- He had a No. 1 hit in 1958 with "It's All In The Game", later a hit in the UK for Cliff Richard.
- Billboard Magazine rates the song, "It's All in the Game," #38 among their all time #1 hits.
- Tommy Edwards is buried in the Quioccassin Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia.
- First African-American to appear on "Your Hit Parade".
- Tommy Edwards toured with Dick Clark's "The Caravan of Stars," that included Woody Herman and His Orchestra, The Mills Brothers, Dinah Washington, Bobby Vee, Paul Anka, Freddie Cannon, Brian Hyland, Little Eva, Lloyd Price, Linda Scott, and Johnny Tillotson. Also, there were groups, including The Coasters, The Crystals, The Drifters, The Skyliners, and The Supremes.
- Tommy Edwards recorded 14 hits, selling over 10 million records.
- By proclamation, on October 15, 2008, the 50th anniversary of the release of "It's All in the Game," the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Virginia, declared October 15th, "Tommy Edwards Day".
- "It's All in the Game" is the only #1 hit composed by a U.S. Vice President, Charles Dawes.
- In 2004, Donald Gunter's research uncovered a royalties settlement of $229,000, which was received by the Edward's Estate.
- The song "It's All in the Game," written and made famous by Tommy Edwards, has been covered by many of the great singers of the 21st Century - George Benson (The Ultimate Collection), Nat 'King' Cole (The Ultimate Collection), Barry Manilow (The Greatest Songs of the Fifties), Cliff Richard (It's All in the Game), The Four Tops (It's All in the Game - Love is the Answer), Andy Williams (It's All in the Game) and Johnny Mathis (Sings).
- With "It's All in the Game", Tommy Edwards became the first African-American to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Tommy Edwards received a Virginia Highway Marker in 2008, erected near Pemberton Elementary School, Richmond, Virginia, off Quioccasin Road, in Henrico County.
- Although Tommy Edwards recorded a number of other songs, none came close to achieving the same level of success as "It's All in the Game," though several of his songs later became hits for other artists, such as "A Fool Such As I" by Elvis Presley, "It's All in the Game" by Cliff Richard and The Four Tops (Eddie Holman's version of it was the B-side of his hit "Hey There Lonely Girl"), "Please Love Me Forever" by Cathy Jean and the Roommates (1961) and by Bobby Vinton (1967), and "Morning Side of the Mountain" recorded by Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond.
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