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A Short Biography of Charles Gates Dawes

Author Name:

Charles Gates Dawes

Born As:

Charles Gates Dawes

Other Names:

Charles Gates Dawes

Born:

27 Aug 1865

Died:

23 Apr 1951




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Banker and Republican poliician                          
                          
Mother Mary Beman Gates
Father Rufus R.Dawes
Wife Caro Blymyer Dawes, four children, Rufus Fearing, Carolyn, adopted Dana McCutcheon and Virginia Dawes.                          
Thirtieth Vice President of the United States.                          
Dawes was also a self-taught pianist and composer. His 1912 composition "Melody in A Major," became a well-known piano and violin piece, and was played at many official functions as his signature tune. It was transformed into a pop song - "It's All In The Game", in 1951, when Carl Sigman added lyrics. The song was a number one hit in 1958, for Tommy Edwards, and has since become a pop standard recorded hundreds of times by artists including The Four Tops, Van Morrison, Cliff Richard, Brook Benton, Elton John, Barry Manilow, and Keith Jarrett. He was also a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music.