TOMMY EDWARDS
Many entertainers are familiar with the high peaks and low valleys encountered during a show business career. Singer and songwriter Thomas Jefferson Edwards, Jr. became well acquainted with the difficulties of maintaining success, or simply trying to earn a living, over a career lasting a quarter of a century. His peak, and it was a high one, came nearly 20 years after his first break at the age of 17; "It's All in the Game," its melody composed ten years before his birth, placed him on the charts twice, in two different versions, the latter becoming one of the best selling singles of the late 1950s. Henrico, Virginia, located on the northwest edge of Richmond, was his place of birth in October 1922. He grew up near Pemberton Elementary School, but because of ... MORE ››
