Conway Twitty sometimes can get a wonderfully scratchy tone in his voice, as he does sometimes in his version of Ted Daffan's 1944 hit "Born to Lose" from Twitty's 1973 album You've Never Been This Far Before/Baby's Gone. Nobody has ever called him Scratch Mouth; I thought of the name a few minutes ago to dragoon you into checking out this post. I hope you also enjoy the uncredited melodic pe...
Today is the late, great Conway Twitty's birthday. Until George Strait broke his record a few years ago, Twitty held the record for the most number one country singles with 40 number one hits. (George Strait broke the record back in 2006 when Give it Away went to number one.)In honor of Conway's birthday, here's one of his biggest hits, I'd Love To Lay You Down. It went to number one back i...
Back in March, I wrote a blog on a upcoming musical about Conway Twitty. There are some comments left from a few people that had the chance to see the final dress rehearsal. Sounds like an excellent show, no doubt.The show has dates scheduled Wabash, IN tonight, and then beginning in October continues to Peoria, IL, Nashville, TN, Branson, MO, Maggie Valley, NC, and several dates in Laughlin, N...