Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art Rupe, one of rock n’ roll’s first record executives who launched the career of stars like Little Richard, died this weekend at ...

Art Rupe, the founder of Speciality Records who helped pioneer R&B and early rock music with artists like Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Lloyd Price, died on Friday at the age of 104. The Arthur N.

Katelyn Rupe woke up Friday morning and ran three miles. That helped her get in the mindset, relax, loosen her legs up and get some of the nerves out before competing in the Salina Central ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art Rupe, the owner of Specialty Records, enters his office located at 311 Venice Blvd. in Los Angeles in 1948. (Michael Ochs ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Art Rupe - the music executive who helped R&B go mainstream - has died aged 104. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member founded Specialty Records in Los Angeles in 1946 - giving an early break to the ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Rupe founded Specialty Records, whose artists also included John Lee Hooker and Lloyd Price Music executive Art Rupe, whose Specialty Records was a premier label ...

Early rock recording executive Art Rupe has died at 104. He founded Specialty Records, which launched the careers of Little Richard and Sam Cooke, and helped make R&B popular with white audiences. One ...

Record man Art Rupe, who started a small Boyle Heights-based independent label called Specialty Records in 1946 and went on to help launch the careers of artists including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, ...

Art Rupe, the owner of Specialty Records, enters his office located in 1948 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Art Rupe, one of rock n’ roll’s first record executives who ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...