EXHIBIT 24.1



                                 Power of Attorney




                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY



     I, the undersigned Director of K-tel International, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation, do hereby name, constitute and appoint Lawrence Kieves and Steven
A. Kahn, and each of them, my agent and attorney-in-fact, for me and in my
behalf as a Director of K-tel International, Inc. to sign and execute a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any amendments thereto, relating to the
registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of up to 1,813,000
shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of K-tel International, Inc.
in connection with additional shares authorized under the 1997 Option Plan and
non-qualified stock options granted by the Board of Directors of K-tel
International, Inc. or the Compensation Committee thereof.

     Executed this 12th day March, 1999.



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Philip Kives                            Jay William Smalley


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Lawrence Kieves                         David Wolinsky


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Herbert Davis                           Dennis W. Ward