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Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. (January 18, 1955 [1] [2] – March 31, 2014), known professionally as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. [3] He played an important role in developing and popularizing house music, a genre of music that began in Chicago during the early 1980s and subsequently spread worldwide.
As the Godfather of Chicago House, Frankie Knuckles had many aliases throughout his lifetime. Although he produced both of the landmark singles for "The Night Writers," the immediately recognizable sound of Knuckles' signature production style has led many to mistakenly assume the tracks were created by him alone.
Trax Records was an important outlet for house music in its early days, releasing many classics including "No Way Back" by Adonis (1986), Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles's "Your Love" (1988), Larry Heard's "Can You Feel It" (1986), and Marshall Jefferson's "The House Music Anthem (Move Your Body)" in the same year. [1]
The discography of American DJ Frankie Knuckles consists of two studio albums, a compilation album and twenty-two singles. His debut studio album Beyond the Mix was released on August 6, 1991, via Virgin Records America.
Clubbers to the Warehouse were primarily black gay men, [25] [12] who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ, Frankie Knuckles, who fans refer to as the "godfather of house". Frankie began the trend of splicing together different records when he found that the records he had were not long enough to satisfy his audience of ...
It was re-released by Trax Records and credited to Knuckles, with Principle being credited as the songwriter. The Trax release and the Persona release are very similar to each other. The song did not create the wave of house music in Chicago, which only began after the release of "On and On" by Jesse Saunders. "Your Love" charted at number 59 ...
Chip E. assisted Frankie Knuckles when he co-produced Frankie's first record You Can't Hide. Other artists Chip jump-started into the music world were Lidell Townsell, Kevin Irving, and Harri Dennis of The It. By the age of 21 Chip E. was a worldwide name.
The name House music is said to come from the Chicago dance club, the Warehouse, where the legendary Frankie Knuckles (d. 2014) "the Godfather of House" DJed. The classic house record label Trax Records was based in Chicago, and put out seminal house records like Jamie Principle & Frankie Knuckles's "Your Love" and Marshall Jefferson's "Move ...