There's a picture of me somewhere in my parents' basement. It's Christmas morning. I'm about eleven years old and I'm holding two K-Tel records, beaming like I just received the greatest gifts ever.

Among the many holiday advertising slogans I have seen and heard over the past five decades, one is particularly memorable (and appropriate here): “Give the gift of music.” Now, that can be done many ...

Philip Kives, in word and deed as much as anyone, reminded millions of us that life is full of unimagined possibilities yet ultimately also finite. In other words, wait, there’s more. And quantities ...

Where were you when you found out K-tel Records declared bankruptcy and shut down its U.S. music distribution subsidiary? Unless you worked for K-tel or a similar industry cranny, chances are you're ...

WASHINGTON – Searching for songs you loved, but don’t have on your playlist is one of the joys of the Internet, especially music streaming services, including Spotify and Rdio. Long before the ability ...

In 1962, Phil Kives went on television, doing a live, five-minute demonstration of a skillet. He fried an egg, and when he was done, the egg slid right out of the pan, thanks to a new nonstick surface ...

Ohio Governor John Kasich distinguished himself in the 2016 Republican primary debates with his candor, his fearlessness and for being located so far to the side of the stage you could barely see him ...

Gerald Rea hasn’t seen the new musical “33 1/3 — House of Dreams” commemorating the parade of talent who recorded at Hollywood’s Gold Star studio in the vinyl golden age of the 1950s through mid-’80s.

Which of the following acts has appeared on a Priority Records release: N.W.A., Ice Cube, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Devo, the Clash, Pure Prairie League, Rick Derringer, Reba ...

John Kasich came to Ohio as a young man, and — discovering it to be a paradise on earth — never left. He served in the Ohio Senate, then almost two decades in the U.S. House of Representatives ...