Conway Twitty

Conway Twitty (* 1. September 1933 as Harold Jenkins in Friars Point , Mississippi ; † 5. June 1993 in Springfield , Missouri ) was a US -American rock 'n' roll - and country singer .

Life

He was born Harold Jenkins in 1933 in the small town of Friars Point, Mississippi . When he was ten years old, his family moved to Helena , Arkansas . There he put together his first band, the Phillips County Ramblers. Two years later, he had his own show on the local radio every Saturday morning. During his time in Arkansas he also played a lot of baseball and got an offer from the Philadelphia Phillies after high school , but he turned it down. Instead, he went to the army.

Twitty died of an aneurysm in 1993 at the age of 59 .

Career

After his discharge from the military, Twitty focused on his music career. Inspired by Elvis Presley's Mystery Train , he began writing rock and roll pieces and went to Sun Records in Memphis , where he worked with artists such as Carl Perkins , Jerry Lee Lewis , Johnny Cash and many others. In 1957 he adopted the stage name Conway Twitty , which is composed of the names of two cities in Arkansas and Texas .

He had his first success with It's Only Make Believe , a teenage ballad he recorded for MGM in 1958 . Eight years later and three gold records later, he began his country career, and by the early 1970s he had four number 1 hits, including Hello Darlin .

In 1971, Twitty had his first duet hit with Loretta Lynn, After the Fire Is Gone . This was followed in the same year by Lead Me On , two years later Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man and 1974 As Soon As I Hang Up the Phone . As a duo, Lynn and Twitty won the CMA Award four times in a row from 1972 to 1975 , an award that Twitty was denied in his solo career. In 1981, at the end of his contract with MCA , he was able to look back on 32 number 1 hits and another 15 hit parade listings in the top five.

Shortly before his death, he had recorded a new album, Final Touches . In 1999, Twitty was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame . In 2008 he received the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music . The American cartoon series Family Guy occasionally shows music videos by Twitty.

Solo discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1966	Conway Twitty Sings	-	Country25 (2 weeks) Country
	Look Into My Teardrops	-	Country22 (9 weeks) Country
1967	Country	-	Country32 (4 weeks) Country
1968	Here's Conway Twitty & His Lonely Blue Boys	-	Country12 (15 weeks) Country
	Next in line	-	Country9 (20 weeks) Country
1969	Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie	-	Country6 (22 weeks) Country
	I Love You More Today	US161 (3 weeks) US	Country7 (20 weeks) Country
1970	To See My Angel Cry / That's When She Started to Stop Loving You	US- gold US	Country8 (28 weeks) Country
	Hello Darlin '	US65 (26 weeks) US	Country1 (52 weeks) Country
	Fifteen Years Ago	US140 (7 weeks) US	Country4 (25 weeks) Country
1971	How Much More Can She Stand	US91 (9 weeks) US	Country5 (21 weeks) Country
	I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving	US142 (8 weeks) US	Country5 (16 weeks) Country
1972	I can't see me without you	US130 (9 weeks) US	Country10 (15 weeks) Country
	I Can't Stop Loving You / (Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date	-	Country3 (21 weeks) Country
1973	She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries)	-	Country3 (32 weeks) Country
	You've Never Been This Far Before / Baby's Gone	US134 gold (9 weeks)US	Country1 (45 weeks) Country
	Clinging to a Saving Hand / Steal Away	-	Country13 (20 weeks) Country
1974	Honky Tonk Angel	-	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
	I'm Not Through Loving You Yet	-	Country4 (25 weeks) Country
1975	Linda on My Mind	-	Country1 (27 weeks) Country
	The High Priest of Country Music	-	Country3 (22 weeks) Country
1976	Now and Then	-	Country4 (22 weeks) Country
1977	Play, guitar play	-	Country3 (22 weeks) Country
	I've Already Loved You in My Mind	-	Country4 (26 weeks) Country
1978	Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring	-	Country13 (14 weeks) Country
	Conway	-	Country13 (27 weeks) Country
1979	Cross Winds	-	Country11 (26 weeks) Country
1980	Heart & Soul	-	Country10 (37 weeks) Country
	Rest Your Love on Me	-	Country12 (40 weeks) Country
1981	Mr. T	-	Country5 (44 weeks) Country
1982	Southern Comfort	US144 (15 weeks) US	Country5 (51 weeks) Country
	Dream Maker	-	Country15 (42 weeks) Country
1983	Lost in the feeling	-	Country27 (43 weeks) Country
	Merry Twismas	-	Country37 (12 weeks) Country
1984	By Heart	-	Country18 (29 weeks) Country
1985	Don't call him a cowboy	-	Country7 (42 weeks) Country
	Chasin 'Rainbows	-	Country29 (25 weeks) Country
1986	Fallin 'for You for Years	-	Country37 (17 weeks) Country
1987	Borderline	-	Country25 (55 weeks) Country
1988	Still in Your Dreams	-	Country28 (27 weeks) Country
1989	House on Old Lonesome Road	-	Country39 (19 weeks) Country
1990	Crazy in Love	-	Country35 (24 weeks) Country
1993	Final touches	US135 (7 weeks) US	Country29 (16 weeks) Country

More albums

• 1959: Conway Twitty Sings
• 1959: Saturday Night
• 1960: Lonely Blue Boy
• 1960: The Rock & Roll Story
• 1961: The Conway Twitty Touch
• 1962: Portrait of a Fool
• 1963: R&B '63
• 1964: Hit the Road!
• 1969: You Can't Take the Country Out of Conway
• 1972: Conway Twitty Sings the Blues
• 1973: Who Will Pray for Me
• 1975: This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me
• 1979: Country Rock
• 1991: Even Now

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1976	Conway Twitty's Greatest Hits Vol. II	US- gold US	Country1 (51 weeks) Country
1978	The very best of	US- platinum US	Country13 (20 weeks) Country
1982	Number ones	US- gold US	Country20 (43 weeks) Country
1983	Conway's # 1 Classics	-	Country21 (61 weeks) Country
	Classic Conway	-	Country57 (11 weeks) Country
1984	Conway's Latest Greatest Hits-Volume I.	-	Country25 (19 weeks) Country
1990	Greatest Hits Volume III	-	Country54 (17 weeks) Country
1995	Great hits	-	Country71 (1 week) Country
2001	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	-	Country65 (9 weeks) Country
2004	The Legend	-	Country73 (1 week) Country
	25 number ones	-	Country29 (49 weeks) Country
2011	Icon: Conway Twitty	-	Country44 (43 weeks) Country

More compilations

• 1960: Conway Twitty's Greatest Hits ...
• 1971: hits
• 1972: Conway Twitty's Greatest Hits Vol. I (US:gold)
• 1986: A Night with Conway Twitty
• 1988: # 1's: The Warner Bros. Years
• 1989: The Very Best of Conway Twitty (US:gold)
• 1995: Sings Songs of Love
• 2015: Hello Darlin ': Greatest Hits Live

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	Country
1957	I need your lovin '	-	US93 (1 week) US	-
1958	It's Only Make Believe Sings	UK1 (15 weeks) UK	US1 (21 weeks) US	-
1959	Story of My Love Sings	UK30 (1 week) UK	US28 (12 weeks) US	-
	Hey Little Lucy (Don'tcha Put No Lipstick On) Saturday Night	-	US87 (2 weeks) US	-
	Mona Lisa Sings	UK5 (14 weeks) UK	US29 (12 weeks) US	-
	Danny Boy Saturday Night	-	US10 (18 weeks) US	-
	Lonely Blue Boy Lonely Blue Boy	-	US6 (15 weeks) US	-
1960	What Am I Living For Greatest Hits	-	US26 (11 weeks) US	Country59 (6 weeks) Country	Entry into the country charts only after re-release in 1970
	Is a blue bird blue	UK43 (3 weeks) UK	US35 (11 weeks) US	-
	She's Mine Saturday Night	-	US98 (1 week) US	-
	What a dream	-	-	Country50 (10 weeks) Country	Entry into the country charts only after re-release in 1971
	Whole Lot of Shakin 'Going On A Rock and Roll Story	-	US55 (5 weeks) US	-
	C'est Si Bon	UK40 (3 weeks) UK	US22 (10 weeks) US	-
1961	Next Kiss (Is the Last Goodbye) Portrait of a Fool	-	US72 (4 weeks) US	-
	Portrait of a Fool Portrait of a Fool	-	US98 (2 weeks) US	-
1966	Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart Conway Twitty Sings	-	-	Country18 (12 weeks) Country
	Look Into My Teardrops Look Into My Teardrops	-	-	Country36 (10 weeks) Country
1967	I Don't Want to Be With Me Look Into My Teardrops	-	-	Country21 (14 weeks) Country
	Don't Put Your Hurt In My Heart Country	-	-	Country32 (12 weeks) Country
	Funny (But I'm Not Laughing) Country	-	-	Country61 (4 weeks) Country
1968	The Image of Me Here’s Conway Twitty	-	-	Country5 (18 weeks) Country
	Next in Line Next in Line	-	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
	Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie	-	-	Country2 (17 weeks) Country
1969	I Love You More Today I Love You More Today	-	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
	To See My Angel Cry To See My Angel Cry	-	-	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
	That's When She Started to Stop Loving You To See My Angel Cry	-	-	Country3 (14 weeks) Country
1970	Hello Darlin ' Hello Darlin'	-	US60 gold (8 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Fifteen Years Ago Fifteen Years Ago	-	US81 (4 weeks) US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country
1971	How Much More Can She Stand How Much More Can She Stand	-	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
	I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving	-	-	Country4 (14 weeks) Country
	I Can't See Me Without You, I Can't See Me Without You	-	-	Country4 (16 weeks) Country
1972	(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date I Can't Stop Loving You	-	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	I Can't Stop Loving You, I Can't Stop Loving You	-	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries) She Needs Someone to Hold Her	-	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
1973	Baby's Gone You've Never Been This Far Before	-	-	Country2 (14 weeks) Country
	You've Never Been This Far Before You've Never Been This Far Before	-	US22 (14 weeks) US	Country1 (19 weeks) Country
1974	There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In) Honky Tonk Angel	-	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	I'm Not Through Loving You Yet I'm Not Through Loving You Yet	-	-	Country3 (15 weeks) Country
	I See the Want To in Your Eyes I'm Not Through Loving You Yet	-	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
1975	Linda on My Mind Linda on My Mind	-	US61 (8 weeks) US	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
	Touch the Hand The High Priest of Country Music	-	-	Country1 (13 weeks) Country	with Joni Lee
	Don't Cry Joni The High Priest of Country Music	-	US63 (7 weeks) US	Country4 (13 weeks) Country	with Joni Lee
	This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me This Time I've Hurt Her More	-	-	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
1976	After All the Good Is Gone Now and Then	-	-	Country1 (13 weeks) Country
	The Games That Daddies Play Greatest Hits 2	-	-	Country1 (13 weeks) Country
	I Can't Believe She Gives It All to Me Play Guitar Play	-	-	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
1977	Play Guitar Play Play Guitar Play	-	-	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
	I've Already Loved You in My Mind I've Already Loved You in My Mind	-	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring	-	-	Country3 (15 weeks) Country
1978	Grandest Lady of Them All Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring	-	-	Country16 (10 weeks) Country
	Boogie Grass Band Conway	-	-	Country2 (14 weeks) Country
	Your Love Has Taken Me That High Conway	-	-	Country3 (15 weeks) Country
1979	Don't Take It Away Cross Winds	-	-	Country1 (13 weeks) Country
	I May Never Get to Heaven Cross Winds	-	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	Happy Birthday Darlin ' Cross Winds	-	-	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
1980	I'd Love to Lay You Down Heart & Soul	-	-	Country1 (13 weeks) Country
	I've Never Seen the Likes of You Heart & Soul	-	-	Country6 (13 weeks) Country
	A Bridge That Just Won't Burn Rest Your Love on Me	-	-	Country3 (17 weeks) Country
1981	Rest Your Love on Me Rest Your Love on Me	-	-	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
	Tight Fittin 'Jeans Mr. T	-	-	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
	Red Neckin 'Love Makin' Night Mr. T	-	-	Country1 (18 weeks) Country
	The Clown Southern Comfort	-	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
1982	Slow Hand Southern Comfort	-	-	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
	Over Thirty (Not Over the Hill) Mr. T	-	-	Country69 (7 weeks) Country	Promo single
	We Did But Now You Don't Dream Maker	-	-	Country2 (18 weeks) Country
1983	The Rose Dream Maker	-	-	Country1 (19 weeks) Country
	We Had It All Mr. T	-	-	Country44 (11 weeks) Country	Promo single
	Lost in the Feeling Lost in the Feeling	-	-	Country2 (21 weeks) Country
	Heartache Tonight Lost in the Feeling	-	-	Country6 (19 weeks) Country
	Three Times a Lady Lost in the Feeling	-	-	Country7 (18 weeks) Country
1984	Somebody's Needin 'Somebody By Heart	-	-	Country1 (19 weeks) Country
	I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) By Heart	-	-	Country1 (19 weeks) Country
	Ain't She Something Else Latest Greatest Hits	-	-	Country1 (21 weeks) Country
1985	Don't Call Him a Cowboy Don't Call Him a Cowboy	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Between Blue Eyes and Jeans Don't Call Him a Cowboy	-	-	Country3 (19 weeks) Country
	The Legend and the Man Chasin 'Rainbows	-	-	Country19 (18 weeks) Country
	You'll Never Know How Much I Needed You Today Chasin 'Rainbows	-	-	Country26 (14 weeks) Country
1986	Desperado Love Fallin 'for You for Years	-	-	Country1 (21 weeks) Country
	Fallin 'for You for Years Fallin' for You for Years	-	-	Country2 (25 weeks) Country
1987	Julia borderline	-	-	Country2 (23 weeks) Country
	I Want to Know You Before We Make Love Borderline	-	-	Country2 (24 weeks) Country
	That's my job borderline	-	-	Country6 (23 weeks) Country
1988	Goodbye Time Still in Your Dreams	-	-	Country7 (19 weeks) Country
	Saturday Night Special Still in Your Dreams	-	-	Country9 (19 weeks) Country
	I Wish I Was Still in Your Dreams Still in Your Dreams	-	-	Country4 (23 weeks) Country
1989	She's Got a Single Thing in Mind House on Old Lonesome Road	-	-	Country2 (25 weeks) Country
	House on Old Lonesome Road House on Old Lonesome Road	-	-	Country19 (15 weeks) Country
	Who's Gonna Know House on Old Lonesome Road	-	-	Country51 (12 weeks) Country
1990	Fit to Be Tied Down Greatest Hits 3	-	-	Country30 (14 weeks) Country
	Crazy in Love Crazy in Love	-	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	I Couldn't See You Leavin ' Crazy in Love	-	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
1991	One Bridge I Didn't Burn Crazy in Love	-	-	Country57 (9 weeks) Country
	She's Got a Man on Her Mind Even Now	-	-	Country22 (20 weeks) Country
	Who Did They Think He Was Even Now	-	-	Country56 (9 weeks) Country
1993	I'm the Only Thing (I'll Hold Against You) Final Touches	-	-	Country62 (5 weeks) Country

More singles

• 1956: Just in Time
• 1958: I Vibrate (From My Head to My Feet)
• 1961: Sweet Sorrow
• 1962: The Pickup
• 1993: Don't It Make You Lonely
• 1994: Rainy Night in Georgia (with Sam Moore)

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1988	It's Only Make Believe I'm Still Missing You	-	Country8 (23 weeks) Country	with Ronnie McDowell
2004	(I Wanna Hear) A Cheatin 'Song I'm Still Missing You	-	Country57 (6 weeks) Country	with Anita Cochran

Discography with Loretta Lynn

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1971	We Only Make Believe	US78 gold (15 weeks)US	Country3 (28 weeks) Country
1972	Lead Me On	US106 gold (13 weeks)US	Country2 (23 weeks) Country
1973	Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man	US153 (9 weeks) US	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
1974	Country Partners	-	Country1 (40 weeks) Country
1975	Feelin '	-	Country1 (19 weeks) Country
1976	When The Tingle Becomes A Chill	-	Country6 (18 weeks) Country
	United Talent	-	Country1 (25 weeks) Country
1977	Dynamic Duo	-	Country3 (19 weeks) Country
1978	Honky Tonk Heroes	-	Country8 (16 weeks) Country
1979	The Very Best Of Loretta and Conway	US- gold US	Country16 (22 weeks) Country
1988	Making Believe	-	Country62 (7 weeks) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1971	After the Fire Is Gone We Only Make Believe	US56 (6 weeks) US	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
	Lead Me On Lead Me On	-	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
1973	Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man	-	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
1974	As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone Country Partners	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
1975	Feelin’s Feelin’s	-	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
1976	The Letter United Talent	-	Country3 (12 weeks) Country
1977	I Can't Love You Enough Dynamic Duo	-	Country2 (14 weeks) Country
1978	From Seven Till Ten / You're The Reason Our Kids Are Honky Tonk Heroes	-	Country6 (11 weeks) Country
1979	You Know Just What I'd Do / The Sadness Of It All Diamond Duet	-	Country9 (14 weeks) Country
1980	It's True Love Diamond Duet	-	Country5 (15 weeks) Country
1981	Lovin 'What You're Love Does to Me Two’s a Party	-	Country7 (15 weeks) Country
	I Still Believe in Waltzes Two’s a Party	-	Country2 (18 weeks) Country

More singles

• 1988: Makin 'Believe

Individual evidence

1. ↑ For It's Only Make Believe, see Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 44
2. ↑ Alex Rocha: Family Guy Episode Recap: "The Juice is Loose" Season 8, Episode 9 . In: TV Guide , March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2012. 
3. ↑ Steve West: The Atheist's Dilemma: Family Guy Takes A Stand . In: TV Blend , March 31, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2012. 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: UK US US before 1958
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Music Sales Awards: US

Web links

• Conway Twitty at Rock'n'Roll AG