Tommy Edwards of Richmond

Remembering Richmond's Tommy Edwards and "It's All in the Game"

At the Library of Virginia on February 19 at noon Donald W. Gunter
assistant editor with Dictionary of Virginia, will give a multimedia
presentation on singer and songwriter Tommy Edwards, who grew up in
Henrico County. As a teenager Edwards hosted a 15-minute music program
on WRNL, a Richmond radio station. He moved to New York and had success
with his songs being recorded by Tony Bennett and Red Foley. In 1950 he
signed with MGM Records and in 1951 had his first hit with "The
Morningside of the Mountain." He followed up with another hit when "It's
All in the Game" peaked at number 18. In 1958 he recorded "It's All in
the Game" as a rock-and-roll ballad and the recording went to the top of
the Billboard chart, where it remained for six weeks. The recording
eventually sold 3.5 million records. Gunter's presentation will include
short clips of Edwards' music.

The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street. This talk
is free and open to the public. There is limited free parking for this
event in the Library's underground parking garage, which is accessible
from either Eighth or Ninth streets. For more information, call
692-3592.


Jan Hathcock
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219-8000
804-692-3592

NOTE: New E-mail Address Jan.Hathcock@lva.virginia.gov