Music executive Art Rupe, whose Specialty Records was a premier label during the formative years of rock’n’roll and helped launch the careers of Little Richard, Sam Cooke and many others, has died. He was 104. Rupe, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in.
Music executive Arthur N. Rupe has passed away at the age of 104, ABC News reports. Rupe’s death was announced by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation. The foundation reports that Rupe died on Friday, April 15, at his home in Santa Barba, California. The foundation did not provide a cause of death. Remembering Rupe Rupe,| USSA News