VICE PRESIDENT Charles Dawes composed Melody 1916 FRITZ KREISLER Violin VIC 725
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A series of great Violin, Piano and Orchestra records on rare labels, from 1902 Monarch to 1940 War Germany recordings.
Fritz Kreisler violin PARADISE OLD VIENNESE Song / GENERAL, Later VICE PRESIDENT Charles G Dawes Melody in A Major
Dawes is the only Vice-President to be credited with a No. 1 pop hit
Carl Lamson Piano
on 10" acoustic Victor
Condition: EXCELLENT close to pristine faint scuffs, plays E very quiet faintest hiss
A SUPERB COPY
78 rpm record
Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker, politician, and military general who was the 30th Vice President of the United States (1925–29). For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Dawes served in the First World War, was the Comptroller of the Currency, the first director of the Bureau of the Budget, and, in later life, the Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Dawes was a self-taught pianist and a composer. His composition Melody in A Major became a well-known piano and violin song in 1912.[9] Marie Edwards made a popular arrangement of the work in 1921.[10] Also, in 1921, it was arranged for a small orchestra by Adolf G. Hoffmann.[11] Melody in A Major was played at many official functions which Dawes attended.[12]
In 1951, Carl Sigman added lyrics to Melody in A Major transforming the song into It's All in the Game.[12] Tommy Edwards' recording of "It's All in the Game" was a number one hit on the American Billboard record chart for six weeks in the fall of 1958.[13] Edwards' version of the song also hit number one on the United Kingdom chart that year.[14]
Since then, it has since become a pop standard. It has been recorded by numerous artists, including Cliff Richard, The Four Tops, Isaac Hayes, Jackie DeShannon, Van Morrison, Nat "King" Cole, Brook Benton, Elton John, Mel Carter, Donny and Marie Osmond, Barry Manilow, and Keith Jarrett.
Dawes is the only Vice-President to be credited with a No. 1 pop hit.[15] Dawes and Sonny Bono are the only people credited with a No. 1 pop hit who were also members of the United States Senate or House of Representatives.[citation needed] Dawes and Bob Dylan are the only persons credited with a No. 1 pop hit to have also won a Nobel Prize.[citation needed]
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