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Early Years

Thomas Jefferson Edwards was born on October 15, 1922, in Henrico County and was the son of Thomas Jefferson Edwards (1881–1958) and Buena Vista Williams Edwards. Until he was almost six years old he lived in Hanover County, where his father served as principal of the Virginia Manual Labor School for Colored Boys (later the Hanover Juvenile Correctional Center). In 1928 the family moved to Henrico County, where Edwards attended the Virginia Randolph Training School. For approximately a year beginning in October 1939 he sang and played piano on his own fifteen-minute radio show that aired twice weekly on WRNL. By 1943 Edwards had moved to New York City. Lodging at the Harlem Young Men’s Christian Association, he peddled his songs in the Tin Pan Alley district and on Broadway. By April of that year Edwards had signed with the General Amusement Corporation and soon was performing in nightclubs and lounges in the Northeast and Midwest. Neither of two tracks he recorded with the Sammy Price Orchestra in 1944 was issued.

Professional Success

In 1946 the Deep River

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Biography

  • Born

    20 July 1945

  • Died

    22 May 2021 (aged 75)

Tommy Edwards, (February 17, 1922 - October 23, 1969) was an African American singer, active during the late 50's and early 60's. He sang love ballads mostly, Acheiving Imortality with the hit single "It's All in the Game" He released more than 6 albums. He had an untimely death at the age of 47 from a brain aneurysm.

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TOMMY EDWARDS

Born Thomas Edwards, 17 February 1922, Richmond, Virginia Died 22 October 1969, Henrico County, Virginia

Singer (R&B, pop, jazz), songwriter, pianist.

Trivia question : Which US vice president wrote a number one hit? The answer is : Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951), who served as vice president in the second Calvin Coolidge administration (1925-1929). In 1912 Dawes wrote the music for a tune he called "Melody in A Major". Lyrics were added in 1951 by Carl Sigman and the result was "It's All in the Game", a song recorded that year by Sammy Kaye, Dinah Shore, Carmen Cavallaro and Tommy Edwards. The latter was the biggest hit version, peaking at # 18 on Billboard's pop charts. Edwards rerecorded the song in 1958, in a new "beat ballad" arrangement by Leroy Holmes. This time it went to the top of the charts where it stayed for six weeks. "It's All in the Game" was also a # 1 in the UK, for three weeks, and # 1 on the R&B charts. Many artists have recorded the song and it made the Top 30 again in 1964 (by Cliff Richard, both UK and US) and 1970 (The Four Tops).

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