The Sound of Goodbye

"The Sound of Goodbye"
Single by Crystal Gayle
from the album Cage the Songbird
B-side"Take Me Home"
ReleasedOctober 1983
GenreCountry
Length3:12
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)Hugh Prestwood
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen
Crystal Gayle singles chronology
"Baby, What About You"
(1983) 		"The Sound of Goodbye"
(1983) 		"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"
(1984)

"The Sound of Goodbye" is a song written by Hugh Prestwood, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in October 1983 as the first single from her album Cage the Songbird. The song was Gayle's thirteenth number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 132.