EXHIBIT 99.1


                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-0XLEY ACT OF 2002



       In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Singing Machine Company,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Edward Steele, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that, to my knowledge:

       (1)    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
              or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

       (2)    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
              material respects, the financial condition and results of
              operations of the Company


/s/Edward Steele
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Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman
August 14, 2002