How Sad, How Lovely,” the name of the album containing 60-year-old recordings by Connie Converse, aptly describes the life of the New England singer-songwriter who never quite hit it big. “In December ...

"Chuck" Taylor made the Indiana High School All-State Team ... suede and nylon to vie with plain old canvas and rubber. As Converse scrambled to make leather sneakers and to open its own ...

How Sad, How Lovely,” the name of the album containing 60-year-old recordings by Connie Converse, aptly describes the life of ...