<Table> <Tr> <Td> "I Need Your Lovin"' (1957) </Td> <Td> "It's Only Make Believe" (1958) </Td> <Td> "The Story of My Love" (1959) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "I Need Your Lovin"' (1957) </Td> <Td> "It's Only Make Believe" (1958) </Td> <Td> "The Story of My Love" (1959) </Td> </Tr> <P> "It's Only Make Believe" is a song written by Jack Nance and American country music artist Conway Twitty, and produced by MGM Records' Jim Vienneau, released by Twitty as a single in July 1958 . The single topped both U.S. and the UK Singles Chart, and was Twitty's only number - one single on the pop charts of either country . On a segment of Pop Goes The Country, Twitty states the single was a hit in 22 different countries and sold over 8 million copies . It is believed that Twitty wrote his part of the song while sitting on a fire escape outside his hotel room, to escape the summer heat, in Hamilton, Ontario . Twitty had come to Canada at the request of another American singer, Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, due to Hawkins saying to Twitty that Canada was the' promised land' for music . </P> <P> Twitty recorded many subsequent versions of "It's Only Make Believe", including a 1970 duet with Loretta Lynn on their very first collaborative album, We Only Make Believe . Twitty joins in on the last verse in a 1988 uptempo cover by Ronnie McDowell, which was a #8 hit on the country music charts . Additionally, Twitty contributed to an alternative cover by McDowell . </P>

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