See Bee Records

See Bee Records was one of the earliest black owned and/or operated record labels in the United States. Founded in 1921, it catered primarily towards a black audience, as it is believed the label was founded as the first deliberate competitor to Black Swan Records. Little is known about the label or the parent company, the C. H. Bourne Recording Co. The matrix numbers suggest that the masters were possibly contracted through the Jones central recording laboratories.