Editing Conway Twitty (section)

===Stage name===
A member of Cimmarons suggested Don Seat as a manager for Jenkins, and Seat indicated to Jenkins that he needed a name with star quality. Jenkins then adopted a [[stage name]] in 1957.<ref name=bronson /> In ''The Billboard Book of Number One Hits'', [[Fred Bronson]] states that the singer named himself after two towns on a map; [[Conway, Arkansas]], and [[Twitty, Texas]], and chose the name Conway Twitty.<ref name=bronson /><ref name="Larkin">{{Cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=May 27, 2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857125958 |edition=5th |page=3571 |chapter=Twitty, Conway |access-date=April 15, 2017 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA3571}}</ref> Twitty himself confirmed this while appearing on the [[Late Night with David Letterman|''David Letterman Show'']] on March 30, 1989.<ref>[https://mix941kmxj.com/is-it-true-conway-twitty-really-got-his-name-from-two-texas-towns/ Is It True Conway Twitty Really Got His Name From two Texas Towns? August 23, 2021. Mix94.1]</ref> His manager Don Seat, however, said that his girlfriend came up with the name long before Jenkins used it.<ref name=mcdowell>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFdiCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 |title=Dig That Beat! Interviews with Musicians at the Root of Rock 'n' Roll|first1= Sheree|last1= Homer|first2= Jay |last2=McDowell |date= 2015|isbn=9780786474462 |publisher=McFarland|page=92&ndash;95}}</ref> After Twitty had some success with rock and roll songs, he had considered using his original name Harold Jenkins for his country music releases, while keeping the name Conway Twitty for his rock and roll songs, but he abandoned rock for country in 1965 and kept his stage name.<ref name=bronson />

In 1957, under his new name, he recorded briefly for [[Mercury Records]], releasing two unsuccessful singles, "I Need Your Lovin'"/"Born to Sing the Blues" and "Shake It Up"/"Maybe Baby". "I Need Your Lovin'" reached only No. 93. Although he recorded three more songs with Mercury, his contract was soon terminated.<ref name=mcdowell />