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Crystal Gayle

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Crystal Gayle is a Country and Country pop act. Their catalogue also touches Folk, Gospel and Jazz. Their sound grew out of Sheena Easton, Tom Waits, Rodney Crowell, Loretta Lynn and Gordon Lightfoot. Those roots explain a lot about how Crystal Gayle arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barbara Mandrell, Gene Watson, Johnny Lee, The Oak Ridge Boys and Tammy Wynette, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris, Don Williams and Debby Boone, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Crystal Gayle, reaching back through Sheena Easton and forward to Faith Hill. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Crystal GayleSheena EastonTom WaitsRodney CrowellLoretta LynnGordon LightfootEddie RabbittEd BruceWebb PierceFaith HillEmmylou HarrisDon WilliamsDebby BooneBarbara MandrellGene WatsonJohnny LeeThe Oak Ridge BoysTammy WynetteThe JuddsTanya TuckerConway Twitty

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Crystal Gayle connections

Crystal Gayle grew out of Sheena Easton, Tom Waits, Rodney Crowell and Loretta Lynn, shares an orbit with Barbara Mandrell, Gene Watson, Johnny Lee and The Oak Ridge Boys, went on to shape Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris, Don Williams and Debby Boone. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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