# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tommy-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:57:18.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tommy-edwards"
name: "Tommy Edwards"
slug: "tommy-edwards"
description: "Thomas Jefferson Edwards was an American singer and songwriter. His most successful record was the multi-million-selling song \"It's All in the Game\", becoming the first African-American to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter (1922–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tommy_Edwards.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-02-17"
deathDate: "1969-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.857636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1829629/"
    handle:    "nm1829629"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/337623"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "تومي إدواردز (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "تومى ادواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "تومی ادواردز (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Edwards"
    title: "Tommy Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B9_%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%82"
    title: "Τόμι Έντουαρντς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Edwards"
    title: "Tommy Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Edwards"
    title: "Tommy Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Edwards"
    title: "Tommy Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0b1a0ca5-52cb-4d1d-8344-746f905ae115"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2440977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1763819"
    title: "Tommy Edwards"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump