Rebel Records
{{Short description|Record label}}
{{About|the American record label|the French record label of the same name|Rebel Records (France)}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Rebel Records
| image = Rebel Records Logo.jpg
| image_size = 100
| founded = {{start date|1959}}
| founder = Dick Freeland
Bill Carroll
Sonny Compton
| distributor =
| country = U.S.
| location = Charlottesville, Virginia
| website = {{URL|rebelrecords.com}}
}}
Rebel Records is an independent American record label based in Charlottesville, Virginia that specializes in bluegrass and old time music. The label was founded in Mount Rainier, Maryland in 1959 by Dick Freeland, Bill Carroll and Sonny Compton.{{cite web| last = Vernon| first = Bill| title = Rebel Records History...In the Beginning| publisher = Rebel Records| year = 1998| url = http://www.rebelrecords.com/history.php| access-date = 2009-05-25}}{{cite encyclopedia| last = Dean| first = Eddie| editor = Paul Kingsbury| encyclopedia = The Encyclopedia of Country Music| title = Rebel Records| year = 2004| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = New York| isbn =0-19-517608-1| pages = 432}} In 1980, Freeland sold the label to David Freeman, the founder of County Records.{{cite web| title =IBMA Hall of Fame - Dave Freeman| publisher =International Bluegrass Music Museum| year =2002| url =http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/zbioDavidFreeman.php| access-date =2009-05-25| url-status =usurped| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100814185517/http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/zbioDavidFreeman.php| archive-date =2010-08-14}} Freeman later handed over management of the label to his son Mark Freeman. Rebel has more than 340 titles in print by more than 50 different artists and groups, and continues to release several new titles each year.{{cite web| title = Rebel Records Chronological Discography| publisher = Rebel Records| year = 2024| url = https://rebelrecords.com/chronological/| access-date = 2024-04-14}}
Notable artists
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- Bill Emerson
- Bill Grant and Delia Bell
- Bill Harrell
- Blue Highway
- Butch Baldassari
- Charlie Sizemore
- Chris Jones
- Cliff Waldron
- Cody Kilby
- Dave Evans
- David Davis
- David Parmley
- Del McCoury
- Don Rigsby
- Don Stover
- Forbes Family
- Front Porch String Band
- IIIrd Tyme Out
- J. D. Crowe
- Jimmy Gaudreau
- Joe Greene
- Joe Mullins
- John Starling
- Junior Sisk
- Karl Shiflett
- Keith Whitley
- Kenny Smith
- King Wilkie
- Larry Rice
- Larry Sparks
- Lilly Brothers
- Lost & Found
- Lou Reid
- Mark Newton
- Melvin Goins
- Paul Adkins
- Paul Williams
- Perfect Strangers
- Ralph Stanley II
- Ralph Stanley
- Reno and Smiley
- Rhonda Vincent
- Richard Bennett
- Ricky Skaggs
- Rock County
- Ronnie Bowman
- Seldom Scene
- Stanley Brothers
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- The Country Gentlemen
- Tony Holt
- Tony Rice
- The Traditional Grass
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See also
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Category:Record labels established in 1959
Category:Bluegrass record labels
Category:American independent record labels
Category:Companies based in Virginia
Category:1959 establishments in Maryland
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