Swan Records (jazz label)

This article is about the jazz label. For a later label of the same name, see Swan Records.
Label of 78rpm Swan Record by Phil Napoleon's jazz band, recorded in April 1946.

Swan Records (aka Swan Recording Co. Inc.) was an American record company and label that was founded in 1946 and closed the same year. Sometime before 1959, Swan went out of business. In 1950, Mercury acquired 16 masters once owned by Swan, all being of Phil Napoleon.[1] In 1946, Swan listed its address at 1600 Broadway, Room 1003, New York, New York.

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