Route 66 Records is a Swedish record production company founded by Jonas Bernholm, that reissues less well-known

rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly ...

recordings. Their motto is "The Highway To R&B". They are known to have produced the following

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albums: *KIX-1:

Floyd Dixon Floyd Dixon (February 8, 1929 – July 26, 2006) was an American rhythm-and-blues pianist and singer. Life and career Dixon was born in Marshall, Texas. Some sources give his birth name as Jay Riggins, Jr., although Dixon himself stated that F ...

: ''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 Wynonie Harris (August 24, 1915 – June 14, 1969) was an American blues shouter and rhythm-and-blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952. Harris is attributed by ma ...

: ''Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town'' *:Blues and R&B Supreme Blues shouter (1946–54) *KIX-4:

Ivory Joe Hunter Ivory Joe Hunter (October 10, 1914 – November 8, 1974) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid-1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording ...

: ''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 "Good Rocking Tonight" is a jump blues song originally released in 1947 by its writer, Roy Brown and was covered by many recording artists (sometimes as Good Rockin' Tonight). The song includes the memorable refrain, "Well I heard the news, th ...

'' *:Legendary recordings, Vol.2 (1947–54) *KIX-7:

Amos Milburn Joseph Amos Milburn (April 1, 1927 – January 3, 1980) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Houston, Texas, and died there 52 years later. One commentator noted, "Milburn excel ...

: ''Just One More Drink'' (1946–54) *KIX-8:

Paul Gayten Paul Leon Gayten (January 29, 1920 – March 26, 1991) was an American R&B pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive. Career Gayten was born in Kentwood, Louisiana, the nephew of blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery. In hi ...

Annie Laurie "Annie Laurie" is an old Scottish song based on a poem said to have been written by William Douglas (1682?–1748) of Dumfriesshire, about his romance with Annie Laurie (1682–1764). The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Sco ...

: ''Creole Gal'' (1947–57) *KIX-9:

Roy Hawkins Roy Theodore Hawkins (February 7, 1903 – March 19, 1974) was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter. After working in clubs, he broke through with his 1950 song "Why Do Things Happen to Me" inspired by an auto accident which par ...

: ''Why Do Everything Happen to Me?'' (1949–54) *KIX-10:

Little Willie Littlefield Willie Littlefield, Jr., billed as Little Willie Littlefield (September 16, 1931 – June 23, 2013), was an American R&B and boogie-woogie pianist and singer whose early recordings "formed a vital link between boogie-woogie and rock and roll". ...

: ''It's Midnight'' (1949–57) *KIX-11:

: ''Houston Jump'' (1947–60) *KIX-12:

Jimmy McCracklin James David Walker Jr. (August 13, 1921 – December 20, 2012), better known by his stage name Jimmy McCracklin, was an American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. His style contained West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B. Over a career tha ...

: ''Rockin' Man'' (1945–56) *KIX-13: Billy Wright: ''Stacked Deck'' (1949–54) *KIX-14:

Bullmoose Jackson Benjamin Clarence "Bull Moose" Jackson (April 22, 1919 – July 31, 1989)Allmusic biography Accessed January 2008. was an American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist, who was most successful in the late 1940s. He is considered a ...

: ''Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style Again'' (1945–56) *KIX-15:

: ''Jumping at the Dew Drop'' (1947–52) *KIX-16:

Ruth Brown Ruth Alston Brown (; January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the " Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atl ...

: ''Sweet Baby of Mine'' (1949–56) *KIX-17: Charles Brown w/

Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Johnny Moore's Three Blazers was a popular American vocal group in the 1940s and 1950s. The original members were: *Johnny Moore (John Dudley Moore, October 20, 1906, Austin, Texas – January 6, 1969, Los Angeles, California); * Charles ...

: ''Race Track Blues'' (1945–56) *KIX-18:

Jimmy Liggins Jimmy Liggins (born James L. Elliott; October 14, 1918 – July 21, 1983) was an American R&B guitarist and bandleader. His brother was the more commercially successful R&B/blues pianist, Joe Liggins. Career The son of Harriett and Elijah Ellio ...

: ''I Can't Stop It'' (1947–52) *KIX-19:

Larry Darnell Larry Darnell (born Leo Edward Donald, Jr.; December 17, 1928, Columbus, Ohio – July 3, 1983, Columbus) was a successful American singer, who was instrumental in the formation of the New Orleans style of R&B in the late 1940s and early 1950s ...

: ''I'll Get Along Somehow'' (1949–57) *KIX-20:

: ''Oh Babe!'' (1945–54) *KIX-21:

: ''Rock, Rock, Rock'' (1947–57) *KIX-22:

Percy Mayfield Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920August 11, 1984) was an American Rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He also was a songwriter, known for the songs " Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song ...

: ''The Voice Within'' (1949–56) *KIX-23:

Peppermint Harris Harrison Demotra Nelson, Jr. (July 17, 1925 – March 19, 1999), known as Peppermint Harris, was an American rhythm and blues and jump blues singer and guitarist. Originally from Texarkana, Texas, he first recorded in Houston, as Peppermint Ne ...

: ''I Got Loaded'' (1950–53) *KIX-24: Little Caesar: ''Lying Woman... Goodbye Baby'' (1952/3) *KIX-25:

: ''I Had a Girl'' (1946–52) *KIX-26: Roy Brown: ''I Feel that Young Man's Rhythm'' (1947–54) *KIX-27:

: ''Empty Stocking Blues'' (1947–53) *KIX-28:

: ''Let's Rock a While'' (1946–54) *KIX-29:

: ''I'm Gonna Have My Fun'' (1949–57) *KIX-30:

: ''Playful Baby'' (1945–54) *KIX-31:

Jimmy Witherspoon James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues singer. Early life, family and education Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. His father was a railroad worker who sang in local choirs, and his mot ...

: ''Hey Mr. Landlord'' (1945–56) *KIX-32:

Joseph August Joseph H. August, A.S.C. (26 April 1890 – 25 September 1947) was an American cinematographer and co-founder of the American Society of Cinematographers. His films included ''Gunga Din'' (1939) for which he was nominated for Academy Award for ...

: ''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 Calvin B. Boze, Sr. (October 15, 1916 – June 18, 1970) was an American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his recordings at the turn of the 1950s. Biography Born in Trinity County, Texas, Boze began playing in a high school band, which al ...

: ''Choo Choo's Bringing My Baby Home'' (1949–52) *KIX-1200: Various artists: ''Hunter Hancock Presents Blues & Rhythm Midnight Matinee'' (1951)

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