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United States
Conway Twitty
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Ciudad natal
Friars Point, MS, United States
Nacido en
September 1, 1933
Género
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.
Influencias musicalesEntre las influencias musicales de Conway Twitty se encuentran artistas como Webb Pierce, Tex Ritter, Hank Williams.
Influido por Conway TwittyConway Twitty ha influido en la música de artistas como Volbeat, Alan Jackson, Kenny Rogers.
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