SWAN RECORDS
Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States based record label, founded in 1957, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It had a subsidiary label called Lawn Records. Swan came into the spotlight after EMI Records UK leased The Beatles’ song “She Loves You”; and, as Swan 4152, it became an American number 1 hit on March 21, 1964. Swan also assumed the rights to the German version of “She Loves You”, “Sie Liebt Dich” which peaked at #97 in 1964. (More from Wikipedia)
Capitol Records was slow to lock up the Beatles’ recordings in this country. This allowed small American labels to release many of the band’s early singles, notably “She Loves You” b/w “I’ll Get You” on Swan Records.
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