During his time at LSU he organized a dance band that played for events at the university and in the surrounding area.
[3] After graduating from Eastman, Edwards played piano and arranged music for several jazz bands that toured in the United States.
When he tired of the touring band life he sought less-mobile work, emerging with two possibilities for jobs: selling typewriter ribbons and being a radio announcer.
[14] A review in the trade publication Sponsor called Edwards "A top quality announcer, one of the few gents who can convey conviction without nervousness", and it described his on-camera work in a commercial as "intimate without being cloying, hard-selling without being overbearing".
[1] Memorial services were held on July 12, 1968, in Friends Meeting House in New York City.