1971 should have been the peak of his life. Conway Twitty was on top of the world — the fame, the fortune, the crowds who adored him. But on the biggest night of his career, he leaned toward a trusted friend and quietly shared five words that have puzzled music historians for more than half a century: “I can’t keep doing this.” To this day, no one truly knows what he was talking about — or who he was talking about.
Introduction: Conway Twitty stood at the summit of everything an artist is taught to dream of — fame pouring in from every…