Harold Lloyd Jenkins better known as Conway Twitty has had 55 number one singles, sold over 50 plus million albums and has had record breaking sold out crowds, night after night. Although we lost Conway Twitty in June of 1993, he will always be alive here at The Real Country Music Jukebox. Born September 1st 1933 in Friars Point Mississippi to Floyd and Velma Jenkins. At the age of ten, the Jenkins family moved to Helena, Arkansas. This is where Harold formed his first singing group named ‘Phillips County Ramblers’. At the age of twelve, he had his own local radio show on every Saturday morning. He also started playing baseball as a teenager. He got an opportunity to play for the ‘Philadelphia Phillies’ after he completed high school however, he was drafted into the United States Army where he formed a group called the ‘Cimarons’ and performed for his fellow soldiers. After leaving the Army with an honorable discharge Harold heard Elvis Presley’s famous track ‘Mystery Train’, Jenkins then decided to write songs and went to Sun Studios in Memphis to work with Sam Phillips. As his career was forming Jenkins realized that his original name was not an attractive one for show business. Jenkins was looking at a road map when he saw the names of two cities, Conway in Arkansas and Twitty in Texas, he decided to adopt the combination as his stage name.

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In the late 1950s, Conway Twitty signed with MGM Records and with them he released his track ‘It's Only Make Believe’ which went on to occupy the top spot on the Billboard pop music charts in the United States as well as in 21 other countries. In the mid 1960s, Conway's love for country music couldn't be denied any longer and he literally changed his career with that one decision. The ensuing years saw record after record being released by him. His hugely popular partnership with the legendary country music singer Loretta Lynn boosted the career graph for both of the singers. The duo released 11 studio albums together, many of them becoming super hits. The iconic pairing of Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn led to the creation of some of the most popular songs in the history of country music. Their biggest hits include ‘After the Fire Is Gone’, ‘Lead Me On’, ‘Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man’, ‘As Soon As I Hang Up the Phone’, ‘Feelins’, ‘I Still Believe in Waltzes’, and ‘I Can't Love You Enough’. Twelve of the tracks they released made it to the top 10 on the Billboard's hot country singles chart.
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During his lifetime, Conway Twitty had more #1 records than any country artist had then achieved, his stardom having endured through five decades of changing musical fashions. Originally a '50s rock & roll singer, Conway Twitty became the reigning country superstar of the '70s and '80s, racking up a record 40 number one hits over the course of two decades. With his deep, resonant down-home voice, Conway Twitty was one of the smoothest balladeers to work in Nashville. Even though he had some pop success, Twitty remained country to the core; occasionally, his song titles were simply too corny, which was why he retained his popularity until his death in 1993.