The next program in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the
Treasure House lecture series will be held at noon on Tuesday, 19
February, 2008 in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby of the
Library of Virginia at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. The
speaker will be Don Gunter, Assistant editor of the Dictionary of
Virginia Biography. He will give a multimedia presentation on prominent
African-American singer and songwriter Tommy Edwards, a native of
Richmond. By the time Edwards graduated from high school he was hosting
a 15-minute music program that aired twice weekly on WRNL, a Richmond
radio station. He moved to New York and had success with his songs being
recorded by Tony Bennett and Red Foley. In 1950 Edwards signed with MGM
Records and in July 1951 had his first hit with "The Morningside of the
Mountain." He followed up with another hit when "It's All in the Game"
peaked at number 18. In 1958 he recorded "It's All in the Game" as a
rock-and-roll ballad and the recording went to the top of the Billboard
chart, where it remained for six weeks. The recording eventually sold
three and a half million records. Gunter's presentation will include
short clips of Edwards' music.
 
There is free underground parking for Library patrons but please note
that space is limited. For more information on this and other programs
and services of the Library of Virginia please visit the Library's web
site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us
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