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Harold Lloyd "Conway Twitty" Jenkins (September 1 1933 – June 5 1993) was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of the 20th century.
He had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 on various national music charts. Up until George Strait broke the record for most number 1s on the Billboard country chart with 43, Twitty had 42 (counting his pop number 1 with "It's Only Make Believe", and a B-sided country single). Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll|Rock and Roll, R&B, and Pop music (among others).
Biography
Early life
Conway Twitty was born Harold Lloyd Jenkins on September 1 1933 in Friars Point, Mississippi|Friars Point, Mississippi.
Jenkins was named by his great uncle after his favorite silent movie actor, Harold Lloyd. The Jenkins family moved to Helena, Arkansas (now known as Helena-West Helena, Arkansas) when Jenkins was 10 years of age, and it was in Helena that Jenkins put together his first singing group, the Phillips County, Arkansas|Phillips County Ramblers.{{Fact|date=August 2007
Two years later, he had his own local radio show every Saturday morning. Jenkins also practiced his second passion, baseball. He received an offer to play with the Philadelphia Phillies after high school, but he was drafted into the... read all
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