Audio CD review:
Conway Twitty - The #1 Hits Collection

Conway Twitty - The #1 Hits Collection

Band: Conway Twitty Title: The #1 Hits Collection Rating: Release Date: 2000-09-12 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 2: Next in Line - Conway Twitty, Kemp, Wayne 3: I Love You More Today - Conway Twitty, White, L.E. 4: To See My Angel Cry - Conway Twitty, Henry, Don 5: Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 6: Fifteen Years Ago - Conway Twitty, Smith, Ray [Rockabi 7: After the Fire Is Gone - Conway Twitty, White, L.E. 8: How Much More Can She Stand - Conway Twitty, Compton, Harry 9: Lead Me On - Conway Twitty, Copeland, Leon Chas 10: (Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 11: I Can't Stop Loving You - Conway Twitty, Gibson, Don 12: She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries) - Conway Twitty, Smith, Ray [Rockabi 13: Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Conway Twitty, Bluefield, Becki 14: You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 15: There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) - Conway Twitty, Seals, Troy 16: As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone - Conway Twitty, Nance, Jack 17: I See the Want in Your Eyes - Conway Twitty, Carson, Wayne 18: Linda on My Mind - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 19: Touch the Hand - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 20: Feelins' - Conway Twitty, Seals, Troy 21: This Time I've Hurt Her More (Than She Loves Me) - Conway Twitty, Conley, Earl Thomas 22: After All the Good Is Gone - Conway Twitty, Cramer, Floyd 23: The Games That Daddies Play - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 24: (I Can't Believe) She Gives It All to Me - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 25: Play Guitar Play - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 26: I've Already Loved You in My Mind - Conway Twitty, Twitty, Conway 27: Don't Take It Away - Conway Twitty, Seals, Troy 28: I May Never Get to Heaven - Conway Twitty, Anderson, Bill [1] 29: Happy Birthday Darlin' - Conway Twitty, Howard, Chuck [1] 30: I'd Love to Lay You Down - Conway Twitty, MacRae, Johnny 31: Rest Your Love on Me - Conway Twitty, Gibb, Barry 32: Tight Fittin' Jeans - Conway Twitty, Huffman, Mike 33: Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night - Conway Twitty, Seals, Troy

Just As Much Soul As George Jones This is by far the best Conway collection out there. Every track on this 2 cd set is a classic. Conway was a very soulful country singer like George Jones. If you wanna hear pure soulful country music listen to "After All The Good Is Gone" on cd #2. Just like Elvis,Razzy Bailey, T. Graham Brown, Jerry Lee, Freddy Fender, and Earl Thomas Conley, he recognized the close connection that R&B had to Country music and he never denied it-in fact, he embraced it with gracious open arms particularly while singing in front of a microphone, and that my friend is one of the reasons that made him so great. Start your Conway Twitty collection here This song has been covered many times and some of those covers have also been hits, including the cover by Glen Campbell. Conway Twitty began his career as a rock'n'roll singer, during which time he had the biggest hit of his career, It's only make believe. No other song that Conway ever did had quite that impact but the cumulative impact of all his country recordings is substantial. Conway was one of the most successful country singers of the twentieth century. On this collection you get It's only make believe plus many of the country songs that made him so successful. He spent most of his career recording for Decca and MCA but spent a few years with Warner. Some of his Warner hits that qualify for this collection are included but others are omitted. There are several different charts but this compilation is based on Billboard. Some fans will point out that Conway had hits that made number one on other charts but not Billboard - those are not included here. A boxed set is available for those in need of something more comprehensive but this double CD will suit most people ideally. Apart from It's only make believe, this set includes such classics as Hello darling, You've never been this far before and Linda on my mind - perhaps his three most important country hits. Among the other great songs here are Fifteen years ago, She needs someone to hold her, Touch the hand, Games that Daddies play, Tight fitting jeans and Red necking love making night. The overwhelming majority of these songs are originals but Conway could do covers too. They are represented here by Lost her love on our last date (a vocal version of Floyd Cramer's instrumental Last date), I can't stop loving you (Don Gibson) and Rest your love on me (Bee Gees). This set also includes five duets with Loretta Lynn - After the fire is gone, Lead me on, Louisiana woman Mississippi man, As soon as I hang up the phone and Feelins'. If you haven't got any of Conway's music, this is a great collection to buy. If you like it enough to explore further, you might go for Number ones - the Warner Brothers years. Another collection worth checking out is Silver Anniversary collection. If you like his duets with Loretta, you could buy Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn 20 greatest hits - this remains the best collection of the several focusing on their duets together. 1958; 1968-1981...? as far as the hits go, the CD deserves all 5 stars. i love the CD, so i'll get that out in the open first. the problem i have with the CD is the arrogance by MCA to only show the #1 Billboard hits he had with their company (despite the fact that the CD opens up with the original 1958 MGM version of "It's Only Make Believe"). i get annoyed when record labels ignore the other charts that used to be as watched as Billboard is. you had Record World, Cashbox, and Radio & Records all reporting the sales and airplay of albums and singles right along side Billboard. when you go beyond the Billboard data, you'll see that Conway hit #1 55 times (41 of the chart-toppers on Billboard, by the way!) starting in 1958 and picking up in 1968 and running virtually non-stop until late 1990! the fact that MCA used Billboard as the only chart to go by annoys me as much as the fact that his 1982-1986 #1's on Warner Brothers are left off. . . hardly making this a "#1 Hits Collection". still, the liner notes and pictures are priceless and the 33 songs on the CD are outstanding but to abruptly end things in 1981, as if to imply "that's it, he had no more #1 hits after RED NECKIN' LOVE MAKIN' NIGHT", is nonetheless callous on MCA's part. Conway 's new C D is as always,"The Best " This one is no exception ,it's makes me cry but I miss Conway, I have all his CD's and albums he ever recorded I listen to him every day and night I don't watch TV any more I also have {2]of his videos This CD' will be a special as all his songs are I don't think Conway ever had a song I did'nt like. I guess everyone is by Conway like I am he's never had a song that I didn't enjoy listening to . The Radio Stations should play some of the songs that was not #1 and they would see they all would classify as #1 but they can't play them all ,but I can and this CD is no exception!!! minniecg@yahoo. com. Conway Twitty is and always will be #1 I have double copies of every CD and Record he ever recorded,I would not take anything for the picture I had made with him. I met Conway in person at Sonny Duke's Club years ago I saw him every time he was in Birmingham Alabama. I don't let a day or night go by without his CD's playing all in all I loved Conway with all my heart. He was a Special person and fans will never forget him. MINNIECG@YAHOO. COM. You can see a complete list of all Conway Twitty discography, or go back to the Conway Twitty tabs