Its All in the Game

Eight Thoughts About Election Day and Words and Music

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

1.Tuesday's election wins by Sharron Angle in Nevada and Nikki Haley in South Carolina were helped immeasurably by those candidates' association with ...

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Field Notes From a Songwriter's Centennial

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

My dad's biggest hit -- "It's All In The Game" -- began as classical violin solo composed by Charles Dawes, making it the only No. 1 song to have been co-written by a vice president of the United States.

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