If you grew up in the 1970s or 1980s, you probably owned at least one (if not many) K-Tel records. K-Tel were synonymous with compilations, releasing albums that contained everything from polka hits ...

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 ...

With the loss already this year of so many big musical names, I don’t want one to get lost amid the closing numbers. Headliners include Prince, Merle Haggard, Paul Kantner, David Bowie and Glenn Frey.