I-Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Art Rupe Uphile Impilo Enhle ende

U-Arthur N. Rupe—i-Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame engumkhiqizi wamarekhodi, usomabhizinisi kawoyela negesi, kanye ne-philanthropist—ushone ngoLwesihlanu, ngo-April 15, emzini wakhe e-Santa Barbara, eCalifornia. Wayeneminyaka engu-104.

Wazalelwa u-Arthur N. Goldberg ngoSepthemba 5, 1917, emndenini wamaJuda ongabasebenzi eGreensburg, ePennsylvania, u-Art Rupe wakhulela eduze kwaseMcKeesport endaweni kamasipala wasePittsburgh. Ufunde ekolishi eVirginia Tech naseMiami University of Ohio, kwathi ngo-1939 walibangisa eLos Angeles eyokwenza indlela yakhe emhlabeni. Ngemva kweminyaka, wayezoqeda imfundo yakhe yasenyuvesi e-UCLA.

Kwathi ekufikeni kwakhe eCalifornia lapho washintsha khona isibongo sakhe waba "Rupe"; wayefunde kumkhulu wakhe ozala uyise ukuthi empeleni leli kwakuyigama lomndeni, "Goldberg" elithathwe e-Ellis Island.

Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, uRupe wasebenza eqenjini lonjiniyela elihlola imikhumbi ye-Liberty e-LA's Terminal Island. Njengoba impi isiyaphela, ebona ukuthi uzophelelwa umsebenzi maduze, wanquma ukungena ebhizinisini njengomdidiyeli wokurekhoda.

Ukhulela endaweni enabantu abahlukene ngokwezinhlanga nezinhlanga eMcKeesport, uRupe wayenentshisekelo enkulu emculweni weRhythm 'n' Blues kanye nomculo weGospel. Ngakho-ke wakhetha ukwenza ngokukhethekile kulokho okwakubizwa ngokuthi "amarekhodi omjaho," umculo owenziwe futhi owabaseMelika baseMelika.

Ekupheleni kuka-1944, noBen Siegert, uRupe wasungula iJuke Box Records. Irekhodi lakhe lokuqala elithi "Boogie #1," elikhiqizwe ngesabelomali esiphansi elinabaculi abathathu kuphela, lithengise amakhophi angu-70,000, okwakuyingoma yesifunda ngaleso sikhathi.

NgoSeptemba 1946 uRupe wazihambela yedwa, wethula ilebula entsha, Specialty Records. Eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu eyalandela, i-Specialty yaba enye yezinkampani ezizimele eziqophayo ezivelele, ngokusatshalaliswa komhlaba wonke. Umsebenzi kaRupe kwa-Specialty udlale indima ebalulekile ekuveleni kohlobo olusha lomculo we-rock 'n' roll. Ilebula ibinabaculi abanjengoRoy Milton, uPercy Mayfield, uJoe noJimmy Liggins, uLloyd Price, uRichard omncane, noSam Cooke. Ngaphezu kokukhethwa kwakhe kwi-Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, i-Art Rupe yangeniswa e-Blues Hall of Fame.

Kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1950, uRupe naye waqala ukutshala imali ekukhiqizeni uwoyela negesi, wagcina esesungula eyakhe inkampani kawoyela. Ekuqaleni ukusebenza kwakugxile eTexas, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi inkampani yashintsha yagxila ekumba eNtshonalanga Virginia kwase kuba e-Ohio. Nabalingani bakhe abazinze e-Ohio wahlala ekhuthele embonini kwaze kwaba sekugcineni.

U-Rupe unikele amashumi eminyaka okugcina empilo yakhe ende esisekelweni sakhe se-philanthropic e-Santa Barbara. I-Arthur N. Rupe Foundation iphishekela "izixazululo zokudala ezindabeni zomphakathi," ngokuyinhloko ngokusekela ucwaningo lwenqubomgomo yomphakathi, imfundo, kanye nokumela. Ike yaxhasa ngokomlando izimpikiswano zomphakathi ezindabeni eziyimpikiswano kokubili ezimisweni zesikole nezasesidlangalaleni. Izinsiza ezibalulekile nazo zinikelwe ekwesekeni abanakekeli bomndeni ezigulini ezinesifo i-Alzheimer's kanye nezinye izinhlobo zokuwohloka komqondo.

U-Arthur N. Rupe ushiye indodakazi yakhe uBeverly Rupe Schwarz; umyeni wakhe uLeo Schwarz; umzukulu wakhe, uMadeline Kahan; nomyeni wakhe uKyle Kahan.