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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 Rodney Crowell, Loretta Lynn, Gordon Lightfoot, Eddie Rabbitt and Ed Bruce. Those roots explain a lot about how Crystal Gayle arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Lee, Tammy Wynette, Tanya Tucker and Conway Twitty, 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 26 connections around Crystal Gayle, reaching back through Rodney Crowell 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 GayleRodney CrowellLoretta LynnGordon LightfootEddie RabbittEd BruceWebb PierceThe MarmaladeBeth Nielsen ChapmanFaith HillEmmylou HarrisDon WilliamsDebby BooneBarbara MandrellJohnny LeeTammy WynetteTanya TuckerConway TwittyEd BruceDottie WestPam Tillis

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Crystal Gayle grew out of Rodney Crowell, Loretta Lynn, Gordon Lightfoot and Eddie Rabbitt, shares an orbit with Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Lee, Tammy Wynette and Tanya Tucker, went on to shape Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris, Don Williams and Debby Boone. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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