| Meritt Reocrds | |
| Image Alt: | 1925 Label |
| Founder: | Winston Holmes |
| Defunct: | 1929 |
| Genre: | Jazz and Blues |
| Country: | US |
| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri |
Meritt Records was an American jazz and blues record company and label that existed from 1925 to 1929. It was founded in Kansas City by Winston Holmes, the owner of a music store. Records were made in his studio and sold only in his store.[1]
Holmes produced about 20 double-sided acoustically recorded phonograph records in the mid and late 1920s. Most of the sides are of locally based jazz and blues performers, plus some gospel music and sermons.[2]
Lena Kimbrough / Sylvester (her brother) & Lena Kimbrough
Rev. J.C. Burnett
Rev. H.C. Gatewood
George E. Lee And His Novelty Singing Orchestra (George E. Lee, ts, v, dir: Sam Utterbach, t / Thurston Maupins, tb / Clarence Taylor, ss, as / Jesse Stone, p, a / George Rousseau, bj / Clint Weaver, bb / Abe Price, d / Julia Lee, v.)