CRYSTAL GAYLE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 213571

CRYSTAL GAYLE
Shown holding her long hair to the side, wearing a sleeveless top
Inscribed photograph signed: "Alex,/Best Always/Crystal/Gayle". Color, 8x10. Crystal Gayle, the youngest sister of country legend Loretta Lynn, was born Brenda Gayle Webb in 1951. Lynn, who suggested the name Crystal, invited her sister to join her road show when Gayle was just 16. Known for her big ballad voice and ankle-length mane of brown hair, Gayle became a popular country and pop entertainer, touring worldwide (in 1979, she became the first U.S. country artist to tour China) and starring in three television specials as well as recording. Her signature song, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", was her biggest hit, and the album on which it was featured, We Must Believe in Magic, was the first by a female country music artist to go platinum. Gayle's other hits include "I'll Get Over You", her first No. 1 single (1976), "Brown Eyes", "Talking in Your Sleep" and "You and I" (1982, a duet with Eddie Rabbit). Her many awards include a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (1977), Academy of Country Music Top New Female Vocalist (1975), Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist (1976, 1977, 1979), CMA Female Vocalist of the Year (1977, 1979) and American Music Awards Favorite Female Artist (1979, 1980, 1986). Gayle was also nominated for a Grammy for her inspirational album, Someday. Ink note on verso (no show through). Fine condition.