Crystal Gayle, By the Numbers: 64th - her birthday today (Jan. 9, - TopicsExpress



          

Crystal Gayle, By the Numbers: 64th - her birthday today (Jan. 9, 1951 in Paintsville, Kentucky); 8th - number of children in her family (including her), she was the youngest; 19 - number of years younger than her sister, Loretta Lynn; 52 - number of singles on the country charts (57 - total singles); 18 - number of #1 country hits; 23 - number of combined weeks at #1 on the country charts; 2 - number of Top 10 pop hits; 6 - number of gold albums; 1st - female in country music to have a platinum album (We Must Believe in Magic); 1st - person to tape a performance on The Great Wall of China; 1 - Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (for Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blues); 2 - CMA awards for Female Vocalist (1977 and 1978); 3 - ACM awards for Female Vocalist (1976, 1977, 1979) and 1 more for Top New Female Vocalist in 1975; 22 - studio albums; 11 - compilation albums, 3 - gold albums in Canada; 33 - ranking on CMTs 2002 list of 40 Greatest Women of Country Music; 4 feet, 10 inches - the length of her hair, according an early 1980s People magazine article (1 inch shorter than Little Jimmy Dickens height). (Pic: Crystal at the 1988 Jamboree in the Hills concert) Other birthdays today: Texas singer/songwriter Hayes Carll; Kenny Sitter, of the Canadian country group Jo Hikk (Pic: during a 2010 station visit); Canadian country singer Dieter Boehme (born in Germany, settled in the Hamilton, Ont. area); and rockabilly singer Roy Head. Also born on this date: Billy Cowsill, of the pop group The Cowsills (the inspiration for TVs Partridge Family and the country group The Blue Shadows (died 2006) (Pic: Billy wearing a Star Trek: Next Generation communicator badge he got from actress Marina Sirtis while visiting the bridge set); singer/songwriter/pianist Big Al Downing (died 2005); Jack McFadden, Buck Owens manager for over 30 years (died 1998); and steel guitarist Jimmy Day, who played on Ray Prices recording of Crazy Arms (died 1999).
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:23:53 +0000

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