Country Music

Was Conway Twitty singing to us, or was he confessing to himself? Millions heard his velvet voice and felt he was telling their stories, never realizing he might have been telling his own. Friends close to him later revealed that the king of love songs often channeled his own quiet heartbreak into his music, turning his performances into a form of therapy. It’s a chilling thought that for Conway, “the stage became his confessional,” and every fan singing along was an unknowing witness to a pain he couldn’t speak of otherwise.

Introduction For countless fans, Conway Twitty’s voice was like velvet — smooth, soothing, and timeless,...