Conway Twitty -- It's Only Make Believe [REACTION]

Conway couldn't be kept in a box or genre, and this one is proof of that!! RockN2Country is all about traditional country music and non-pop country music reactions and reviews. Enjoy, please SUBSCRIBE and LIKE, and keep rockin' 2 country!!
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[@MaximumCarter]

Twitty is a legend. I grew up with my mom blaring Conway throughout the house when I was a kid. Some people can raise the hair on your skin when they sing live and Conway was one of them. He gave it all in this performance... When he didn't have to.

[@susieq1565]

What a voice! As famous as he was, he continued to play small county fairs where he would walk around and talk to audience members before the show. Very humble and genuine. R.I.P to a great, talented man.

[@lindanicholson950]

He has a signature growl in his songs. Makes all the girls' hearts go pitty pat.

[@dianemiller3432]

I was fortunate enough to see this great legend, Conway Twitty perform at Ponderosa Park. There will never be a performer like him. RIP Conway!!

[@wheelmanstan]

I don't think there was a country singer more loved than Conway. Fantastic man and singer. He and Charley Pride were both very good ball players, top level.

[@knitswithhorses2285]

Holy moly! Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard and George Jones! Now that was a show!

[@crystalcoleman1985]

My grandparents got to see that!!! Granny never stopped talking about it! I wish I could have been there! My Dad saw Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, and Jimmy Page play on stage all at once at the same time! I am so jealous of my grandparents and Dad!

[@michaelfarmer9472]

I didn't get to see Merle...but I saw Conway Twitty, George Jones (who opened his show by singing "No Show Jones"), and Skip Ewing. No Merle, but still a great night. My supervisor was a fan of all 3, and it was the weekend of her birthday. I bought her a new gown, borrowed my friend's limousine and paid his nephew, took her to her favorite restaurant, and to the concert...couldn't get front row by the stage, but she was short and the center front row of the mezzanine was "perfect" for her. I wasn't brown nosing...she was my on-site supervisor but had no say as far as raises, promotions, etc...basically just a liaison between our company and our client company. She was a friend of my Mom, we were both fans, she had never been in a limo, and it was an opportunity for me to dress up nice and take the limo out and have good clean fun with someone who really appreciated it (as she was a single mother of two teens and rarely got anything for herself).

[@timothyforsythe3155]

One of the very best.

[@canadasbubbleologyshow1438]

I had the Privilege to see Conway Twitty in 1958 at the age of 8 in Hamilton Ontario Canada where he actually wrote It`s Only Make Believe while in a restaurant bored to death, he wrote it in about 15 to 20 minutes, I was in a Yo Yo Competition at the York Movie Theater where I won and Conway was the singer, there was a Blonde Lady there also who sang with him but I don`t know who she was, Conway told the story of being bored and wrote a song just for us and then he sang it and because I won the Yo Yo Competition along with the 2nd and 3rd place he gave us our trophy, I got patches and a vest and he gave me a signed record, my brother took it, oh well. He sat me on his knee and told me that I did good with the tricks, typical tricks for an 8 yr old, back then, nothing like today but I will NEVER forget the gentle hug he gave me and a kiss on my cheek there must of been maybe 100 people in there because the theater was small. I was in Love, IF I only knew, but at 8 you don`t know the magnitude of this singer back then to me he was just a singer there who congratulated me, gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek and I got to sit on his lap, no security just a guy who sings. RIP Conway...Canada Loved you...

[@nancyhickman9850]

Miss Conway❣ RIP

[@kimberlygrimm7007]

Conway was and still is "the voice" in country music!!

[@danc3693]

Some would say George Jones.

[@kimberlygrimm7007]

@@danc3693 I love George Jones! No one and I mean no one could ever mean more to anyone as a singer than George Jones did for my Dad! He was Dad's hero! I love all country, bluegrass (I am from Eastern KY) so music was embedded into my ears and my soul as soon as my parents brought me home from the hospital! My Mammaw kept me while my parents moved and she had to find something to soothe me. She found a old transistor radio that belonged to my Pappaw and played the radio station that had old country/bluegrass music on it! She said that was the only way to calm me!

[@mikebeasley6447]

@@kimberlygrimm7007 I'M 65 YEARS OLD & I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT WE ALL LOVED GEORGE JONES UNTIL HE BECAME KNOWN AS "NO SHOW JONES" WHEN HE MISSED CONCERTS WE ALL PAID GOOD MONEY TO SEE HIM. PERIOD!!!!!!!!

[@BrainMeltGaming]

That title belongs to vern gosdin and him alone

[@C-gull24]

That is the one and only Conway.

[@cautiouslyoptimistic1962]

I cried my eyes out when Conway died. I was raised on his music and Loretta, and Tammy. I was stunned! Saw him and Loretta not long before he passed. Sad day, but I LOVE this song!

[@Braedenfish]

He tore that song up n down!!!

[@gregfoster4541]

Thanks for sharing, this was a great song for Conway and he had so many it was a sad day when he passed so suddenly but his music will never die!!

[@traciej3182]

I’ve loved him since I was a toddler and that was my first concert. Conway, Loretta, and George Jones. My mom is the best for doing that for me ❤️

[@ReformedFundy]

Just as a fun factoid: Waylon Jennings used to call Conway Twitty "The Panty Dropper."

[@gadd3690]

Why? I don't get it.

[@joyced277]

Great nickname! That voice could certainly do that! 💗🔥

[@clayhathcock9679]

In 1958 this was a Rock & Roll chart # 1. Twitty City was sold to The Trinity Broadcast Network about 2 years after Conway's Passing. Do to legal fight over his will & estate. They have a memory garden on the grounds to honor Conway. I am THANKFUL for you and your reaction Don like to watch you learn 😎😎

[@lindaferrill1897]

I have always loved this song, but this particular live version of it is my absolute favorite. I mean, did you see and hear the intensity in which he sang this, better than any of his recorded versions. It damn near brought a tear to my eye!

[@bwilliams463]

I love this song; its harmonies in the background are great, and Conway sings it as a long crescendo (moreso in the original than this later version), which was a rare thing for a singer to do - the only other great crescendo song I know of is 'Sound of Silence' by Disturbed. I'm also glad to know I'm not the only one who thought this was Elvis when we were young and ignorant.

[@LoneW0lfe]

Conway is my mom's favorite artist, as a child I would get to attend his concerts and I always remember he stayed after every show and signed autographs for everyone who wanted one and that would take hours sometimes it seemed. Great artist.

[@janl2835]

I was one of those who got one.. .That was in 1981 a 17 year old girl who still thinks he is the best country singer ever.

[@janl2835]

I could watch this video of him singing this and love it every single time...This is as good as it gets ..at least imo

[@kathytuck4657]

one of the best singers

[@TexasMagnolia]

Lay you down and Tight Fighten’ Jeans 😁

[@francesstoverwingo5515]

Love this song! My Mama Favorite Conway Song!

[@susieq1565]

@Texas Magnolia, My two favorite Conway songs ever ❤

[@davidmohr1920]

What a sweet man the host is awesome you can see they are real friends love the interview I had no idea he was a pro baseball player unreal how talented he was and he could move you with his music we miss you Brother.

[@jamesbrown7818]

The first song of his played on country radio

[@beegee1960]

Brings back lots of memories.

[@mikepryor8470]

One of the Greats... You can see he gives it all he has throughout this song... We lost him way too soon..

[@squidder21]

Thanks Don! I requested this a while ago, but I knew it would come up eventually! I love Conway. He’s become in my top two singers of all time, and this is one of his iconic hits. I’m only 21 so I never got a chance to see Conway but I would give anything to see him live! He sounds the same as he does on his records. Thanks so much for the reaction! Keep up the amazing work.

[@RockN2Country]

@squidder21 You're welcome---glad you enjoyed it!!

[@radioman6489]

I saw George Jones open up for Conway Twitty in Vegas now that was a show

[@donnysmith946]

HE WAS THE MAN of Country Music!!! This song was a cross over hit as well as Rock. I remember hearing it on Country Stations at the time

[@cynthiacowan8422]

My song in so many different ways

[@MrGWoodle]

Twitty City now owned by Trinity Broadcasting. I answered this question a year or so ago but wanted to amend my response. The answer is now no to it all. Not only is the mansion and gift shop shut down, they've closed down the pretty gardens and the painting of the Tweety bird that Conway had put there. Trinity Broadcasting now does weekly tapings of the Mike Huckabee show on site. And it seems most of the changes happened right around the time they started doing the tv show there. They have security cars patrolling all the time so you can't even drive through the parking lot without being followed. And it's a shame, the gardens of the mansion were very pretty w/ sculptures, fountains, benches. On the plus side, you can get free tickets to the Mike Huckabee show if you want. It looks like they have a nice variety of guests on the show.

[@TexasMagnolia]

I RAN! My favorite CT song EVER! Thanks Don, great surprise at the end of the day.

[@RockN2Country]

@Texas Magnolia Glad you like the song so much and that it ended your day in a good way!

[@brendaisajiw3417]

Great song and such talent! "The growler" he was called.

[@michaeltotten5767]

Conway was (still is) country music royalty. Has over 50 Number 1 records. Since you love steel guitar so much, you need to listen to Conway’s early country stuff. The great John Hughey was his steel player and was responsible for his “sound”.

[@shirleycarr5387]

My favorite Conway song.

[@oliviadriver1362]

I had the honor of meeting Conway down in Atlanta in the early 70's. He had come out of the Fox Theater and I got a picture of him. He died of an of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He was a nice man.

[@ww1493]

Just perfection........ Conway hitting notes that's impossible to do and that back up band was just great as well.Love this video one of the best!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@p.j.morris633]

This is my all time fav. rendition of this song. His voice never failed him

[@SuperKaren1953]

Love it,Don. I love this Conway song in country and in Rock. Thank you so much for reacting to this beautiful song. Conways was multi talented.

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

Conway was just blessed with talent and born to perform! Made it to the country music hall of fame and well deserved! Tight Fitting Jeans & Saturday Night Special are 2 more of his great songs that would be great to see you play.

[@RockN2Country]

@CowTownCustoms Did you notice the intro to yesterday's reaction?

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

@@RockN2Country , I saw the quick shot of Allison at the end of yesterdays intro, nice!

[@davidemswiler4351]

Definitely a pop song! Especially since "pop" and "rock" pretty much meant the same thing until around 1967 (when rock started getting serious) Can't knock Conway for his doo-wop days or anything else...the man was simply a musical genius!

[@USA24541]

Rock & roll was definitely not pop. In the mid 50s pop was Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, etc. Rock was Elvis, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry.....

[@keithlauderjr1691]

Been binge watching this clip for two weeks now. Was blown away w how polished he and his band were. It has become one of my favorite songs! Loved him on Family Guy too! ❤🎵 CONWAY!!!!!!

[@TexasMagnolia]

I wasn’t born yet but I was told...when he released this song, it was a strong competition to Elvis. Love them both....his voice in this song...Lord.

[@757optim]

I heard it on the radio first time around. Conway, Merle and the Possum on tour & all in one show. Holy Cow.

[@goofygrin63]

Twitty, Haggard and Jones. What id give to have seen that concert.

[@knitswithhorses2285]

Sweet! My FAVORITE Conway song!! I didn't honestly love everything he did but this one was flat out great. Oh man do I feel old now that you said it's been 26 years since he passed!

[@lonniekramlich6241]

Don you'll have to check out more Conway, he has done a boatload of songs & he has a unique sound. Keeping it old-school, how about a top 100 classic, that would be Rodger Miller / king of the Road.

[@jorypuguon3971]

he still sang it thesame way after 32 years

[@danaferrell4112]

I would love to see you react to George Jones Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes

[@RockN2Country]

@Dana Ferrell I did that one about a year ago and they blocked it!! Arghhh!!! I did Mo Pitney's rendition of it, so if you hit the search function and type in "Pitney" it will bring up a list of songs I've reacted to by Mo, including that one. Enjoy, and welcome to the channel!!

[@mythicalashley9542]

That line about that being a whole lot of singles was the funniest thing I've ever heard

[@terrikrose5397]

I was driving down the street Cox hospital is on when I heard the announcement that Conway had died! Miss him so much!❤❤😥😷

[@iamnotgoldenhar8645]

Same year my daddy died...uggghhh. Loretta was at the hospital with her husband when Conway came in. They had an awesome friendship/bond.

[@susieq1565]

Can't go wrong with Conway Twitty! Everything he did was great. TIGHT FITTIN' JEANS and I'D LOVE TO LAY YOU DOWN are a couple of the more popular songs. Both good

[@tracysmith1871]

Absolutely love Conway music so much we named our son after him...Please do "Saturday Night Special". Thanks so much.

[@catrivlog173]

Just perfection ...Conway hitting notes that,s impossible to do and that back up band . Was just great as well . Love that vidio one of the besttt 😍😍😍

[@wenbren]

No resurrection needed..this music never died.

[@waynemarston5928]

Conway wrote this song in my home town of Hamilton Ontario Canada around 1956. He was playing at the Flamingo Hotel under the name of Harold Jenkins at the time. He assumed his stage name after checking out a map. Conway Arkansas and Twitty Texas.

[@susieq1565]

@Wayne Marston, Conway told the story at a live show: he knew "Harold Jenkins " wasn't a famous name but had trouble finding a name that wasn't his. He opened a map, closed his eyes,and touched it twice. Hence, Conway, Arkansas and Twitty Texas.

[@christinewolfrom3425]

He not only is a fabulous singer but great hair !! 👍👍😕👏

[@tupelohoney622]

You can't go wrong with Conway! It's pronounced "Ca-homa" located in the Mississippi Delta. Fun fact -- I was on the Rockabilly Highway this past Sunday. 😄

[@TexasMagnolia]

Tupelo Honey yes ma’me...hey Girl!

[@tupelohoney622]

@@TexasMagnolia , great choice!

[@melissalove1112]

33 years 💞

[@dobrobob]

Conway has so many good songs you could do a year or more worth of reaction videos just his songs lol

[@ajhayes2930]

I love to sing this song on karaoke. I love any Conway

[@RockN2Country]

@Aj Hayes Gonna need vid of the karaoke, and I will totally react to it. Ha! #truth

[@kimberlysimpkins1190]

He is my all time favorite singer of all time

[@marthacantrell6953]

Twitty City was sold to the Trinity Broadcasting Network, A Christian network. They renamed it.

[@SlyTyler97]

Conway George and Merle are the 3 greatest artist ever in my opinion

[@karenkyoungsc]

Referred to as the High Priest of Country Music. My personal favorite singer ever. Love that growl you hear in his voice.

[@debrabenoist1596]

He was extremely talented

[@maryannanderson2213]

"Hello Darlin" is THE song by Conway Twitty but I would love to see you react to "Don't Cry, Joni" that he recorded with his young daughter. Beautiful song.

[@bleuskye8124]

Hey Don! Finally something good. Something worth listening too.

[@sylviafarese8837]

An all time favorite of mine

[@SuperKaren1953]

If I'm not mistaken Don,I believe Conway did this song on Dick Clark's American Bandstand when it was a rock song. I would have been a little toddler back then,lol The only reason I knew about it was the fact that I seen it on youtube.

[@kaycee4357]

Ya know....I was just thinking that his voice stayed solid up until the day he died; more times than not the aging can be heard, but not with Conway. Serious talent.

[@jvsmith7888]

It's only make believe was a R&R hit in 1958 but it's amazing how much it sounds like the songs that were coming out of Nashville in 1966 when something called "The Nashville Sound" was popular.

[@ronnywestberry9503]

conway's lonely blue boy is a great rockabilly song

[@kerrylattimore2684]

This guy keeps getting better. That band is great too.

[@RockN2Country]

@kerry lattimore Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for the kind words!! Welcome aboard the channel, BTW!

[@gene1351]

This song got him into Country Music...

[@arlenesimms7254]

The one and only...

[@lindalovesal]

He was and is the best there ever was thanks for sharing this.

[@besttwinsever7585]

I wonder if this was shortly before his Death I know he had done a show at his theater in Branson Missouri he was on his tour buss after the road don’t know if they were headed home season over in Branson not sure if he died on his bus or if they made it to the Hospital. Can you Imagine doing something you love all the way up to the day you pass

[@cherylberry5058]

conway is the best singer

[@susaniserhoff9361]

I’m proud to say that I saw him in concert once with the late great George Jones and it was a phonomenal

[@jlmikeals9236]

Conway Twitty is much more than just this song. One of the greatest voices in music ever. He had a knack for finding the right song, then knowing how to sing it. The Conway growl is legendary. He lives every song as he sings it. Each song he recorded was meant to touch the heart, and he accomplished that with ease. These are but a couple of reasons Conway Twitty was called " The Best friend a song ever had.". Just listen to a few songs and take in the feeling and emotion he puts into every song. For you dad's, try "That's My Job".

[@johnsmart6170]

Great

[@carlahuff4307]

Loved him!

[@thrustkicktkd841]

Gone too soon...RIP.

[@toddhodges4405]

In 2001 there was a girl named Jessica Andrews that had a song out called Who I Am, would be a good one for you, another reactor just did it, Use to be one of my favorites back then

[@djpaul146]

Great video reaction Glenn Campbell did an awesome version of this tune if you haven't already heard it

[@dianethornhill3651]

Don, Iris DeMent is the one John Prine chose to duet with on his song In Spite of Ourselves. Give it a listen.

[@Teresia12]

Twitty City is now Trinity City. It is a shell of its original. TBN owns it and they have 2 auditoriums for speakers to be filmed. You have to look a certain way to get in. The preach "GIVE, GIVE, GIVE!" While the woman has had about 10 facial procedures because she has to look her best for the lord. The clothes, gilt chairs. It's a downright shame. Nothing even looks the same. There are no attractions, just a gift shop and the 2 auditoriums. All the rest gone. I have a picture of me and my Daddy riding camels at Twitty City.

[@eugeneenslow8563]

Definitely appreciate you doing some research into the artist.

[@USA24541]

"that dude" with head of hair is David Sandborn, a great saxophonist. he was host of this show, Night Music, which was in syndication.

[@flomurdock]

He is a dreadful interviewer

[@USA24541]

@@flomurdock Great sax player. He was in the house band on SNL when it was a great show back in 1979-80

[@TexasMagnolia]

The Mavericks has a great Texas-Rockabilly sound.

[@kcc9078]

OMG! I just love reading your comments! Lol we must be the same generation or close to it.....I forgot about The Mavericks🙃

[@billyrosenbaum968]

Only one person or group that had more number one hits. Of all groups and of any kind.

[@phyllispoff6959]

Please rate "Hello Darlin'" by Conway

[@kcc9078]

Once a truck driver......His story is pretty amazing. In fact...he has a son who tried to fill his shoes a bit but it didn't work out (imo I didn't like him at all), but Conway DOES have a grandson (Tre or Tri....can't recall which) that does a much better job.

[@winterlee2704]

Some say he sung this about Loretta Lynn

[@MrTunetracker]

First time he sang this song was n 1958.

[@tupelohoney622]

If you are going to try rockabilly, you have to start with one of the originals, Carl Perkins. Honey Don't and Matchbox

[@gaylachiriaco8667]

Keep doing the old school original "real" country music 🙏 The new/contemporary stuff sucks. If you haven't seen Ken Burns documentary "Country Music"🎶 it's a MUST SEE!!

[@michellemedinas7128]

I didn’t know the fact about Conway and baseball. The other artist I know of who had a Pro Baseball connection is Charley Pride. He actually played for a few years before going into music.

[@lutherl2350]

Jim Reeves was also a Baseball player. Played at The University of Texas then played in the minor league system of the St Louis Cardinals before leaving the game due to an ankle injury.

[@Caperhere]

Rainy Night in Georgia, by Conway and Sam Cook is nice.