Route 66 Records

Swedish record label
Route 66 Records
Parent companyMr R&B Record Sales
Founded1977
FounderJonas Bernholm
Distributor(s)Swift
GenreRhythm and Blues
Country of originSweden

Route 66 Records is a Swedish record production company founded by Jonas Bernholm, that reissues less well-known rhythm and blues recordings. Their motto is "The Highway To R&B". They are known to have produced the following compilation albums:

  • KIX-1: Floyd Dixon: Opportunity Blues
    Texas-West Coast R&B and Blues (1948–61)
  • KIX-2: Roy Brown: Laughing But Crying
    New Orleans|Texas-West Coast R&B and Blues (1947–59)
  • KIX-3: Wynonie Harris: Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town
    Blues and R&B Supreme Blues shouter (1946–54)
  • KIX-4: Ivory Joe Hunter: 7th Street Boogie
    West Coast Jump Blues and Boogie (1945–50)
  • KIX-5: Charles Brown: Sunny Road
    Texas-West Coast Club Blues featuring Charles with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, and New Orleans R&B (1945–60)
  • KIX-6: Roy Brown: Good Rocking Tonight
    Legendary recordings, Vol.2 (1947–54)
  • KIX-7: Amos Milburn: Just One More Drink (1946–54)
  • KIX-8: Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie: Creole Gal (1947–57)
  • KIX-9: Roy Hawkins: Why Do Everything Happen to Me? (1949–54)
  • KIX-10: Little Willie Littlefield: It's Midnight (1949–57)
  • KIX-11: Floyd Dixon: Houston Jump (1947–60)
  • KIX-12: Jimmy McCracklin: Rockin' Man (1945–56)
  • KIX-13: Billy Wright: Stacked Deck (1949–54)
  • KIX-14: Bull Moose Jackson: Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style Again (1945–56)
  • KIX-15: Ivory Joe Hunter: Jumping at the Dew Drop (1947–52)
  • KIX-16: Ruth Brown: Sweet Baby of Mine (1949–56)
  • KIX-17: Charles Brown w/ Johnny Moore's Three Blazers: Race Track Blues (1945–56)
  • KIX-18: Jimmy Liggins: I Can't Stop It (1947–52)
  • KIX-19: Larry Darnell: I'll Get Along Somehow (1949–57)
  • KIX-20: Wynonie Harris: Oh Babe! (1945–54)
  • KIX-21: Amos Milburn: Rock, Rock, Rock (1947–57)
  • KIX-22: Percy Mayfield: The Voice Within (1949–56)
  • KIX-23: Peppermint Harris: I Got Loaded (1950–53)
  • KIX-24: Little Caesar: Lying Woman... Goodbye Baby (1952/3)
  • KIX-25: Ivory Joe Hunter: I Had a Girl (1946–52)
  • KIX-26: Roy Brown: I Feel that Young Man's Rhythm (1947–54)
  • KIX-27: Floyd Dixon: Empty Stocking Blues (1947–53)
  • KIX-28: Amos Milburn: Let's Rock a While (1946–54)
  • KIX-29: Jimmy McCracklin: I'm Gonna Have My Fun (1949–57)
  • KIX-30: Wynonie Harris: Playful Baby (1945–54)
  • KIX-31: Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey Mr. Landlord (1945–56)
  • KIX-32: Joseph August: Rock My Soul (1949–54)
  • KIX-33: Johnny Moore's Blazers: Why, Johnny, Why? (1949–56)
  • KIX-34: Charles Brown: Let's Have a Ball (1945–61)
  • KIX-35: Calvin Boze: Choo Choo's Bringing My Baby Home (1949–52)
  • KIX-1200: Various artists: Hunter Hancock Presents Blues & Rhythm Midnight Matinee (1951)

See also

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