Fact #55258

Charles G. Dawes, the only Vice President of the USA ever to write a popular music hit, is born in in Marietta, Ohio, USA. In 1911 Dawes will write a wordless tune, Melody In A Major, which will become a popular music standard under the name It's All In The Game, when words are added to it by Carl Sigman. The song will be a major hit for Tommy Edwards in 1958, and will also be covered by The Four Tops, Van Morrison, Cliff Richard, Nat "King" Cole, Brook Benton, Elton John and Jason Donovan, to name only a few.