Meanwhile, Conway cut “This Time I’ve Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me,” with L. E. White and Carol Lee Cooper providing background vocals. It debuted on Billboard’s country chart December 6, 1975 and made its #1 landing January 31, 1976, marking Twitty’s first chart-topper since moving to his new Music City home. It also provided writer Earl Thomas Conley a means of support for a couple of years.
Conway’s early support of Earl’s singing talent was well-founded as Conley eventually got his performing career in full swing by 1981. He amassed 26 Top Ten records (including 16 consecutive solo #1 placements) during his ten-year career as a hitmaker. Earl became one of the most successful country artists of the 1980s, even eclipsing his friend Conway Twitty for chart dominance during that decade.
