Route 66 Records

infobox record label


parent = Mr R&B Record Sales
founded = 1977
founder = Jonas Bernholm
distributor = Swift
genre = Rhythm and Blues
country = Sweden
url =

Route 66 Records is a record production company that reissues forgotten Rhythm & Blues recordings. Their motto: "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 (musician): "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: Bullmoose 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 (musician): "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)

ee also

* List of record labels