recently encountered a meniscus injury, which has left her unable to attend the 2026 Your Roots Are Showing conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she was ...