Romeo Records

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.

Label of a Romeo Record by the Mills Brothers

Romeo Records

Trade name	Romeo
Company type	Private
Industry	record label (1926-1938) Entertainment (1926-present)
Genre	Jazz
Founded	1926 United States
Defunct	April 1938
Fate	Active as an Entertainment Company
Headquarters	United States
Number of locations	United States International
Area served	Worldwide
Parent	Independent (1926-1931) American Record Corporation (1931-1938) S. H. Kress & Co. (1938-1981) Kmart City Products (1981-present)
Website	Romeo Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project

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