![]() ![]() But not only did that happen but by September, 1958, his first release for MGM, "It's Only Make Believe", reached #1 on Billboard's Pop Charts. Nope, and it may seem odd that two unsuccessful recordings on a small label would almost immediately send Conway to a major producer. But the releases, "I Need Your Lovin'/Born To Sing The Blues" and "Shake It Up/Maybe Baby" didn't sell. ![]() Harold Lloyd Jenkins was Conway's real name.Īs a holder of bonafide rock and roll credentials, in 1957 Conway managed to schedule a session with Mercury Records. It will be someone parenthetically named "Jenkins". If you find one of those early Sun "Rockhouse" recordings, you won't find Conway Twitty as the composer. ![]() ![]() So began Conway's rather grueling schedule that sent him throughout the country to the high school auditoria, VFW halls, and the somewhat grandly named ballrooms that proliferated the small towns that became the staple of rock and roll singers of the 1950's. Naturally if Roy sang one of your songs that was certainly a step in establishing you as a bonafide musician. But one of Sun's rising stars, Roy Orbison, decided to record one of Conway's original compositions, "Rockhouse". Alas, the sides Conway cut for Sam sounded a bit too much like Elvis. ![]()
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