Herbert Black (Pseudonym)

There actually isn’t any artist named “Herbert Black.” Although Black Swan advertised themselves as being “the only genuine colored record,“ they secretly used a few white artists as well. There are several instances where artists’ recordings that had been previously issued on the Olympic label were reissued under a pseudonym by Black Swan. “Herbert Black” is one such pseudonym, which was used for multiple re-pressings of white artists’ Olympic recordings:

Black Swan 2030-A: Lead Kindly Light (Olympic 20102-B, actually by Elliott Shaw)
Black Swan 2030-B: Flee As A Bird (Olympic 20101-A, which itself was a reissue of Pathé 22106-B, actually by Earle F. Wilde)
Black Swan 18048-B: When You And I Were Young, Maggie (Olympic 17109-A, actually by Howard Shelley)
Black Swan 18049-A: A Southern Sailor’s Song (Olympic 17106-A, actually by Howard Shelley)