Editing Swing Time Records (section)

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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Swing Time Records
| image       = SwingTimeRecord.jpg
| image_size  = <!-- size -->
| image_alt   = <!-- WP:ALT text describing the image -->
| caption     = <!-- a caption for the image -->
| parent      = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" -->
| founded     = {{start date|1947}}
| founder     = Jack Lauderdale
| fate        = <!-- explain the reason of the closing-->
| defunct     = {{end date|1954}}
| status      = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" -->
| distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or <br /> -->
| genre       = [[Jazz]], [[rhythm and blues]]
| country     = U.S.
| location    = Los Angeles, California
| url         = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" -->
}}

'''Swing Time Records''' was a [[United States]]–based [[record label]] active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The label was founded by Jack Lauderdale in 1947 as '''Down Beat Records''' and was headquartered in [[Los Angeles, California]]. In approximately October 1949 the name was changed to '''Swing Beat Records''', and around March 1950 the name was changed again to Swing Time.<ref name=gart>{{cite book |title= The American Record Label Directory and Dating Guide, 1940-1959|last=Gart|first=Galen|year=1989|publisher=Big Nickel Publications|location=Milford, New Hampshire|isbn=0-936433-11-6|page=215}}</ref>  The company went bankrupt in 1953{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} but continued releasing singles as late as February 1954.<ref name=gart />

[[Ray Charles]], [[Percy Mayfield]], [[Lowell Fulson]], and other [[rhythm and blues]] and [[swing era]] artists of the 1940s first recorded for this company. It is possible to find certain releases on more than one label name.<ref name=gart />