To celebrate Valentine's Day and her 22nd birthday, Gabii Benavides' friends went all out. They ordered her a singing telegram. Wait a minute – singing telegrams? Like, from the olden days? "What ...

Need a singing telegram, a husband-for-the-day, or even a party bus? There’s no need to go running around town or scouring ...

Erik Romney is a local thespian who has started his own business. “Sometimes work is slim to none, and a lot of my creative juices are flowing,” said Romney. “I just need an outlet, and I just thought ...

One of Keith Berneburg’s first jobs was with Eastern Onion Signing Telegrams in Pittsburgh. He dressed in various costumes and delivered the humorous telegrams in a musical form. “I had a blast,” he ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X [embed-1] What’s Valentine’s Day without grand romantic gestures? Well, Charleston’s ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - It's Valentine's Day. And while it might be easy to get your significant other a dozen roses, a greeting card, or a box of chocolates, all the hip and cool people are still ...

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and if you’re looking for a unique way to say “I love you,” a singing telegram might be the way to go. “To receive a singing telegram is really special; it’s ...

The house calls are always the hardest. You don’t know what’s going to be in there. It could be a conservative dinner party, a room full of wasted bachelorettes or (worst-case scenario) a single ...

Pablo Helguera has discovered a way to connect people in the isolation of the coronavirus era. And it involves something as simple as a song. Taking a tip from what Western Union did in 1933 to cheer ...

In 1933 the singing telegram was invented by Western Union. Telegrams had long been associated with death and bad news and this was an attempt to make them more lighthearted and popular. Singing ...

THE singing telegram, once a popular way to share birthday greetings and other congratulatory messages, is returning with a twist that reflects how such sharing now often takes place digitally. The ...