Swingtime Records

In 1947 Los Angeles entrepreneur <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/847321-Jack-Lauderdale?filter_anv=0&subtype=Writing-Arrangement&type=Credits">Jack Lauderdale</a>, one of the first successful black Indi label operators, founded <a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/91890-Down-Beat">Down Beat</a> Records. He changed the name to Swing Beat Records about October 1949, then finally to Swing Time Records around March 1950. The label enjoyed several R&B hits before his firm folded in 1954.