In 2019 he became the first drag queen inducted into the California Hall of Fame. [139] He has also won 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, including 8 for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition program. This makes him the most awarded in the category as well as the most-awarded person of color in Emmy history. [140]

Arthur Newton Rupe (born Arthur Goldberg; September 5, 1917 – April 15, 2022) was an American music executive and record producer. He founded Specialty Records , known for its rhythm and blues , blues , gospel and early rock and roll …

Rupe’s fastidious work ethic and uncanny musical intuition shaped the evolution of rock. As founder of Specialty Records, one of the premier independent labels of the rock & roll era, Art Rupe signed and recorded numerous vanguard artists in …

2022年4月16日 · Art Rupe, founder of the trailblazing R&B label Specialty Records that released early classics by artists like Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Lloyd Price, has died at the age of 104. The Arthur N....

2022年4月17日 · Arthur Rupe, a record producer and 2011 inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, died Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, California, according to a statement from the Arthur N. Rupe...

2022年4月16日 · Art Rupe, Record Executive Who Signed Little Richard and Sam Cooke, Dies at 104. The founder of Specialty Records was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2011.

2022年4月17日 · 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 likes of Sam Cooke, Little Richard and John Lee Hooker.

2022年4月15日 · SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur N. Rupe— Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame record producer, oil and gas entrepreneur, and philanthropist—passed away Friday, April 15, at...

2022年4月16日 · Rupe, who was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2011, died Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, California, according to the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation. The foundation did not release his cause of death.

Arthur N. ‘Art’ Rupe has left an indelible mark on American music thanks to his recordings of Sam Cooke, Little Richard, Percy Mayfield, Guitar Slim, Roy Milton, Joe Liggins, the Soul Stirrers, and many other Blues, R&B, and Gospel performers on the Specialty label.