When itвЂ™s not out there, you can rest,вЂ™ вЂќ Twitty said in a 1990 interview. вЂњMy Dad told me when I was a kid: вЂWhen the cotton is out there, you get it. He put together his first band when he was 10. He grew up in Friars Point, Miss., listening to the Grand Ole Opry on the radio and was influenced by the local black church. He learned his first guitar chords from his father, a riverboat captain on the Mississippi. Twitty turned down a contract offer to play baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies out of his love for music. It included performance facilities and Twitty often would come out and greet visitors. In 1982, Twitty opened Twitty City, a nine-acre tourist complex in Hendersonville, a Nashville suburb. I like what the fans like,вЂќ Twitty said in a 1985 interview. 1 hits until вЂњGeorgia Keeps Pulling on My RingвЂќ missed in 1977. Going against the advice of managers, booking agents and record company people, Twitty switched to country and turned out a string of No. Twitty capitalized on his teen idol status by starring in the films вЂњSex Kittens Go to CollegeвЂќ and вЂњCollege Confidential.вЂќ His first hit was вЂњItвЂ™s Only Make Believe,вЂќ which reached No. Twitty got his break as a rockabilly artist in the 1950s, writing songs for Sun RecordsвЂ™ stable of singers that included Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. They won a Grammy for their 1971 duet, вЂњAfter the Fire Is Gone.вЂќ Twitty and Loretta Lynn won the Country Music Assn.'s vocal duo of the year award in 1972, 1973, 19. вЂњHe was a songвЂ™s best friend because he could really sing.вЂќ вЂњHe didnвЂ™t do a lot of talking on stage, he said he let his music do his talking,вЂќ Tillis said.

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