The Best of Conway Twitty, Volume 1: Rockin Years

~ Release by Conway Twitty (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1I Need Your Lovin'
recording of:
I Need Your Lovin’ (Conway Twitty song, 1957 (co‐written with Jimmy Paulman))
composer:
Jimmy Paulman and Conway Twitty
52:30
2Maybe Baby
cover recording of:
Maybe Baby
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter) and Norman Petty
publisher:
Melody Lane Pub and MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
2:14
3Shake It Up
recording of:
Shake It Up (Conway Twitty song, 1957)
composer:
Conway Twitty
2:39
4Born to Sing the Blues
recording of:
Born to Sing the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Conway Twitty
2:17
5It's Only Make Believe
recording of:
It’s Only Make Believe
writer:
Jack Nance (in 1958) and Conway Twitty (in 1958)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Tree Publishing Co., Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
2:13
6Halfway to Heaven
recording of:
Half Way to Heaven
writer:
Martin Kalmanoff (ASCAP songwriter) and Aaron Schroeder (1950s~1960s US songwriter)
2:14
7Lonely Blue Boy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MGM Records (in 1960)
cover recording of:
Lonely Blue Boy (Danny)
writer:
Ben Weisman and Fred Wise
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Erika Publishing
2:15
8Is a Blue Bird Blue
recording of:
Is a Blue Bird Blue
lyricist and composer:
Dan Penn (songwriter, soul singer)
2:37
9Long Black Train
recording of:
Long Black Train
lyricist and composer:
Conway Twitty
22:49
10Got My Mojo Workin'
cover recording of:
Got My Mojo Working (original version)
lyricist and composer:
Preston Foster
publisher:
Dare Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:22
11I Vibrate
recording of:
I Vibrate (From My Head to My Feet)
writer:
Jack Nance and Conway Twitty
2:00
12Platinum High School
recording of:
Platinum High School (Conway Twitty song, 1960 film tie-in)
composer:
Conway Twitty
32:28
13Danny Boy
cover recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
2:45
14Mona Lisa
cover recording of:
Mona Lisa
lyricist:
Raymond B. Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
sub-publisher:
BMG Unisong Music Publishers BV
part of:
The 23rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1950 winner)
2:25
15C'est si bon
cover recording of:
C’est si bon (It's So Good, English version)
lyricist:
André Hornez (in 1947)
composer:
Henri Betti (songwriter and pianist) (in 1947)
translator:
Jerry Seelen (screenwriter, lyricist. songwriter) (in 1949)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
translated version of:
C’est si bon (original French version)
2:17
16Comfy 'n Cozy
cover recording of:
Comfy ’n Cozy (Song written by Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott, recorded by Conway Twitty)
composer:
Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter) and Winfield Scott
2:04
17What a Dream
cover recording of:
What a Dream
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis (American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter)
2:33
18What Am I Living For
cover recording of:
What Am I Living For?
writer:
Art Harris and Fred Jay
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
2:37
19It's Too Late
cover recording of:
It’s Too Late
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis (American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Chuck Willis Music Corp., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Tideland Music Publishing Corp. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:21
20Looking Back
cover recording of:
Looking Back
writer:
Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks (composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and record producer) and Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
publisher:
The Clyde Otis Music Group, Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:31