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Paul Leighton Johnson (January 11, 1971 – August 4, 2021) was an American house disc jockey and record producer. He was known for his self-taught DJ style of house music, mentoring and inspiring younger producers, and for a series of singles, including his 1999 worldwide hit single "Get Get Down".
The early house music sound was a "dialogue" between Hispanic, [2] and Black American post-disco [3] [4] [5] and European post-punk [6] [7] electronic music and their traditions with Italo-disco picked or, emulated the most, [8] as the template for house music. [9]
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. [10] It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat.
The City of Chicago, recognized the Hot Mix 5's contribution to the creation of house music and honored them by presenting each member with an individual street named after them [citation needed] and in addition a street called "Hot Mix 5 Way", which is located in downtown Chicago on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Drive. Kenny Jason ...
The Warehouse, where DJ Frankie Knuckles helped introduce house music, got landmark status ahead of this weekend’s Chicago House Music The post The Warehouse, synonymous with house music ...
Sometimes known as the father of house music, Jefferson was originally a record producer in the Universal Recording Studios in Chicago, where he met the owner of Trax Records, Larry Sherman. Jefferson's 1986 single for Trax, "Move Your Body", the first house song to use piano, [3] was a popular and influential song in the genre. During the late ...
The title refers to jacking, an ecstatic dance style that emerged within the Chicago house scene since the early to mid 1980s. The song climbed to number 25 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart and number 37 on the 12-inch Singles Sales chart. The song became a hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number one for two weeks in ...
In 1988, Wilson and Steve "Silk" Hurley produced "Brides of Frankenstein", a Chicago house megamix of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark songs, [6] which charted at No. 7 on the American Dance Club Songs chart, [7] and when released as the B-side to "Call My Name", [8] charted at No. 50 on the UK Singles Chart. [9]