This was in Conway's rock-a-billy days. Later in life he fully switched to country. He was one of the best. Many number 1 hits at one time more than anyone else.
@eclconsulting3 жыл бұрын
Conway Twitty is a legend, with over 40 #1 hits. He started in the 50's and worked with Sam Phillips, the producer who recorded Elvis, so there's definitely a deliberate similarity. This song was his first #1 hit. He evolved with his country songs, starting in the 60's. He's a deep rabbit hole, especially his duets with Loretta Lynn.
@jw31093 жыл бұрын
He later became one of the BIGGEST country music stars often appearing with the equally big Loretta Lynn. Hello Darlin' is another that you should listen to.
@jimmypadgett11063 жыл бұрын
He and Roy Orbison both started after Elvis they were riding Elvis's coattails I remember how they talked about this back in the early 60's.
@JonBurrows35773 жыл бұрын
In the introduction to a box set of his, Conway stated “Back then we were all trying to sound like Elvis, I’m just the only one that admits it”.
@gavinvanburen1355 Жыл бұрын
Elvis did also sing it. He said it was his favorite song when it came out so he sang it
@KittyCarlile-49010 ай бұрын
Powerful voice
@dsusan173 жыл бұрын
Conway is one of the all time greats! This was before he changed to Country Music. In Country Conway could get away with lyrics no one else could. The live version of Goodbye Time is fabulous. Conway always left everything on the stage. He also did duets with Lorretta Lynn. He left us too soon. He had 18 number ones and passed in his 40s. You've Never Been This Far Before, Slow Hand, Tight Fitten Jeans, and so many more. Yes in this song I do see the similarities with Elvis. Thank you Harri! I love Conway!
@conniefittro-sharp62768 ай бұрын
Conway Twitty Only Make Believe YES ABSOLUTELY HEAR ELVIS! Unreal!!! Gives me chills! ❤
@trishafaulk20673 жыл бұрын
Conway did lots of music over the years. The Bee Gees wrote music for him at one point. He did quite a bit of country.
@deelawson45513 жыл бұрын
Yay! This is my favorite Conway song! Keep On Rockin'
@TexasMagnolia3 жыл бұрын
Conway Twitty!!! Thank You Harri! Yes, Conway started out in rock but sky rocketed in Country. You’d love: That’s My Job
@wayne_twentyfive3 жыл бұрын
I love this song, and I still think Conway's original version was the best one, despite the numerous covers that have been done of it .. But Glen Campbell does a very, very, good version, which you should really check out, Harri .. I know you like Glen's singing, and you will definitely enjoy his soaring voice on this one .. Cheers, Wayne
@jimmyaye42043 жыл бұрын
Glen's wonderful cover of this song was released in 1970. I fondly remember hearing it on the radio when it was on the charts.
@barrysmith44923 жыл бұрын
First time I heard this I thought it was Elvis also. Always been one of my favorites though
@karenj36113 жыл бұрын
Conway had a very recognizable voice. Love his music
@stephanietip3 жыл бұрын
Conway is one of my guilty musical pleasures.He has the ability to sing an innocent song and make it sound so dirty.
@39thala3 жыл бұрын
Should do Conway and Loretta Lynn's duet, "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi man" (Conway was born in Mississippi. Just like Elvis)
@oldermusiclover2 жыл бұрын
As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone and the funny Youre the Reason OUr Kids Are Ugly
@jeansalzman2.0122 жыл бұрын
One of the many musical loves of my life. Thank you for your wonderful analysis.
@PenTwist2 жыл бұрын
I totally hear Elvis! I played this for my mom (83), she heard Elvis in several places too. She grew up during the Conway Twitty era. Good catch.
@Philtration3 жыл бұрын
The only time I ever saw my mom and dad dance was to this song in my living room. I had to be around 6 or 7 years old and I can remember it like it was yesterday.
@cathyhetzel59442 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful voice!!
@TitaLeopold8 ай бұрын
You took the words right out of my mouth! Conway does sound so much like Elvis! Glenn Campbell took this song to another level! Worth checking out 🧐
@39thala3 жыл бұрын
A country music legend!
@carolespinoza84692 жыл бұрын
Love him,. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💔💔💔💔💔
@debrabenoist15963 жыл бұрын
Conway’s Hello Darling, Slow Hand and so many others, he was great
@ejb9545 Жыл бұрын
I remember listening to it on the radio when it came out
@39thala3 жыл бұрын
He chose this stage name, after Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas. Apparently he just formed the name while looking at a road map trying to think of a better stage name.
@garywilson7992 Жыл бұрын
8:45 pm CT, 9/10/23, I was only 9 years old when I first heard this song in 1958 and loved it. It’s one of those rare kind of songs, you like the first time you hear it. I’m close to 75 now, and there were quite a few years, that I didn’t listen to music anymore. But after I retired, and since the internet became so common place, and I discovered music apps, where I heard all kinds of long forgotten about songs, It’s Only Make Believe, is one of the many that I fell in love with, all over again, and just as much as I did when I was 9 years old.
@deniseholland95733 жыл бұрын
His later years you need to watch.He puts his all in it. PLEASE
@dviniso3 жыл бұрын
Conway twitty was my neighbor in Hendersonville, TN. He was into baseball in our small town. Great man and great talent.
@39thala3 жыл бұрын
He-he, Harri, you should hear Steve Holy's cover of this. 😃 Conway along with Elvis was one of Steve's idols.
@DebraCampoli11 ай бұрын
God bless you. Really enjoyed your comments on this. God bless you v
@seanjohnson61863 жыл бұрын
Conway had lots of hits. Hello Darlin’, Tight Fitting Jeans, are just 2 of the many. I haven’t looked it up but I an 99% sure Elvis covered this song and did very well with it.
@FollowerofChrist113 жыл бұрын
If I’m not mistaken Ronnie McDowell is the only one that covered it. Because Conway even appeared on the recording with Ronnie.
@seanjohnson61863 жыл бұрын
@@FollowerofChrist11 I stand corrected. After I wrote the above I quickly looked for an Elvis version and I found a few that said they were Elvis but they were obvious fakes.
@patriciakeith67553 жыл бұрын
@@FollowerofChrist11, when Ronnie first came on the music scene, people thought they were hearing Elvis because Ronnie sounded so much like him.
@debbielopez25443 жыл бұрын
Glen Campbell did a cover version which was quite good..
@BLB272 Жыл бұрын
My mom absolutely loved Conway. She got goosebumps every time she heard his voice.
@danielh3179 Жыл бұрын
Well, it's a nice review of Conway Twitty's performance which deserves to be in the pantheon of rock-n-roll history. Like so many other songs, we often imagine how it would have been performed by Elvis who clearly would have knocked this song out of the park. One can only imagine how Elvis must've reacted when he heard this song and whether he considered recording it as he had done with several songs by different artists. Had Elvis recorded it, it might have been a somewhat weird situation in which Elvis would be perceived as imitating Conway who was imitating Elvis.
@philipazevedo21652 жыл бұрын
Conway is a legend
@v.downes96083 жыл бұрын
I had such a crush on him. Still do.
@JohnHazelwood583 жыл бұрын
This is one of my fav. songs to sing ... this song and "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford ♥ Just a great (music-) time!! I love it!
@MommaBird523 жыл бұрын
Have you listened to Geoff Castellucci doing 16 Tons! Fantastic!
@MommaBird523 жыл бұрын
This has always been one of my favorites!
@wheelmanstan3 жыл бұрын
he and elvis were equal in talent in my opinion, very special guy
@mildredpierce45063 жыл бұрын
I have never seen him so young before.
@aggiemom48943 жыл бұрын
Yay! Love Conway Twitty! Looking forward to your reaction 🤠
@darrylhughes77973 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this song on the oldies channel here in NYC I swore up and down that this was Elvis. I was actually shocked when the DJ said it was Conway Twitty. But a lot of singers in the late 50's after Elvis went into the army were getting popular sounding like Elvis like Eddie Cochran, etc.
@richardkeep86513 жыл бұрын
He was only 2 years older than Elvis, born Harold Lloyd Jenkins. released this in 1958
@terryfarrar4513 жыл бұрын
I have a box set of Conway Twitty before he switched to Country music it has 6 LP vinyl discs called Conway Twitty the Rocko'n' years all his rock and roll hits some really great early songs bought it over thirty years ago now.
@Airihi3 жыл бұрын
The group backing him on this song would also back Elvis Presley on his songs. In his older age, Conway had mentioned that the head of Sun Records, engineers, managers, and pretty much everyone else at the time was telling him he sounded just like Elvis and wanted him to continue making songs like this but he wasn't interested in it. Everyone thought he was crazy and throwing away his career but he wasn't interested in mainstream rock, he was a country singer and wanted to have fun. He also reflected on his favorite songs of his being his humorous songs saying they gave him the greatest joy and he would have prefered singing more of those kinds of songs and said he wanted to have fun with his music but the world (music fans) wanted him to always be so serious all the time lol I always had the feeling that he and Roger Miller shared a similar love for life and humor.
@darlaflorence74283 жыл бұрын
Never thought of that
@damonhines81873 жыл бұрын
The hit musical 'Bye Bye Birdie'(stage:1960; film:1963, with Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret) was written about a Twitty-like "pop-idol". 8>D
@bethhutto31383 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite singers ever! He actually signed one of his 8 x 10 B&W photos for me on the high school football field in Cayce, SC (which is near Columbia) sometime in the mid to late 60's. There was a local country music radio station that was having a mini concert on one of those trailer's with a stage on it. He was so good looking. He had jet black hair! I have no idea what happened to the signed photo. But I sure with I had it now!
@davehagi98833 жыл бұрын
Beth I had signed photographs of so many from that era, heaven knows where they they have gone, lost with the memories of what went on behind the bike shed.
@jonnno243 Жыл бұрын
This song co written and sung by Conway Twitty was part of my growing up in the 50s and 60s. I love it. Maybe listen to the UK singer Billy Fury singing this. Its good too.
@paulasmith31793 жыл бұрын
When this song first came out, I thought it was Elvis.
@joankisloski69723 жыл бұрын
I was only 9 when this song came out & I still love it 63 years later. "Suspicion" by Terry Stafford is more of an Elvis sound-alike. It is a 1962 song originally recorded by Elvis Presley & became a major hit in 1964 by Stafford.
@jamesguess22282 жыл бұрын
I was 14 years old when I first heard this on the radio
@chrism.c99653 жыл бұрын
Conway definitely trying to put some Elvis in his sound and he is great singing this song
@johncagle64883 жыл бұрын
50 #1 hits , most all time until George Strait passed him !
@donnabost44453 жыл бұрын
My favorite from Conway is " Tight Fitting Jeans" and Hello darling" and of course "Id love you lay you down" Ah he was a smooth talker as they say!!!
@PattyMcqG2 жыл бұрын
It's not the words, it is the music.
@allan69779 ай бұрын
Conway was the Elvis of country music. It's only make believe, Hello Darlin, White sport coat, the list goes on and and on and on.
@stevenklein31959 ай бұрын
He sure is!!
@Tonidolls3 жыл бұрын
more Conway Please
@chrisporter79843 жыл бұрын
You'd love his cover of Slow Hand from the Pointer Sisters!
@jamesguess22282 жыл бұрын
His name comes from 2 towns in Arkansas...Conway and Twitty
@debbiesenatore54333 жыл бұрын
Conway Twitty is a country legend. He does a cover of The Rose by Bette Midler that is my favorite. He has tons of excellent songs....he’s one of my favorites
@EarthWalker20233 жыл бұрын
Love
@gavinvanburen1355 Жыл бұрын
They thought Conway twitty already sounded similar to elvis so yes they did push for him to sound more like elvis because at the time elvis was a sensation and everyone wanted to sound like him
@corawheeler93553 жыл бұрын
A singer who really sounded like Elvis was Ral Donner ... "You Don't Know What You've Got ... "
@ericgerena60423 жыл бұрын
Yes I totally agree with you . There was another singer that sounded like Elvis his name was Terry Stafford and the song " Suspicion" . These were called oldies but goodies. 👍👍
@ednafenton75583 жыл бұрын
Ronnie McDowells 1st hit was, "The King is Gone". He sings just like Elvis. In the TV movie about Elvis starring Kurt Russell, they didn't use Elvis recordings for the soundtrack. It's Ronnie McDowell that sings all of Elvis's songs.
@rickward4602 жыл бұрын
That's Harold Jenkins, before he was Conway Twitty. Spread the love Brother😎🇺🇸
@debbiechang57813 жыл бұрын
I spent my entire life, until this moment, thinking this was Elvis! Oops! Harri, thank you for leading me to the light! 🌺✌️
@openfor453 жыл бұрын
Uncle Elvis! {I loved that comment} Twitty has several songs to his credit. Another Twitty great song 'Don't Cry Joni'.
@davidzimmerli4893 жыл бұрын
Elvis Presley's uncle ! LOL !!! I actually met Elvis Presley's uncle, Vester Presley, in the Elvis gift shop across the street from Graceland, many years ago. I was on a south-bound vacation trip with my mother, several years after Elvis had died, and we had stopped in Memphis, Tennessee, to see Graceland. We crossed the street to visit the gift shop, and there inside the little shop sat Vester Presley in a big old chair (almost like a throne ... LOL). We purchased a book about Elvis (I believe it was written by Vester), and I walked up to his uncle and asked him to sign the book. And, believe me, Vester had none of Elvis's good looks! LOL!
@Ghost-304 Жыл бұрын
Everyone wanted or tried to sound like Elvis back then lol
@curtismartin28663 жыл бұрын
In the Broadway Musical Bye Bye Birdie, the lead character was an obvious "Elvis" type was was named "Conrad Birdie" as a knock off of the name Conway Twitty.
@luckyskittles5007Ай бұрын
At the time a number of artists imitated the Elvis sound. Conway Twitty may have been the best and he did get air play on the Rock stations. As you stated the song went to #1 but Twitty evolved back to country music where he had a hugely successful career
@jamesguess22282 жыл бұрын
He had 50 no.1 hit songs
@ronpotter98103 жыл бұрын
His real name was Harold Jenkins. He adapted his stage name from Conway Arkansas & Twitty Texas. He will go on to have a HUGE country career. This did indeed hit #1 on the pop chart in the US & UK but also in Canada. It was his only #1 pop hit.
@MommaBird523 жыл бұрын
Conway was only 16 months older than Elvis so they came from the same era. He tragically died of a stomach aneurysm in the early 90s. He had so many great hits, both solo and duets over the decades.
@berryscott35902 жыл бұрын
Conway Twitty was also a baseball player, back in the day, signed by the Phillies if I'm not mistaken, was hitting over 400 at one point... BUT chose a different path...
@Candy-of2hq Жыл бұрын
The voice is close, true. But it's, the style that caught my attention.
@caseysheehan8643 Жыл бұрын
I'm 61 and up until today I thought this was Elvis. Then I heard Glen sing it and then found myself in your company and none of that is make believe.
@lovemyrainydays3 жыл бұрын
The Elvis "thing" never occurred to me before, but yes! I hear it now - I wonder if subconsciously that's why this song is by far my favourite of Conway Twitty. Incidentally, I always think of this song as part of a trio alongside Bobby Darin's Dream Lover and The Everly Brothers' All I Have to do is Dream.
@annmills31633 жыл бұрын
Conway and Loretta Lynn have 11 albums together ☮️💜
@michaellazzeri20692 жыл бұрын
Sir----------I cannot verify this, but the background voices really do sound, like The Jordanaires, , who backed Elvis in the 50's & early 60's. And yes, he did sound like Elvis.--------------------------MJL< 76 y/o
@31Mike3 жыл бұрын
His real name was Harold Jenkins. How he got his stage name is detailed in another comment, so I won't go into that again. I saw him once, at an amusement park near Richmond, Va, back in the middle 80's. Though I was never a real big fan of his.
@rollomaughfling3803 жыл бұрын
This is definitely Conway's "Elvis phase," Harri. Just like every single dude in the Western World had an "Elvis phase" back then :). 7 years later, he turned back to Country and recorded some absolute classics, many with Loretta Lynn. They had a great partnership. Definitely worth diving into.
@moonbeam20623 жыл бұрын
Harri , Conway was definitely influenced by Elvis. Conway said in an interview, everybody was trying to copy Elvis at that time.
@svenrb2 жыл бұрын
Written by Conway Twitty and Jack Nance.
@LaptopLarry330 Жыл бұрын
If you get the opportunity to do so, please react to his 1990 TV performance of this song, which is available for viewing here on KZbin. A talk show host briefly interviewed Conway Twitty before his TV performance. He really puts everything he’s got into that TV performance.
@gregrenn21383 жыл бұрын
I am thrilled you are doing Conway Twitty. While my Aunts were throwing their underwear at Tom Jones, my mom was swooning over Conway Twitty.
@george2173 жыл бұрын
Actually, Elvis did cover this song (but then so did Jon Bon Jovi, Glen Campbell and many others).
@gwensnyder83133 жыл бұрын
Love, love, love this song. I think I like Glen Campbell’s version best, but this is a close second. The Hollies actually covered this; the harmony is so tight, and Tony Hicks’ guitar sounds so quintessentially ‘50’s, though it is from the mid-‘60’s.
@craigholt34856 ай бұрын
Conway over Elvis....everyday
@garydeforest79113 жыл бұрын
Don't think it was "a coincidence" that Conway Twitty sounded like a superior Elvis imitator at this moment -- when Elvis had been in the army eight months by the time this disc was a hit at the end of 1958. The public was hungering for a good Elvis sound. Elvis hadn't had time to record really good material when he was caught in the draft -- with his manager self-styled "Colonel" Tom Parker insisting that he go into the army for public relations reasons -- and scored just one Billboard number one disc while he was out of the public eye over those two years' of enlistment.
@somethingyousaid50593 жыл бұрын
Try some Twitty and (Loretta) Lynn duets.
@patticriss22383 жыл бұрын
Everyone tried to sound like Elvis until they realized they had to look like him too and that never worked!!! Haha
@sherigrow64803 жыл бұрын
So glad Elvis didn't sing it. I love all of the versions Conway Twitty did of this over the years. He became an even bigger country music star, some really great stuff.
@Ghost-304 Жыл бұрын
So glad I’m not only one hearing Elvis , Elvis version is better but Conway knocks it it if the park as well
@ivansavoie31903 жыл бұрын
I always thought he sounded like Elvis when I had his I guess you call rock album from 50s. He did rock and roll before he did country
@garyjohnson8012 жыл бұрын
Conway twitty was the best of all time and he had more Number one hits then Elvis and the beetles and Michael Jackson combined
@powoodworker17513 жыл бұрын
Conway Twitty sings my theme song: Lonely Blue Boy.
@jasonchilders5398 Жыл бұрын
Before Elvis
@lindanicholson9503 жыл бұрын
Everybody tried to look and sound like Elvis. I liked him better as. A country singer but he was fantastic in this song.