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 ...

"But wait, there's more!" That's a now-classic line used in infomercials, but it was completely innovative when first used in the '70s by Philip Kives, the founder of K-Tel. K-Tel populated '70s and ...

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 ...

If you have ever found yourself surfing through television infomercials in the early hours of the morning and wound up with a novelty blender in the mail four to six weeks later, you have Philip Kives ...