Editing Charles G. Dawes (section)

==Interest in music==

Dawes was a self-taught [[pianist]], [[Western concert flute|flutist]] and composer. His composition ''Melody in A Major'' became a well-known [[piano]] and [[violin]] piece in 1912.<ref>Dawes, Charles Gates. ''Melody [in A major] for violin with piano acc''. Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, 1912. {{OCLC|21885776}}</ref> Marie Edwards made a popular arrangement of the work in 1921.<ref>Dawes, Charles Gates, and [[Marie Edwards]]. ''Melody''. Chicago, Ill: Gamble Hinged Music Co, 1921. {{OCLC|10115887}}</ref> Also, in 1921, it was arranged for a small orchestra by [[Adolf G. Hoffmann]].<ref>Dawes, Charles Gates, and Adolf G. Hoffmann. ''Melody, small orchestra''. Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music Co, 1921. {{OCLC|46679677}}</ref> ''Melody in A Major'' was played at many official functions that Dawes attended.<ref name="popularsong.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.popularsong.org/forgotten-gem13.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726153712/http://www.popularsong.org/forgotten-gem13.html |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1951, [[Carl Sigman]] added lyrics to ''Melody in A Major'', transforming it into the song "[[It's All in the Game (song)|It's All in the Game]]".<ref name="popularsong.org"/> [[Tommy Edwards]]'s recording of "It's All in the Game" was a number-one hit on the American ''[[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard]]'' record chart for six weeks in 1958.<ref>Joel Whitburn, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', revised and enlarged 6th edition (New York: Billboard Publications, 1996), 201.</ref> Edwards's version of the song became number one on the United Kingdom chart that year.<ref>(Hatfield 1997: 360)</ref>

Since then, it has become a pop standard. Numerous artists have recorded versions, 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]], [[Merle Haggard]], and [[Keith Jarrett]].

Dawes is the only U.S. vice president to be credited with a number-one pop hit.<ref name="popularsong.org"/> Dawes and [[Bob Dylan]] (as a writer) are the only persons credited with a number-one pop hit to have also won a Nobel Prize.{{efn|Dylan, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, wrote "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]", a No. 1 hit for [[the Byrds]].}}

Dawes was a brother of [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/28528/vice-president-who-wrote-hit-song|title=The Vice President Who Wrote a Hit Song|date=August 16, 2011}}</ref>