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Cameo was a USA based Record Label , first flourishing in the 1920s , and then revived in the 1960s .

The Cameo Record Company was based in Manhattan , New York . Cameo records were introduced in February of 1922 , selling for 50 cents each, and soon Cameo became one of the more popular budget labels.

Cameo Records are noted for a wealth of Jazz influenced 1920s dance music. While there is little of outstanding importance on Cameo, a high percentage of Cameo Records have fairly good hot music. New York based musicians such as Red Nichols , Miff Mole , Adrian Rollini , and Frank Signorelli made many trips to the Cameo studios.

Cameo also featured a series of recordings by noted early Blues singer Lucille Hegamin .

Cameo also owned the Lincoln Records and ''' Romeo Records ''' labels, as well as a subsidiary for making records for children, ''' Cameo-Kid '''.
Cameo was purchased by Pathé Records in 1928 ; the label continued in use until 1930 . Pathé was in turn acquired by the American Record Corporation .


LATER CAMEO

The Cameo label was revived in 1956 and used for a series of 45 and 33 LPs in to the 1960s . The American Record Corporation used the "Cameo" label for issuing recordings thought by the company to be of interest to non-mainstream audiences. Noted musicians on microgroove Cameo include Maynard Ferguson , Clark Terry , Chubby Checker , and Question Mark And The Mysterians .

1924 Cameo Record
Cameo also put out a series of records of people better known for their work in other parts of the entertainment industry singing, for example songs by Television show hosts Merv Griffin and Dave Garroway .

See Cameo-Parkway Records for more on the later Cameo label.


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