Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb, January 9, 1951) is an American country music singer and songwriter. One of the most popular and successful country singers of the 1970s and 1980s, she had a major impact on country and popular music with crossover hits such as "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", "Ready for the Times to Get Better", "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye", and "Half the Way", selling more than 30 million albums worldwide.