Art Rupe

Harris L Music, On this date April 17, 2022 1 Minute

This is a great box set of music on Specialty Records. There are lots of reissues of individual artists, too.

Art Rupe, the founder of the seminal record label Specialty Records—home to such legends as Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Sam Coke’s Soul Stirrers, Percy Mayfield and Larry Williams—has died at the age of 104. https://t.co/I88xu9ZE2h
— Stephen Thomas Erlewine (@sterlewine) April 16, 2022

Art Rupe, the Rock Hall-inducted Specialty Records founder who helped shape rock music by releasing classics by Little Richard and Lloyd Price, has died at 104 https://t.co/dc0pCM5RNi
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 16, 2022

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