Romeo Records
Mills Brothers
Independent (1926-1931) American Record Corporation (1931-1938) S. H. Kress & Co. (1938-1981) Kmart City Products (1981-present) | |
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| Website | Romeo Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project |
Romeo Records was an American jazz record label that started in 1926 as a subsidiary of Cameo Records. The discs were sold exclusively at S. H. Kress & Co. department stores[1] and retailed for 25 cents each.
In 1931 Romeo was acquired by the American Record Corporation and continued through 1938 until the cessation of ARC's dime-store labels: (Perfect, Melotone, Banner, and Oriole).
From the beginning, Romeo discs had a maroon label. It was changed to a black label in 1931 and then became blue in 1935.
See also
- List of record labels
References
- ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- Rye, Howard (2001). "Romeo". In ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
External links
- Romeo Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project
