Conway Twitty All Songs

Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins; September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993) was an American country music singer. He also had success in the rock and roll, rock, R&B, and pop genres. From 1971 to 1976, Twitty received a string of Country Music Association awards for duets with Loretta Lynn. Although never a member of the Grand Ole Opry, he was inducted into both the Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame.

Top Songs:

Louisiana Woman Mississippi Man
Hello Darlin'
Don't Cry No More
It's Only Make Believe
I See The Want To In Your Eyes
Lonely Blue Boy
Don't Cry Joni
Jesus Is a Soul Man
Country Bumpkin
A Million Teardrops
Hey Miss Ruby
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
Rainy Night In Georgia
Rest Your Love On Me
You've Never Been This Far Before
Riverboat Gamblers
A Little Bird Told Me
Jaihouse Rock
I Threw Away The Rose
Happ


Awards

Academy of Country Music

1971 Top Vocal Duo with Loretta Lynn
1974 Top Vocal Duo with Loretta Lynn
1975 Album of the Year with Loretta Lynn - Feelin's
1975 Top Male Vocalist
1975 Top Vocal Duo with Loretta Lynn
1976 Top Vocal Duo with Loretta Lynn
2008 Pioneer Award

Country Music Association

1972 Vocal Duo of the Year with Loretta Lynn
1973 Vocal Duo of the Year with Loretta Lynn
1974 Vocal Duo of the Year with Loretta Lynn
1975 Vocal Duo of the Year with Loretta Lynn

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Inducted in 1999

Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame

Posthumous inductee

Grammy Awards

1971 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal with Loretta Lynn - "After the Fire is Gone"
1999 Hall of Fame Award - "Hello Darlin'"

Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Posthumous inductee

Pop and rock and roll success

In 1958 using his new stage name, Conway Twitty's fortunes improved while he was with MGM Records, and an Ohio radio station had an inspiration, refraining from playing "I'll Try" (an MGM single that went nowhere in terms of sales, radio play, and jukebox play), instead playing the B-side, "It's Only Make Believe", a song written between sets by Twitty and drummer Jack Nance when they were in Hamilton, Ontario, playing at the Flamingo Lounge.[4] The record took nearly one year to reach and stay at the top spot on the Billboard pop music charts in the US, as well as No. 1 in 21 other countries, becoming the first of nine top 40 hits for Twitty. It sold over four million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.[5] That same year, country singer Tabby West of ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee heard Twitty and booked him to appear on the show.

When "It's Only Make Believe" was first released, because of voice similarities, many listeners assumed that the song was actually recorded by Elvis Presley, using "Conway Twitty" as a pseudonym. Twitty would go on to enjoy rock and roll success with songs including "Danny Boy" (Pop No. 10) and "Lonely Blue Boy" (Pop No. 6). "Lonely Blue Boy", originally titled "Danny", was recorded by Presley for the film King Creole but was not used in the soundtrack.[citation needed] This song led to him naming his band the Lonely Blue Boys, although they subsequently became the Twitty Birds.