Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Romeo Records

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Romeo Records
Remove ads

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.

Thumb
Label of a Romeo Record by the Mills Brothers
Quick Facts Trade name, Company type ...

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.

Remove ads

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads