Monday, October 29, 2007 – A hard to find Christmas release from the late Conway Twitty will see the light of day. "A Twismas Story," will remastered and remixed version and available for digital download Tuesday as well as on CD through Twitty's official website, www.conwaytwitty.com.
Originally conceived as a storybook in music form, "A Twismas Story" tells the tale of Twitty, Twitty Bird, Happy the Christmas Clown, The Twitty Birdies and all their little friends in Toyland Town. This musical adventure showcases among others the holiday classics, "White Christmas," "Silver Bells," "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Jingle Bells," as well as several newer Christmas songs. These songs are woven into the story as the characters travel through this Christmas wonderland.
One of the changes in this new release is that Twitty's granddaughter, Christi Prater, provides the new voice of the Twitty Bird character. She was only 11 years old when her grandfather passed away in 1993. She grew up listening to the original recording as it was played at Twitty City during his annual Christmas celebration.
According to daughter Kathy Twitty, their dad loved Christmas - it was his favorite time of year. "When we were kids, Daddy would make up wonderful stories about these little characters in Toyland to entertain us," she said.
Twitty made the recording in1983 and the record was available at Twitty City up until 1994, but since then, it's been very difficult to locate. The release is his most requested album from fans. It wasn't available on CD until now.
Twitty is one of the most successful artists of all time with 55 number 1 hits. During a career that spanned more than 5 decades and several musical genres, Conway sold more than 55 million records.
