Arthur N. Rupe—Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame o loʻo tuʻuina atu faʻamaumauga, tagata fai suauʻu ma kesi, ma o se tagata alofa—na maliu i le Aso Faraile, Aperila 15, i lona fale i Santa Barbara, Kalefonia. Sa 104 ona tausaga.

Fanau Arthur N. Goldberg i le aso 5 o Setema, 1917, i se aiga tagata faigaluega Iutaia i Greensburg, Penisilevania, na ola ae Art Rupe i McKeesport lata ane i le pitonuu o Pittsburgh metro. Na ia auai i le kolisi i Virginia Tech ma Miami University of Ohio, ma i le 1939 na alu atu ai mo Los Angeles e alu i le lalolagi. I tausaga mulimuli ane, na ia faʻamaeʻaina lana aʻoga i le iunivesite i le UCLA.

O le taunuu ai i Kalefonia na ia suia ai lona igoa ia “Rupe”; na ia iloa mai le tama o lona tamā o le mea moni o le igoa o le aiga, "Goldberg" na vaetamaina i Ellis Island.

I le taimi o le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi, na galue ai Rupe i se au inisinia e suʻeina vaʻa Liberty i LA's Terminal Island. A o faasolo ina uma le taua, i le iloaina o le a le pine ae leai sana galuega, sa ia filifili loa e alu i pisinisi o se tagata e gaosia faamaumauga.

O le ola a'e i se pitonu'u eseese fa'ale-nu'u ma fa'ailoga lanu i McKeesport, na fa'atupula'ia ai e Rupe lona fiafia tele i musika Rhythm 'n' Blues ma le Gospel. O lea na ia filifili ai e faʻapitoa i mea na taʻua i lena taimi "faʻamaumauga o tuuga," musika na faia e ma mo Aferika-Amerika.

I le faaiuga o le 1944, faatasi ai ma Ben Siegert, na fausia ai e Rupe le Juke Box Records. O lana talafaamaumau muamua "Boogie #1," na faia i se paketi maualalo ma na o le toatolu musika, faʻatau atu kopi 70,000, o se faʻaitulagi lave i lena taimi.

Ia Setema 1946 na alu ai Rupe na o ia, ma faʻalauiloa se igoa fou, Faʻamaumauga Faʻapitoa. I le isi sefululima tausaga na sosoo ai, na avea ai le Specialty ma se tasi o kamupani sili ona lauiloa tutoatasi, ma tufatufaina atu i le lalolagi atoa. O le galuega a Rupe i Specialty sa iai sona sao taua i le tula'i mai o le musika fou o le rock 'n' roll. O le igoa na faʻaalia ai tusiata e pei o Roy Milton, Percy Mayfield, Joe ma Jimmy Liggins, Lloyd Price, Little Richard, ma Sam Cooke. E le gata i lea o lana filifiliga i le Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, ae sa fa'auluina Art Rupe i le Blues Hall of Fame.

Na amata i le amataga o le 1950s, na amata ai foi ona teu tupe a Rupe i le gaosiga o le suauu ma le kesi, ma iu ai ina amata lana lava kamupani suauu. I le taimi muamua sa fa'atotonugalemu galuega i Texas, ae mulimuli ane na suia e le kamupani lana taulaiga i le viliina i West Virginia ma Ohio. Faatasi ai ma ana paaga faʻavae Ohio na ia tumau malosi i le pisinisi seia oʻo i le iuga.

Na tuuto atu e Rupe le sefulu tausaga mulimuli o lona soifua umi i lona faavae alofa i Santa Barbara. O le Arthur N. Rupe Foundation o loʻo tuliloaina "fofo faʻavae i mataupu faʻalapotopotoga," aemaise lava i le lagolagoina o suʻesuʻega faʻavae lautele, aʻoaʻoga, ma faʻasalalauga. Ua lagolagoina fa'asolopito felafolafoaiga fa'alaua'itele i mataupu fete'ena'i e le gata i tulaga tau a'oa'oga ma tulaga lautele. O alagaoa taua o lo'o tu'uina atu fo'i mo le lagolagoina o tausi aiga mo tagata mama'i o lo'o maua i le fa'ama'i o le Alzheimer ma isi ituaiga o tu'inanau.

O Arthur N. Rupe na soifua mai lona afafine o Beverly Rupe Schwarz; lana tane o Leo Schwarz; afafine o lona atalii, o Madeline Kahan; ma lona toalua o Kyle Kahan.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Goldberg on September 5, 1917, to a Jewish working-class family in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Art Rupe grew up in nearby McKeesport in the Pittsburgh metro area.
He attended college at Virginia Tech and Miami University of Ohio, and in 1939 set off for Los Angeles to make his way in the world.
Growing up in an ethnically and racially diverse neighborhood in McKeesport, Rupe had developed a keen interest in Rhythm ‘n’.