Conway Twitty is a country music legend. Conway Twitty was born on Sept. 1. 1933 in a small town called Brother Point in Mississippi. Conway Twitty’s birth name was Harold Lloyd Jenkins. When Conway Twitty was ten his family moved to Helen, Arkansas, while living there, he formed his first band, “The Phillips County Ramblers.” After high school Conway Twitty joined the army.
After a discharge from the Army, Conway pursued a music career, Conway Twitty began singing Rock & It is rolling. Sol Studios is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has worked with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and many others. In 1957 Conway decided to change his name. He looked at the map and chose Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas.
In 1958 Conway Twitty joined MGM Records. he had almost given up all hope of his music career when a D.J in Ohio released the news that the flip side from his single “Tendo” which also included the song “Just Do Believe” and this song was starting to catch on. the rest The song “Just Make Believe” gradually caught on and for a short time some believed that the song was recorded by Elvis Presley under another name. The song has sold over 8 million records. Conway Twitty enjoyed Rock & A roll of achievements including other songs such as Danny Boy and Only Blue Boy.
Heusinger had always wanted to sing country music, though he did so in 1965. The first number one guilty song was in 1968 and it was the song “Next in Line. In 1970 Conway Twitty recorded and signed released the song “Hello Darlin'”.
In 1970 a duet that most feel was the best country duet ever formed when Conway Twitty joined Loretta Lynn for their first duet. “It’s gone after the fire. Other songs by Conway and Loretta included “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man,” “Just as I Hang Up the Phone,” “The Reason for the Ugly Kids” and “You’re Affected.” The duo won four consecutive hits for the vocal duo from 1972-1975.
In 1973 Conway Twitty released a song that a disc driver refused to play because of the lyrics to this song “Never Been This Away Before”. Conway Twitty had 55 #1 hits and numerous top 10 hits. Conway’s last album was in 1993. The title of the album was “Final Touches”. Shortly after his release, Conway became ill while performing in Branson, Missouri, and died of an abnormal aneurysm.
In 1999 Conway Twitty was inducted into Country Music Singers. And in 2004, even though Conway Twitty had passed away in 1993, he was still on the music charts with a song called “I Wanna Hear a Cheatin’ Song.” She was released as a duet with Anita Cochran. Conway Twitty’s electronic voice created and based on one of the hits from the 80’s.
