Day: July 31, 2026

Howard Kessel — like the Delmore Brothers — is linked to the King Record Company’s earliest beginnings. In a November 15, 1944 article entitled, “Cincinnatian Ignores Swooners – Puts His Chips on Hillbilly ‘Gittar’ Tunes,” The Cincinnati Post‘s Leo Hirtl explains that “Sinatra may come and Crosby may go,” but