Tune Tuesday

It was on this day in 1977 that Crystal Gayle released her album “We Must Believe in Magic.”

The album featured one of her best known songs – “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.”

From Songfacts.com:

Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” was a huge crossover hit for Crystal Gayle, going to #1 on the Country chart and climbing to #2 on the Hot 100, held off for three weeks in 1977 by a much more hopeful ballad, “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone.

Gayle nailed her vocal on the first try. “That was a first take,” she recalled to Billboard magazine. “I did not re-sing it. It just fell into place beginning with Pig Robbins’ opening work on the piano. It was magic in the studio that day.”

“Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” won the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal plus Best Country Song for writer Richard Leigh. Leigh said the song was inspired by looking into his dog’s brown eyes.

Fun Fact: Loretta Lynn is Crystal Gayle’s sister.

Gayle made a lot of TV appearances when this song became a hit. For many viewers, it was their first look at Gayle, who had hair down to her feet.

The song is a ’70’s staple?