Bio biography conway twitty

Biography of Conway Twitty

Conway Twitty, whose real name was Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country musician.

He was born in 1933 in Friars Point, Mississippi. From a young age, Twitty showed a passion for sports and even played for the Philadelphia Phillies, a professional baseball team.

Bio biography conway twitty

However, his focus later shifted towards music.

Twitty formed his first musical group while still in school and soon had his own show on local radio. During his time in the army, he formed a band called the "Cimmerons" to entertain his fellow soldiers.

It was in the 1950s that Twitty began singing, initially in the style of rock and roll. He was inspired by Elvis Presley's song "Mystery Train," which led him to pursue music seriously. He even became the head of the "Sun Studios" in Memphis, Tennessee, where he worked extensively on sound.

In 1957, he changed his name to Conway Twitty, taki