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  The Guardian

  Art Rupe obituary

  American record producer who founded his own label and helped launch the careers of Little Richard and Sam Cooke

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  Sky News

  Art Rupe - the music executive who helped R&B go mainstream - dies aged 104

  The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member founded Specialty Records in Los Angeles in 1946 - giving an early break to the likes of Sam Cooke, Little Richard and John Lee Hooker. Rock-and-roll historian and musician Billy Vera described Rupe as "one of the great men I’ve known", adding "RIP my friend" in a tribute on Twitter.

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  The Telegraph

  Barbara Campbell Cooke, whose troubled marriages to Sam Cooke and Bobby Womack brought her little happiness – obituary

  Barbara Campbell Cooke, who has died aged 85, married, successively, Sam Cooke and Bobby Womack, two of the greatest soul singers of the 20th century; but neither relationship brought her much beyond heartache and tragedy.

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  The Telegraph

  Lithofayne Pridgon, singer, muse to Jimi Hendrix and the probable inspiration for his song Foxy Lady – obituary

  Lithofayne Pridgon, who has died aged 80, was a captivating, feline beauty and free spirit who became the lover and muse of some of the most talented soul, funk and R&B musicians of the 20th century, including Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, the Fever singer Little Willie John, and Eddie Hazel, lead guitarist with Parliament-Funkadelic. But it was for her relationship with Jimi Hendrix, whose lover she became in 1963, and as the most likely inspiration for his song Foxy Lady, that Lithofayne Pridgon,

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  Yahoo Quizzes UK

  Quiz: Can you pass GCSE Chemistry?

  Our 15-question multiple-choice quiz will test your knowledge of GCSE Chemistry to the limits.

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  Evening Standard

  Oscar hopeful Kingsley Ben-Adir says award talk is ‘surreal’

  One Night in Miami star Kingsley Ben-Adir says talk of an Oscar nomination is “flattering” but “surreal” — as it wasn’t long ago he was struggling to get TV jobs. The 35-year-old plays Malcolm X in the film, which dramatises the moment when the civil rights campaigner met soul singer Sam Cooke, American football star Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali to celebrate the latter becoming heavyweight boxing champion. Ben-Adir, from Kentish Town, said he felt grounded despite noting “everyone else” connecte

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  Harper’s Bazaar

  Female directors make history at the Golden Globe 2021 nominations

  Three female directors have been nominated at this year's Globes, a new record

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  Esquire

  Screenwriter Kemp Powers on the "Note of Hope" at the End of 'One Night in Miami'

  The film concludes with a moment which acknowledges the violence against Black people while paying testament to the victories of the civil rights movement

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  PA Media: Entertainment

  Leslie Odom Jr explains why he initially turned down One Night In Miami

  He plays the singer Sam Cooke in the film.

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  Digital Spy

  Watchmen star Regina King's One Night in Miami is a must see – here's how to watch online

  Her directorial debut is as fabulous as we hoped it would be.

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