Born January 9, 1951, in Paintsville, Kentucky, Crystal Gayle moved with her family to Wabash, Indiana, when she was still quite young. Her music career was given a big boost by her older sister, country superstar 'Loretta Lynn' for a week. She teamed up again with Gary Morris and turned out the hit "Another World", which was also used as the new theme song for the soap opera. Her career took somewhat of a downturn in the late 1980s and she released her last major single, "Never Ending Song of Love", which peaked at #72, in 1990. Since then she has released several more acclaimed albums and many hit compilations.
Country singer
First female country artist to have an album reach Platinum Status: "We Must Believe In Magic".
First country artist to tour China in 1979. First female country artist to hold her own television special.
Owns a store in Brentwood, Tennessee called "Crystals", which specializes in beautiful gifts.
Has two children: Catherine Clare and Christos James.
CMA award winner for Top Female Vocalist in 1977 and 1978.
ACM award winner for Top Female Vocalist in 1976, 1978 and 1979.
Voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1983.
Related to singer Patty Loveless. Aunt of Patsy Lynn and Peggy Lynn.
When her 1980 song "If You Ever Change Your Mind" was Grammy-nominated in the Best Country Vocal Performance category, the singer found herself competing (same category) with Sissy Spacek who was nominated for title song from Coal Miners Daughter , the acclaimed biopic in which Spacek portrayed Gayles real-life sister Loretta Lynn
Contributed vocal solos and duets with singer/songwriter/actor Tom Waits for the 1982 Francis Ford Coppola film One from the Heart .
Was inducted into the Native American Hall of Fame in 2001. She is of Tsalagi (Cherokee) ancestry.
Was awarded the Cherokee Medal of Honor in Tahlequah, by the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame on February 2008.
Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1515 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on October 2, 2009.
Younger sister of Loretta Lynn.
She and her elder sister Loretta Lynn were the only siblings to each make guest appearances in "The Muppet Show" .
Inducted into the Hair Fans Hall of Fame in 2013.
