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February 13, 2009
Harold Jenkins of Helena (Phillips County) took his stage name from the towns of Conway (Faulkner County) and Twitty, Texas, thus becoming Conway Twitty. As a rockabilly and country legend, Twitty topped the charts more than fifty times, with the 1958 release of “It’s Only Make Believe” being the first to climb to number one.