Conway Rocks [Import]

Conway Twitty | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B00009Z589
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,728 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's Only Make Believe

2. I Vibrate (From My Head to My Feet)

3. Rock House

4. Give Me Some Love

5. Shake It Up

6. Double Talk Baby

7. Don't You Know

8. Mona Lisa

9. Teasin'

10. Make Me Know You're Mine

11. Hey Little Lucy (Don'tcha Put No Lipstick On)

12. Danny Boy

13. Hey Miss Ruby

14. Restless

15. She's Mine

16. Foggy River

17. Pretty Eyed Baby

18. Rebound

19. Lonely Blue Boy

20. The Hurt in My Heart

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Conway Twitty was one of the most successful country stars of all time - no one ever scored more #1 country hits. But before he was a country star, he was a rock 'n' roller, and one of the best. There have been other collections that tried to capture Conway's early years, but this one is definitive. It covers the eight years from his pre-Sun recording of Rock House to the ultra-rare ABC recordings of Such A Night and My Baby Left Me, cut just weeks before Conway went country. In between are the classic MGM hits and rockabilly high-spots, including Lonely Blue Boy (originally recorded by Elvis as Danny), Long Black Train, Hey Miss Ruby, Is A Blue Bird Blue (the earliest hit for the great Dan Penn), and the incomparable It's Only Make Believe. Deluxe CD Digipac with 36-page booklet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conway Rocks....he certainly does!, October 30, 2003

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Matthew F. Strickland (Redford, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conway Rocks (Audio CD)

If you thought Conway Twitty was just a big haired country star from the 60's "Conway Rocks" is here to prove you wrong! The CD follows the transformation of Harold Lloyd Jenkins into a wild rock n' roller and his rise to early stardom. You will find all the passionate and powerful vocals that Conway brought to his wild rockabilly, rock n' roll and pop hits from the 50's and early 60's....heck, and the musicianship aint bad either!

"Conway Rocks" is done in the meticulous fashion that accompanies all Bear Family CD's....original masters, superb quality pressing, authoritative/ thorough booklet and complete discography of the recordings. Standouts o­n the album are "Rock House" (yep he wrote it), "I Vibrate (From My Head to My Feet), "Rebound" and "Lonely Blue Boy".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hidden, Perhaps a Treasure, November 4, 2004

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Eclectic Revisited "Charlie" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conway Rocks (Audio CD)

For all of the country songs Jerry Lee Lewis recorded, he's still remembered primarily for his early rock and roll. Conway Twitty's RNR days, save for "It's Only Make Believe", are all but forgotten. This album brings back most of those songs which followed "Make Believe". Most memorable is "Lonely Blueboy" which continued his popularity in many parts of the country. There is also 1960's "Is A Bluebird Blue?" with strings and all like the post-Clyde McPhatter Drifters. Of course included are Conway's unsentimental rocking versions of "Danny Boy" and "Mona Lisa". The last one I actually remember from his rock days is 1962's "It's Driving Me Wild", not a great hit, but it would be 3 more years before he changed to doing country music (against others' advice). Missing on this CD is a respectable cover version of Ruth Brown's "Oh, What a Dream" and the odd choice (for Conway Twitty) of "C'est Si Bon". This is a compilation worth having.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great 50's rock'n'roller you won't want to miss!, August 12, 2004

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Tommigun "tommigun" (Windsor, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conway Rocks (Audio CD)

It's surely a great package of songs from Conway and comprehensive booklet included as well. If you don't want to buy 8CD box set from Bear Family called "The Rock'N'Roll Years" then try this one.