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R&B singer Tommy Edwards died of a brain aneurysm today (October 22, 1969).
Edwards began performing in Richmond, Virginia at the tender age of nine.
He would make his impact in the R&B world in 1946, when he wrote the single “That Chick’s Too Young to Fry.”
Edwards’ success as a songwriter lead to a deal with MGM in 1949.