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Ultimate Collection: Conway Twitty

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Download links and information about Ultimate Collection: Conway Twitty by Conway Twitty. This album was released in 1999 and it belongs to Rock, Country, Rockabilly genres. It contains 15 tracks with total duration of 47:53 minutes.

Artist: Conway Twitty
Release date: 1999
Genre: Rock, Country, Rockabilly
Tracks: 15
Duration: 47:53
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. It's Only Make Believe (Single Version) 2:14
2. Lonely Blue Boy 2:15
3. Hello Darlin' (Single Version) 2:27
4. Next in Line (Single Version) 2:52
5. After the Fire Is Gone (Single Version) (featuring Loretta Lynn) 2:39
6. You've Never Been This Far Before 3:02
7. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (Single Version) (featuring Loretta Lynn) 2:32
8. Linda On My Mind (Single Version) 2:42
9. Play Guitar Play (Single Version) 3:23
10. I'd Love to Lay You Down 3:20
11. Tight Fittin' Jeans (Single Version) 2:50
12. Julia 3:45
13. That's My Job 4:52
14. Crazy In Love 3:47
15. A Rainy Night in Georgia (Single Version) (featuring Sam Moore) 5:13

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Conway Twitty started out as a country singer, then switched to rockabilly and rock & roll after Elvis Presley broke open the airwaves for it, and then went back again to singing country when the Beatles changed the face of rock & roll in the early to mid-'60s. Twitty loved singing in both musical streams, and he wasn’t an opportunist so much as he was practical and in touch with his audience. From the beginning his real strength was in singing ballads — whatever the genre — and he excelled at it. This expansive single-disc, 33-track collection from Bear Family Records gathers his early rock and pop ballads from the Sun, Mercury, and MGM record labels and spans 1956 to 1963, stopping just short of his switch to country in 1965, making it the perfect companion to Bear Family's similar set, Conway Rocks, which chronicles the more rocking material he recorded in the same time span. Highlights here include the classic “It’s Only Make Believe” (written by Twitty and his drummer, Jack Nance) from 1958, a definitive version of “C’est Si Bon,” fine takes on classics “You Win Again” and “What Am I Living For,” and the delightful “Is a Bluebird Blue,” written by Dan Penn. Hearing these tracks makes clear that Twitty's later switch to country was hardly a drastic move — more like switching from one side to the other in a big, old, and very comfortable easy chair.