Black Swan Records

USA
Shellac, 10", 78 RPM releases.
Harry Pace launched the Black Swan label in 1921, and Pace Phonograph Corporation was the first successful black-owned and operated record company. The label was named after Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, a 19th-century black performer who had been billed as "The Black Swan". Pace retained as recording director and chief accompanist and as musical director of his company. Black Swan issued many blues records by , and , as well as religious, standard, classical and operatic series. Despite a diverse catalog and aggressive promotion, Black Swan encountered distribution problems and declining sales forced Pace to sell his rights to , manufacturers of , in 1924.

Label was revived for reissues as