Notable Artists Recorded
- Bessie Allison, original member of the Shuffle Along cast
- C. Carroll Clark, baritone who was the first artist recorded by the label
- Four Harmony Kings, vocal quartet
- Henry Creamer and J. Turner Layton, vaudeville duo
- Katie Crippen, vaudeville singer
- Kemper Harreld, violinist
- Lucille Hegamin, jazz and blues singer
- Revella Hughes, soprano featured on one of the label's first releases
- Alberta Hunter, blues singer
- "Mamie Jones", pseudonym for singer Aileen Stanley who was one of many Caucasian artists to record for Black Swan. These artists were "passing for colored" since the label was advertised as featuring only black artists.
- Trixie Smith, blues singer, second only to Ethel Waters in Black Swan sales.
- Florence Cole Talbert, soprano
- Eva Taylor, singer
- Ethel Waters, blues and pop song singer. She had the label's first commercially successful records, and remained their best seller.
- Essie Whitman, vaudeville singer
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