Tommy Edwards

From the age of nine Tommy Edwards, already active as a vocalist, pianist, and composer, began appearing in Richmond. His initial mark on R&B circles came in 1946 through the composition “That Chick’s Too Young to Fry.” Recording sessions for Top commenced in 1949, and his first chart success arrived in 1951 with MGM’s “All Over Again,” which climbed to number ten on the R&B lists. Roughly seven years afterward, a number Edwards had first cut in 1951 surfaced as his signature recording and a lasting favorite across R&B and pop audiences; MGM released “It’s All in the Game” in a revised arrangement, and the 1958 take reached the summit of both the R&B and pop charts. Another reworking of earlier material yielded further success when the 1952 song “Please Mr. Sun” was revived as the follow-up single, peaking at number 18 R&B and number 11 pop. Edwards’s final chart entry was “My Melancholy Baby” in 1959.