“Brother Coolidge’s” vice president wrote the Four Tops “All In the Game” melody
CLEVELAND, OH – One of the sweetest songs the original Four Tops sang was written by mixed-race Republican President Calvin Coolidge’s vice president. Charles Dawes was from Marietta, Ohio and a self-taught piano player and flautist. It means he also played the flute. Like all true musicians, Dawes had his own sound and combination of melody lines he liked. Dawes couldn’t get a melody line in “A major” out of his head that consist of the notes A, C sharp and E; so he recorded it. “Melody in A Major.” And he played it for audiences. Dawes played piano as…