Two Musicians Celebrate September 1st as their birthdays

 As of 12:01 am we entered the month of September. This month holds many great days for our family. Including birthdays, anniversaries and more. There are also a cople of famous singers celebrating their birthdays this month as well.

Both Conway Twitty and Barry Gibbs were born in the month of September. 

Harold Jenkins better known as Conway Twitty was born September 1st 1933 in the great state of Mississippi. Conway Twitty sang music, wrote music for himself and others, and earned himself in the great hall of fame. Conway at the young age of 10 sang on the radio and also would preach a bit as well. In school he would become a baseball star of his own and even earn a chance to play professional ball by the Philadelphia Phillies. However, the army would draft Conway before he made a decision to play or not. 

Elvis Presley was idolized by Conway Twitty and the military could not stop him from continuing his music. In the army Conway would form a group that would entertain the troups during down time. By 1965 Conway had left the original sound of rockabilly and was strictly playing country music. In 1970 he would write and perform one of the songs that made him famous "Hello Darlin" 

In addition to music Conway Twitty would find himself starring in some movies as well. His love for baseball / softball would not disappear and he actively supported many teams and players. June 1993 would be the last that he would be seen as the star would pass away at the age of 59 just shy of his 60th birthday. 

Another great singer with his own records to be proud of that celebrates September 1st as birthday is Andy Gibbs. 

Born Barry Alan Compton Gibbs would be born to a musical family. With his father a drummer when Barry was born it was not hard to figure music would play a big part of this young mans life. At the age of 12 Barry and his brothers would fit the world-famous group Bee Gees. The Bee Gees would break up in 1969. Later Barry would come out on his own as solo star and his brother Andy Gibbs would also be a solo star. 

Barry would not only sing and perform but write music as well. With over 100 songs wrote in total Barry holds a record for having 6 #1 songs. To honor his accomplishments Barry was added to the song writers hall of fame as well as the Rock and Roll hall of fame.