Romeo

• Name — Romeo Records • Trade Name — Romeo • Type — Private • Industry — record label (1926-1938) Entertainment (1926-present) • Genre — Jazz • Founded — 1926 United States • Hq Location — United States • Num Locations — United States International • Area Served — Worldwide • Website — Romeo Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project • Fate — Active as an Entertainment Company • Parent — Independent (1926-1931) American Record Corporation (1931-1938) S. H. Kress & Co. (1938-1981) Kmart City Products (1981-present) 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 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.

Romeo is described in the collections that hold this material as It is associated with United States. The record gives 1926 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1938. The recorded field of activity is record label.