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Sources consulted for the biography of:Thomas Jefferson Edwards (1922–1969)
Biographical information
- Information provided by sister Harriet Edwards Smith (2007, 2008).
- Birth Certificate, Henrico County, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
- Death Certificate, Henrico County, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia (variant birth date of October 12, 1926).
Record Compilations and Discographies
- It's All in the Game: The Complete Hits of Tommy Edwards, Eric Records 11501-2 (1994).
- Cherry Red Records' Shout Records (RPM?) label, Tommy Edwards, It's All in the Game: the M-G-M Recordings 1958-1960 (2012).
- Jasmine Records, Tommy Edwards, the Hits and More (2012).
- Library of Congress, Unpublished Musical Compositions (1946), pt. III, Group 1:381Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Musical Compositions (1944), new ser., 39:226, 309, (1945) 40:1101.
- Michel Ruppli and Ed Novitsky, compilers, The MGM Labels: A Discography (1998), vols. 1–3.
Secondary Sources
- Don Gunter, "Back in the Game," Broadside: The Magazine of the Library of Virginia (summer 2008), 2–5
- Colin Larkin, ed., The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 3d ed. (1998), 3:1712 (fifth quotation, variant birth date of February 17, 1922, and variant death date of October 22, 1969.
Newspapers and Periodicals
- Washington Post, January 19, 1947 (third quotation).
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 31, 1950; February 10, 1952; October 26, 1958; June 25, 2009.
- Variety, September 21, 1951, 44 (first quotation).
- Chicago Defender, March 1, 1952 (second quotation).
- Billboard, November 17, 1958, 8; September 29, 1962, 6; May 15, 2004, 3, 83.
- Phoenix Arizona Republic, October 18, 1959 (fourth quotation).
- Richmond News Leader, February 24, 1968.
- Henrico Citizen, June 18/July 1, 2009.
Obituaries
- Richmond News Leader, October 23, 1969.
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 24, 1969.
- Washington Post, October 25, 1969.
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