Conway Twitty
Annapolis, Maryland, 1975
Born Harold Jenkins, Twitty began his career as a rockabilly singer
in the Elvis Presley mold and, in 1958, had a huge pop hit "It's
Only Make Believe." He switched to straight country music in
the mid-1960s, and for more than two decades had dozens of top-ten
country hits and more no. 1 songs than anyone in the history of country
music. Playing up his reputation as a sex symbol, Twitty's bluesy
baritone targeted his female fans and many of his songs featured thinly
disguised sexual innuendo, such as "Tight Fittin' Jeans,"
"You've Never Been This Far Before," and a cover of the
Pointer Sisters’ "Slow Hand." |
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