#Art Rupe, pioneering record executive who launched Little Richard, dead at 104
“Art Rupe, pioneering record executive who launched Little Richard, dead at 104” 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 others, has died. He was 104. Rupe, who…