ACM to honor the late Conway Twitty
The Academy of Country Music will honor the late Conway Twitty with the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award during the nontelevised portion of the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, according to a news release.
Twitty, who lived in Oklahoma City, released in 1970 one of the most recognizable singles in country music history, “Hello Darlin’.”
He later teamed with Loretta Lynn, and their partnership won them four trophies for top vocal group from the Academy of Country Music – in 1971, 1974-1976. In 1975, he won two more awards for album of the year and top male vocalist.
Before he died in 1993, Twitty had scored a record-breaking 55 No. 1 hits, either as a solo artist or with Lynn, a close friend.
“To the world, Conway Twitty was a country music superstar, a legend, but, to us, he was our Dad. We are so very proud of this honor that has been bestowed upon him. He certainly was a pioneer in both rock ‘n’ roll and country music and well deserving of this award. We are very proud of all he achieved in his musical career, but, we are even more proud of the kind, loving and gentle man he was to everyone he ever met,” Joni Twitty said on behalf of Conway Twitty United in a news release.
Brenda Lee, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Porter Wagoner also have been chosen to receive the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award, which honors the genre’s trailblazers. Past recipients include Lynn, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Bob Wills, Tex Ritter, Charley Pride, Charlie Daniels, Hank Williams Sr., Merle Haggard, George Jones, Dolly Parton and Alabama.
The Academy of Country Music Awards will air live from Las Vegas at 7 p.m. Sunday. Please follow along with the awards show Sunday night on my special ACM live-blog.
For more information, go to www.acmcountry.com
- BAM
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