He managed to have quite an impressive string of songs to hit the charts. Between August 1958 and October 1960, he scored 14 songs on the Billboard Charts, including a Number One song and Gold record for It's All In The Game. An interesting bit about this song. The melody was written in 1912 by U.S. Vice-President Charles Dawes. The original version of the song was first recorded by Tommy Edwards in 1951 and reached # 18. He later re-recorded it and it then became the huge familiar hit in 1958.
Next week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice spotlights Tommy Edwards. As we get the Holiday Season underway, there are two of his Christmas songs for your vote.
Cast you vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either It's Christmas Once Again or Kris Kringle. I'll play the winner on next week's show.
