Conway Twitty

Conway Twitty ( Friars Point , September 1st 1933 - Springfield , Missouri , June 5 1993 ) was an American country singer . His song It's only make believe from 1958reached the most public. In 1965 he switched from rock 'n' roll over to country . In this genre, he became one of the most popular singers in the country charts forBillboard scored between 1968 and 1986 forty No. 1 hits, including five duets with Loretta Lynn . For years he had the record for most No. 1 country hits, until George Strait that in 2006 broke.

At present in the United States a revival of interest in the music of Twitty. This is due to the many times that humorous homages to see him in the popular animated seriesFamily Guy . In the episode "The Juice Is Loose" is even included a live recording of the song I See The Want To In Your Eyes from beginning to end.



Content
*1 Biography  ==[Biography  edit ] == Twitty was born as Harold Lloyd Jenkins' son of a captain of a ferry on the Mississippi . He was named to the American actor Harold Lloyd . At 4 years old he got from his grandfather his first guitar and by the time he was 10, and the family moved to Helena , Arkansas had moved, he joined his first band : The Phillips County Ramblers. As a teenager he preached occasionally during celebrations in the church and he considered preacher to be. He later saw off. Another hobby of Jenkins was baseball .
 * 2 Recognition
 * 3 Discography
 * 3.1 Singles
 * 3.2 40 No. 1 hits on Billboard Hot Country Songs

After being in 1951 his high school had completed the messengers Philadelphia Phillies him a contract, but he had his service to fulfill. In Japan, where he was stationed, he formed the band The Cimmarons, which he played in Japanese clubs. When he came back he was again invited to the USA to play at The Phillies. After being the number of Mystery Train Elvis Presley heard, however, he knew that he wanted a career in music. He wrote some rock 'n' roll songs and one of The Cimmarons Jenkins brought into contact with manager Don Seat . He advised to take Jenkins into a stage name. Jenkins chose the name Conway Twitty, to two villages that he's on a road map had seen: Conway, Arkansas and Twitty , Texas . This stage name Seat arranged a recording contract with Mercury Records . After a few shots in the Sun Studio - and flopped three singles - Twitty went to MGM . He brought in 1958 the song It's only make believe out.

It's only make believe the breakthrough for Twitty. In the fall of 1958, nearly a year after the release of the single, the two weeks was in the first place in the Billboard Hot 100 . Some listeners felt that this song was sung by Elvis Presley, because of the similarity of the votes of Twitty and Presley. In the years after Twitty had success with songs like The story of my love, Mona Lisa, Danny Boy, Lonely Blue Boy, What am I living for and C'est si bon (It's so good). Of these, was Nat King Cole - Cover the only one in Netherlands and Flanders broke, but in his homeland he could not match the success of It's only make believe.

Nevertheless, he remained as rock 'n' roll artist popular. He played in 1960 in the movie Sex Kittens Go to College , Platinum high school and college confidential . In addition, Twitty so associated with rock and roll, that he was the same year model for the character Conrad Birdie in the Broadway musical and movie Bye Bye Birdie . Initially, he had himself asked for this role, but he allowed it to himself, because he prefers to music then focused on film and theater. Twitty was not happy with his mark as a rock and roll artist, he preferred country singing. Twitty ran with the idea to continue playing under the name Conway Twitty rock 'n' roll and record under his real name Harold Jenkins country music. After 1961, however, its popularity declined. After being in the summer of 1965 already 3½ years had not hit anymore, he walked off the stage during a performance and then returned from the rock and roll backs to focus on country.

Initially Twitty effort to become successful in the country scene because of his image as a rock and roll singer. In 1968, however, he scored a number 5 hit the country charts with Image or me and then finally broke through with his first country No. 1 hit The next line. He became one of the most successful country artists. In the next eighteen years, he had a total of 40 No. 1 hits on the country list at that time a record. Between1971 and 1981 were his duets with country singer Loretta Lynn successful.

In 1982, Twitty opened in Hendersonville , Tennessee tourist attraction Twitty City, where he lived with his wife, mother and four children. On the plot of 3½ acres layers include his business Conway Twitty Enterprises, a souvenir shop, a museum and a nature Twitty. In Twitty City were given annual Christmas light shows shows. After the death of Twitty Twitty City was sold in 2008 and is an organization place forChristian music concerts .

At age 59, he died in 1993 in an aneurysm of the aorta in the abdomen, after he became a day earlier after a performance unwell. ==[Recognition  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 1972 the duo received a Grammy Award for best vocal 'country performance' by a duo or group for the song After the fire was gone. Despite its commercial success, this seemed to be his only Grammy, until in1999 Hello darlin 'from 1970 was included in the Grammy Hall Of Fame . He also won in the 70s and 80s some American Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards on hold.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Twitty itself was incorporated into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 1990 in America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993 in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fameand in 1999 into the Country Music Hall of Fame .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In the summer of 2008 working on a musical about the life of Conway Twitty. ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Discography  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Single  Edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===40 No. 1 hits on Billboard Hot Country Songs <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">
 * Next in line ( 1968 )
 * I love you more today ( 1969 )
 * To see my angel cry (1969)
 * Hello darlin '/ Fifteen years ago ( 1970 )
 * After the fire is gone (with Loretta Lynn ) ( 1971 )
 * How much more can she stand (1971)
 * Lead me on (Loretta Lynn) (1971)
 * (Lost re love) On our last date ( 1972 )
 * I can not stop loving you (1972)
 * She needs someone to hold her (when she cries) (1972)
 * Louisiana woman, Mississippi man (Loretta Lynn) ( 1973 )
 * You've never been this far before (1973)
 * There's a honky tonk angel who'll let me back in (1973)
 * Axis soon as I hang up the phone (with Loretta Lynn) ( 1974 )
 * I see the eyes you want to in (1974)
 * Linda on My Mind (1974)
 * Touch the Hand ( 1975 )
 * Feelin (with Loretta Lynn) (1975)
 * This time I hurt her more than she loves me (1975)
 * After all the good is gone ( 1976 )
 * Games that daddies play (1976)
 * I can not believe she gives it all to me (1976)
 * Play guitar play ( 1977 )
 * I've already loved you in my mind (1977)
 * Do not take it away ( 1979 )
 * I May Never Get to Heaven (1979)
 * Happy birthday darlin '(1979)
 * I'd love to lay you down ( 1980 )
 * Rest Your Love on Me ( 1981 )
 * I am the dreamer (You are the dream) (1981)
 * Tight fittin 'jeans (1981)
 * Red neckin 'love makin' nght (1981)
 * The Clown (1981)
 * Slow hand ( 1982 )
 * The Rose ( 1983 )
 * Somebody's needin 'somebody ( 1984 )
 * I do not know a thing about love (The Moon Song) (1984)
 * Is not she somethin 'else (1984)
 * Don't call him a Cowboy ( 1985 )
 * Desperado love ( 1986 )

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Additionally, Conway Twitty had a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958 with It's only make believe.