My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: It’s All in the Game

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And yet another example of why this is “pop” (as in, popular) and not strictly “rock.” This ain’t rock. What this is, however, is GREAT. Ladies and gentlemen, a definitely all-time top 10 song. It’s All in the Game - Tommy Edwards History. There has only been one song to make it to #1 ever written by a US Vice President. This is it. There has only been one song to make it to #1 ever written by a Nobel Peace Prize winner. This is it. Charles Dawes was busy, wasn’t he! His Nobel Prize was for his World War I reparations plans. His vice presidency was served under Calvin Coolidge. Oh, and he also wrote music! His rendition of this was known as “Melody in A Major,” which he wrote 14 years before becoming VP. In 1951, the year Dawes died, Carl Sigman (best known for writing the lyrics to the Glenn Miller classic “Pennsylvania 6-5000”) put words to Dawes’ melody. Tommy Edwards recorded it, and it was a hit. Seven years later, Edwards re-recorded it, with a different tempo. It was a hit again. This is absolutely one of my all-time favorite songs in pop, rock, country, disco, jazz, or anywhere else you want to classify music. It’s All in the Game Music by Charles Dawes (as “Melody in A Major”) Lyrics by Carl Sigman Recorded by Tommy Edwards Released as a single, 1958 Peak chart position: #1 Today’s country song: “I Don’t Love You Anymore” You had words with him: