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Conway Twitty (1 September 1933 – 5 June 1993), born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, … Read Full Bio ↴Conway Twitty (1 September 1933 – 5 June 1993), born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was one of the United States' most successful artists of the 20th century. Twitty had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 on various national music charts. Conway Twitty's across the board totals were greater than that of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, and Garth Brooks. Most notably known as a country music singer, Twitty also enjoyed success in early Rock and Roll, R&B, and Pop music (among other genres). He teamed up with Loretta Lynn to form one of country music's most successful business partnerships.


Origin of Jenkins Stage Name--------- Jenkins felt that his real name wasn't marketable, and he changed his show business name in 1957. (Harold Lloyd Jenkins would always remain his legal name, however). Looking at a road map, he spotted Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas. Thus, he went with the professional name of "Conway Twitty".[citation needed]

Alternatively, Jenkins met a Richmond, VA, man named W. Conway Twitty Jr. through Jenkins' manager in a New York City restaurant. The manager served in the army with the real Conway Twitty. Later, the manager suggested to Jenkins that he take the name as his stage name because it had a ring to it. The Richmond Conway Twitty subsequently recorded the song, "What's in a Name But Trouble," in the mid-1960s, lamenting the loss of his name to Jenkins. The flip side of the 45 RPM record was "The Purple, Purple People Eater, Eater." (The more well known version of Purple People Eater, however, now having sold over 100,000,000 copies, was recorded by Sheb Wooley.)
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Conway Twitty Lyrics


A Bridge That Just Won't Burn A Bridge That Just Won't Burn I threw away the pictures…
After All The Good Is Gone Today I got a letter from someone Just a friend we…
After The Fire Is Gone Love is where you find it When you find no love…
As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone Hello (Hello Loretta) Darlin' I knew it was you (Loretta the…
Boogie Grass Band There's a new kind of music going round It's known as…
Don't Take It Away I been lookin' for you all night long, darlin' You've got…
Happy Birthday Darlin' Hello darlin' happy birthday I've decided not to give you a…
Hello Darlin' Hello darlin' Nice to see you It's been a long time You're j…
I Can't Stop Loving You I can't stop loving you so I made up my…
I May Never Get To Heaven I walked with you and talked with you And held your…
I See The Want In Your Eyes I see the sparkling little diamond on your hand It's plain…
I'd Love To Lay You Down There's a lot of ways of saying what I want…
I've Never Seen The Likes Of You You walk in and I can hear the whisper As a…
It's Only Make Believe People see us everywhere They think you really care But myse…
Lead Me On Once I made a promise that I'd never lead you…
Linda On My Mind Now I'm lying here with Linda on my mind And next…
Next In Line See her there at the table Watch her tear at the…
Play Guitar Play Play, guitar play Take me back to yesterday Let me see, cott…
Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night Hey Hello baby, Conway here Let me lay this in your ear Get…
Rest Your Love On Me Maybe you don't know me any more than I know…
Tight Fittin' Jeans She tried to hide it by the faded denim clothes…
Touch The Hand Today I heard my woman say something I never heard…
You've Never Been This Far Before I can almost hear the stillness As it yields to the…


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