Romeo Records was an American jazz

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that started in 1926 as a subsidiary of

Cameo Records Cameo Records was an American record label that flourished in the 1920s. It was owned by the Cameo Record Corporation in New York City. Cameo released a disc by Lucille Hegamin every two months from 1921 to 1926. Cameo Records are also noted f ...

. The discs were sold exclusively at S. H. Kress & Co. department stores and retailed for 25 cents each. In 1931 Romeo was acquired by the

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and continued through 1938 until the cessation of ARC's dime-store labels: (

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, Melotone,

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, 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.

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Romeo Records
on the Internet Archive'
Great 78 Project
{{Authority control Record labels established in 1926 Record labels disestablished in 1938 S. H. Kress & Co. American jazz record labels Companies established in 1926

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