Gene Watson and Scotty McCreery Talk “Hello Darlin’” | Opry 100 Greatest Songs

Conway Twitty could fill a darkened arena with screams by speaking just two words: “Hello Darlin’.” In the recording session for that song, producer Owen Bradley suggested that Twitty speak, rather than sing, the first two lines. Twitty would then glide into that definitive baritone delivery: “It’s been… a… long… tiiiiime.”

Remarkably, this nearly forgotten masterpiece became his signature hit. Twitty had written the song a decade earlier and pulled it out of a box of assorted lyrics when he needed something to round out an upcoming album.

Throughout his too-short career, Twitty reinvented himself numerous times: first finding a foothold as a rockabilly singer, then as a teen idol with “It’s Only Make Believe,” and later as the ideal duet partner for Loretta Lynn. The enduring “Hello Darlin’” entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, the same year he was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. – Craig Shelburne

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Gene Watson and Scotty McCreery Talk “Hello Darlin’” | Opry 100 Greatest Songs
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