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Crystal Gayle

Awards & Honors

Awards

Grammy Awards:

Grammy Awards:


  • Best Country Vocal Performance Female: 1978 “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” 


Recorded a song on 3 Grammy winning children’s albums:


  • Best Children’s Recording: 1981 – “Sesame Country” with various Artists
  • Best Children’s Recording: 1982 – “In Harmony 2” with various Artists
  • Best Children’s Recording: 2006 – “Songs from the Neighborhood - the Music of Mr. Rogers" with various Artists


Grammy Nominations:


  • Best Country Vocal Performance Female: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987
  • Best Country Gospel Album: 1996 “Someday”

Country Music Association Awards:

CMA Awards:


  • Female Vocalist of the Year:  1977
  • Female Vocalist of the Year:  1978


CMA Nominations:


  • Female Vocalist of the Year: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 
  • Entertainer of the Year: 1978 and 1979
  • Vocal Duo of the Year: 1983 with Eddie Rabbit, 1986 & 1987 with Gary Morris

Academy of Country Music Awards:

ACM Awards:


  • Most Promising Female Vocalist: 1975
  • Female Vocalist of the Year: 1976 
  • Female Vocalist of the Year: 1977
  • Female Vocalist of the Year: 1979
  • Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award - 2015

American Music Awards:

AMA Awards:


  • Favorite Country Female Artist: 1979
  • Favorite Country Female Artist: 1980
  • Favorite Country Female Artist: 1986
  • Favorite Country Female Video Artist: 1986


AMA Nominations:


  • Favorite Country Female Artist: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986
  • Favorite Country Single: 1981 “If You Ever Change Your Mind”
  • Favorite Country Album: 1980 “Miss the Mississippi”


American Eagle Awards

AEA Awards:


  • Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)

Music City News

  • Most Promising Female Artist of the Year (1975) - Crystal's first award!

Honors

People Magazine

  • The 50 Most Beautiful People In The World - Ranked #2 (1983)

Radio & Records

  • Most Performed Country Female Artist of the Decade on Radio (1975-1985)

Nashville Symphony

  • Received the Harmony Award for exemplifying the harmonious spirit of Nashville's musical community (1987)  

Celebration of Light Award

  • Awarded by Waterford Crystal in recognition of Crystal's efforts on behalf of the American Lung Association (1988)

Cherokee Medal Of Honor

  • Awarded in Tahlequah, Oklahoma (2000)

Native American Music Association Hall of Fame

  • Inducted in 2001

Indiana Historical Society

  • Indiana Living Legend Award (2005)

American Entertainment Magazine

  • Best Female Entertainer (2007)

Kentucky Music Hall of Fame

  • Inducted in 2008

Hollywood Walk of Fame

  • 2,390th Star awarded on October 2, 2009 - located on the west side of the 1500 block of Vine Street

Grand Ole Opry Induction

  • Crystal was inducted at the Ryman by her sister Loretta Lynn on January 21, 2017

Lefthanders International

  • Awarded Lefthander of the Year - Music (1985, 1988)

Highlights



  • First country female artist to achieve Platinum sales of an album (over 1,000,000 copies) - “We Must Believe in Magic” released in 1977 


  • “Talking In Your Sleep” was awarded BMI’s Most Performed Country Song in 1978


  • In 1999 “Don’t it Make My Brown Eye’s Blue” was recognized by ASCAP as one of the ten most performed country songs of the 20th century


  • Crystal’s duet hit with Eddie Rabbit, “You and I,” was named the #7 all time favorite Country Music duet in CMT’s Top 100 Greatest Country Duets of All Time television special


  • Charted 22 #1 Country singles on Billboard and Radio & Records


  • Charted 34 top 10 Country singles on Billboard and Radio & Records


  • Released over 30 albums - 3 Platinum and 5 Gold in the United States and numerous Platinum and Gold albums in foreign countries


  • Charted 4 Top Twenty Pop Singles - “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” “Talking In Your Sleep,” “Half the Way” and “You and I” (duet with Eddie Rabbitt)


  • Hosted 2 CBS TV specials -  "The Crystal Gayle Special" (1979) and "Crystal" (1980)


  • Hosted a holiday TV special - "A Crystal Christmas in Sweden" featuring David Hasselhoff, John Davidson, and world champion skaters Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner


  • Hosted a TV special - "Crystal Gayle's Vacation in Finland" featuring John Davidson and Gloria Loring 


  • Collaborated with Tom Waits on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1982 film One from the Heart 


  • Recorded the theme song with Gary Morris the for acclaimed EMMY award winning Soap Opera "Another World"


  • Recorded the theme song with Paul Williams for the TV show "It Takes Two" starring Patty Duke Astin, Richard Crenna, Della Reese, and Helen Hunt


  • Recorded the theme song for the TV show "Masquerade" starring Rod Taylor and Kirstie Alley


  • Recorded "I Made a Promise" with Eddie Rabbitt for the film "Gordy" starring Doug Stone and Tom Lester


  • Voice of Emily in the animated short film, "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale" also starring John Lithgow as Alexander 


  • Guest starred on Second City Television with Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'hara and more (1983)


  • First female country artist to preform in China ("Bob Hope on the Road to China" - 1979)


  • Appeared on "Sesame Street"


  • Appeared on "The Muppets"



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