Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Art Rupe Anakhala Moyo Wautali Wabwino

Arthur N. Rupe—wopanga mbiri ya Rock 'n’ Roll Hall of Fame, wochita malonda a mafuta ndi gasi, ndiponso wopereka chithandizo chachifundo—anamwalira Lachisanu, April 15, kunyumba kwake ku Santa Barbara, California. Anali ndi zaka 104.

Arthur N. Goldberg anabadwa pa September 5, 1917, ku banja lachiyuda logwira ntchito ku Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Art Rupe anakulira pafupi ndi McKeesport m'dera la metro la Pittsburgh. Anapita ku koleji ku Virginia Tech ndi Miami University of Ohio, ndipo mu 1939 ananyamuka kupita ku Los Angeles kuti akakhale padziko lapansi. Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, adamaliza maphunziro ake aku yunivesite ku UCLA.

Atafika ku California adasintha dzina lake kukhala "Rupe"; adaphunzira kuchokera kwa agogo ake a abambo kuti ilidi dzina la banja, "Goldberg" atatengedwa ku Ellis Island.

Pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, Rupe adagwira ntchito yoyesa sitima zapamadzi za Liberty ku LA's Terminal Island. Pamene nkhondo inali kutha, pozindikira kuti posachedwapa adzakhala lova, anaganiza zoyamba kuchita bizinesi monga wopanga nyimbo.

Kukulira m'dera la McKeesport la anthu azikhalidwe komanso mitundu yosiyanasiyana, Rupe anali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi nyimbo za Rhythm 'n' Blues ndi Gospel. Chifukwa chake adasankha kuchita mwapadera zomwe zimatchedwa "marekodi amtundu," nyimbo zopangidwa ndi anthu aku Africa-America.

Chakumapeto kwa 1944, ndi Ben Siegert, Rupe anapanga Juke Box Records. Mbiri yake yoyamba "Boogie #1," yopangidwa pa bajeti yochepa yokhala ndi oimba atatu okha, inagulitsa makope a 70,000, omwe amawakonda kwambiri panthawiyo.

Mu Seputembala 1946 Rupe adayamba yekha, akuyambitsa chizindikiro chatsopano, Specialty Records. Pazaka khumi ndi zisanu zotsatira, Specialty idakhala imodzi mwamakampani odziyimira pawokha odziwika bwino, omwe amagawidwa padziko lonse lapansi. Ntchito ya Rupe ku Specialty idathandiza kwambiri pakuwonekera kwa mtundu watsopano wanyimbo wa rock 'n' roll. Cholembacho chinali ndi ojambula ngati Roy Milton, Percy Mayfield, Joe ndi Jimmy Liggins, Lloyd Price, Little Richard, ndi Sam Cooke. Kuphatikiza pa kusankhidwa kwake ku Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Art Rupe adalowetsedwa mu Blues Hall of Fame.

Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1950, Rupe adayambanso kuyika ndalama pakupanga mafuta ndi gasi, ndipo pamapeto pake adayambitsa kampani yake yamafuta. Poyamba ntchito zake zinali ku Texas, koma pambuyo pake kampaniyo idasinthiratu kubowola ku West Virginia kenako ku Ohio. Ndi abwenzi ake okhala ku Ohio adakhalabe wokangalika pantchitoyi mpaka kumapeto.

Rupe adapereka zaka makumi angapo a moyo wake wautali ku maziko ake achifundo ku Santa Barbara. The Arthur N. Rupe Foundation ikutsatira "njira zothetsera mavuto a anthu," makamaka pothandizira kafukufuku wa ndondomeko za anthu, maphunziro, ndi kulengeza. Ilo lakhala likuthandizira mikangano yapagulu pazinthu zotsutsana m'maphunziro asukulu ndi pagulu. Zothandizira zazikulu zimaperekedwanso kuthandizira osamalira mabanja kwa odwala omwe ali ndi matenda a Alzheimer's ndi mitundu ina ya dementia.

Arthur N. Rupe wasiya mwana wake wamkazi Beverly Rupe Schwarz; mwamuna wake Leo Schwarz; mdzukulu wake, Madeline Kahan; ndi mwamuna wake Kyle Kahan.