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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) - When you make a living singing telegrams to valentines, guests of honor, and at birthday events, there’s usually a backstory that’s just as entertaining as the act you perform ...

Western Union, the telegraph and global payment company, is bringing back its singing telegram. And they're adding some glitz. Instead of being serenaded on your birthday by a Western Union ...