![]() 5, 1917, and raised in nearby McKeesport. Rupe was born Arthur Goldberg in Greensburg, Pa., on Sept. Rupe once described making a hit record as “analogous to producing a play, with an introduction, development of a plot, even acts and a coda.” As Specialty (and eventual Hollywood neighbor Capitol Records) began banking genre hits by gospel, jazz and early R&B artists including the Pilgrim Travelers, Lloyd Price and Sister Rosetta Carr, Rupe scoured the country in search of Black artists with shock-of-the-new approaches to popular music. independent music industry, which before the war was dominated by New York labels with West Coast satellite offices. Specialty’s national success, starting in the late 1940s, helped establish the L.A. ![]() The producer, businessman, philanthropist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member served as an essential amplifier of the vibrant post-World War II music scene along Central Avenue in South Los Angeles. Rupe’s death at his home in Santa Barbara was announced in a statement by his family, which did not provide a cause. 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, Percy Mayfield and dozens of other jazz, blues, gospel, R&B and rock ‘n’ roll artists, died Friday.
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