Conway Twitty獲故鄉褒揚

已故鄉村歌星Conway Twitty最近獲得美國密西西比州一項殊榮，該州為表彰出生於密西西比於鄉村歌唱界有成就的鄉親們，特別規劃了Mississippi Country Music Trail「密西西比鄉村音樂路徑」，他們在特定的公路定點豎立歌星立牌，在牌上描述該歌星對鄉村歌唱界的貢獻，密西西比州以鄉村歌曲的發源地為榮，它也是Jimmie Rodgers，Tammy Wynette，Conway Twitty 與貓王 Elvis Presley這些名歌星的故鄉。

Conway Twitty的立牌 5月31日於他的出生地Friars Point揭幕。

Conway Twitty出生於1933年，本名Harold Lloyd Jenkins，1993年因血管疾病過世（59歲），Conway 10歲時就組了自己的合唱團the Phillips Country Ramblers，高中畢業時他曾經被費城人隊相中，差點當了職棒球員，但因被徵召去當兵而沒去成。

Conway Twitty一生從搖滾樂偶像歌星轉型成為鄉村歌曲巨星，自1968-1986年在鄉村歌曲排行榜一共唱出了40首排行榜冠軍曲，這個記錄直到2006年才被George Strait打破，1971-1976年Conway Twitty與「礦工的女兒」Loretta Lynn的搭擋二重唱曾經替他們贏得許多獎。

Conway Twitty佳作極多，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜中獲得第325名，他1975年與女兒Joni Lee合唱的Don’t Cry Joni是一首很可愛的情歌。



DON'T CRY JONI



Woman- Jimmy please say you'll wait for me

I'll grow up someday you'll see

Saving all my kisses just for you

Signed with love forever true.



Man - Joni was the girl who lived next door

I've known her I guess ten years or more.

Joni wrote me a note one day.

And this is what she had to say.



Woman-Jimmy please say you'll wait for me

I'll grow up someday you'll see

Saving all my kisses just for you

Signed with love forever true.



Man- Slowly I read her note once more

Then I went over to the house next door

Her tear-drops fell like rain that day

When I told Joni what I had to say.



Man- Joni, Joni please don't cry

You'll forget me by and by

You're just fifteen and I'm twenty two,

and Joni I just can’t wait for you.



Man - Soon I left our little home town,

Got me a job and tried to settle down

But these words kept haunting my memory,

the words that Joni said to me.



Woman- Jimmy please say you'll wait for me

I'll grow up some day you'll see

Saving all my kisses just for you

Signed with love forever true.



Man - I packed my clothes and I caught a plane

and I had to see Joni. I had to explain,

how my heart was filled with her memory

and ask my Joni if she'd marry me



I ran all the way to the house next door

but things weren't like they were before

My tear-drops fell like rain that day

When I heard what Joni had to say.



Woman- Jimmy, Jimmy please don't cry

You'll forget me by and by.

It's been five years since you've been gone

Jimmy, I - (married) - your best friend John.