Conway Twitty

On the day he died, the country superstar went above and beyond to make sure the family got to say goodbye.

You don't realize how many hits Conway Twitty really had until you sit down and go through them.

May they rest in peace ...

It's more tragic when it's unexpected, as is the case with these country singers who died before their time.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood sing a snippet of Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty's "After the Fire Is Gone" in a new documentary about Lynn's life and career.

2008 - Arista releases Brad Paisley's duet with Keith Urban, "Start A Band," to radio.

1933 - Harold Jenkins is born in Friars Point, Mississippi. As Conway Twitty, he leaves a pop-rock career in 1965 to pursue country music, racking up hits consistently for more than 20 years.

1997 - Touchstone Pictures debuts the movie "Con Air," with Trisha Yearwood singing "How Do I Live."

1993 - Conway Twitty dies from a stomach aneurysm in a Springfield, Missouri, hospital.

1973 - Conway Twitty records "You've Never Been This Far Before"

1936 - Mickey Gilley born in Natchez, Mississippi.

2003 - Rodney Crowell ("Please Remember Me"), John Prine ("Love Is On A Roll"), Paul Overstreet ("On The Other Hand") and Hal Blair ("Please Help Me, I'm Falling") are added to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in a Lo…