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About Conway Twitty
Hometown
Friars Point, MS, United States
Born
September 1, 1933
Genre
Country
Born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, singer Conway Twitty took his stage name after the towns of Conway, Arkansas, and Twitty, Texas.
∙ Soon after performing his first song on the radio at age 10, he began hosting his own weekly radio show and started a band, The Phillips County Ramblers.
∙ An aspiring pro baseball player drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies, he had to put his plans on hold after being called to serve in the Army during the Korean War.
∙ Twitty accumulated a staggering 55 No. 1 hits during his career—a record eventually broken by George Strait.
∙ Frequent duet partners Twitty and Loretta Lynn won the Country Music Association’s Vocal Duo of the Year award four times, as well as a Grammy Award for the No. 1 hit “After the Fire Is Gone.”
∙ Astronaut Thomas Stafford personally asked Twitty to rerecord “Hello Darlin’” in Russian for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which brought together astronauts from the US and Soviet Union.
∙ In the ’80s, he built a tourist attraction called Twitty City, featuring amusement park rides, museums, shops, music venues, and his own mansion, which was known for its lavish holiday decor.
∙ He’s a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Musical InfluencesConway Twitty's musical influences include Webb Pierce, Tex Ritter, Hank Williams and more.
Influenced by Conway TwittyConway Twitty has influenced the music of Volbeat, Alan Jackson, Kenny Rogers and more.
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