Editing Fire Records (section)

{{Short description|American record label}}
{{about|the US record label|the British record label|Fire Records (UK)|the Pakistani record label|Fire Records (Pakistan)}}
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'''Fire Records''' was an American [[independent record label]], set up in 1959 by [[Bobby Robinson (record producer)|Bobby Robinson]]. Amongst others, it released records by [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], [[Elmore James]], [[Buster Brown]] and [[Arthur Crudup]].  At one point it was thought Fire had issued the last commercial 78rpm disc in the United States.  Although this has been disproven, the label is still known for their late-issue 78s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Osborne |first=Jerry |date=October 13, 2005 |title=Last 78 was later than previously thought |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20051013&id=QboaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R0UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6690,1849257&hl=en |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |access-date=May 22, 2015}}</ref>