- Tommy Trivia: He is most remembered for his 1958 hit "It's All in the Game", which appeared in the list of Billboard number-one singles of 1958, selling over 3.5 million copies globally, and earning gold disc status.
- Tommy Trivia: Its All in the Game was composed by Charles G. Dawes in 1912 as "Melody in A Major" with lyrics written in 1951 by Carl Sigman. Dawes went on to become Vice-President of the United States.
- Tommy Trivia: He worked in show business from the age of nine, landing his own radio show in Richmond as a singer and piano player in the 1940s.
- Tommy Trivia: He scored his first national success by co-writing "That Chick`s Too Young To Fry", which Louis Jordan took to # 3 on the R&B charts in 1946.
- Tommy Trivia: " All Over Again" won him an MGM recording contract in 1951 ; the song would become his only R&B hit (# 10) from the early fifties.
- Tommy Trivia: " The Morningside of the Mountain", and "Please Mr. Sun" were two of his pop successes during the 1950s.
- Tommy Trivia: In1958, after six years without a hit, Edwards re-cut "It's All in the Game"
in stereo. A huge success! By1971, "It's All in the Game" had sold 3,500,000 copies! - Tommy Trivia: T ommy Edwards recorded many country songs, years before Ray Charles did the same thing.
- Tommy Trivia: He died on October 23, 1969. In 2004, UMG paid Edwards` estate about $229,000 as part of a royalties settlement by major music corporations.
