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"It's All in the Game" is a pop song whose most successful version was recorded by #TommyEdwards in 1958. #CarlSigman composed the lyrics in 1951 to a wordless 1911 composition titled "Melody in #AMajor", written by #CharlesGDawes, who was later #VicePresidentOfTheUnitedStates under #CalvinCoolidge. It is the only No. 1 single in the U.S. to have been co-written by a U.S. Vice President or a #NobelPeacePrize laureate (Dawes was both).
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Alan Lewis Apr 19, 2024

TOMMY EDWARDS
"IT'S ALL IN THE GAME"
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It's All In The Game
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One of the greats of rock oldies, "It's All in the Game" was written by Carl Sigman (lyrics) and Charles Gates Dawes (music). This Tommy Edwards hit is the only Billboard No. 1 record written by a vice president of the United States. Charles G. Dawes served under Vermont native Calvin Coolidge ("Silent Cal"). Any vice president who is an aspiring songwriter will have trouble topping this gem.

"It's All in the Game" remained in the Billboard No. 1 position for six weeks in 1958. Tommy Edwards reached the Billboard Top 40 six times, but "It's All in the Game" was by far his biggest hit.

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