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{{Short description|American country singer (1933β1993)}} {{other people|Harold Jenkins}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | image = Conway Twitty 1974.JPG | caption = 1974 promotional photo | birth_name = Harold Lloyd Jenkins<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Courtney |date=September 2, 2019 |title=8 Things You Didn't Know About Conway Twitty |url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/conway-twitty-8-things-you-didnt-know/ |access-date=May 3, 2021 |website=WideOpenCountry.com}}</ref> | alias = "The High Priest of Country Music" | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|9|1}} | birth_place = [[Friars Point, Mississippi]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1993|6|5|1933|9|1}} | death_place = [[Springfield, Missouri]], U.S. | origin = [[Helena, Arkansas]], U.S. | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = {{Hlist|[[Country music|Country]]<ref name=Koda>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-rock-n-roll-years-mw0000056019 |title=The Rock 'N' Roll Years Review |last=Koda |first=Cub |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>|[[rockabilly]]<ref name=Koda/>}} | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 1955β1993 | label = {{hlist|[[MCA Nashville Records|MCA]]|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]|[[MGM Records|MGM]]|[[Decca Records|Decca]]|[[Sun Records|Sun]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]}} | associated_acts = [[Loretta Lynn]], [[Sam Moore]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], The Twitty Bird Band, [[Joni Lee]], [[Owen Bradley]], [[John Hughey]], [[Billy "Crash" Craddock]], [[Jimmy Van Eaton]], [[Don Bowman (singer)|Don Bowman]], [[Ronnie McDowell]] }} '''Harold Lloyd Jenkins''' (September 1, 1933 β June 5, 1993), better known by his stage name '''Conway Twitty''', was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s [[rockabilly]] scene, Twitty was best known as a [[country music]] performer. From 1971 to 1976, Twitty received a string of [[Country Music Association]] awards for duets with [[Loretta Lynn]]. He was inducted into both the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music]] and [[Rockabilly Hall of Fame|Rockabilly]] Halls of Fame. Twitty was known for his frequent use of romantic and sentimental themes in his songs. Due to his following being compared to a religious revival, comedian [[Jerry Clower]] nicknamed Twitty "The High Priest of Country Music", the eventual title of [[The High Priest of Country Music|his 33rd studio album]]. Twitty achieved stardom with hit songs like "[[Hello Darlin' (song)|Hello Darlin']]", "[[You've Never Been This Far Before]]" and "[[Linda on My Mind (song)|Linda on My Mind]]". Twitty topped ''[[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]''{{'s}} [[Hot Country Songs]] chart 40 times in his career, a record that stood for two decades until it was surpassed by [[George Strait]]. He also topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart with "[[It's Only Make Believe]]β, a song he wrote, along with eleven of his [[Hot Country Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs]] chart-topping hits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conway Twitty |url=https://countrymusichalloffame.org/artist/conway-twitty/ |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=Country Music Hall of Fame}}</ref>
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