Frankie Knuckles - Warehouse - Chicago US - 1981

Biography of Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles was born in the South Bronx of New York City on the 18th January 1955. He was the Dj from 1977 to 1982 at the Warehouse. It is widely accepted that his style of DJing and his selection and the appeal of the Warehouse gave house music its name, although in the beginning, the word 'house' was used only in Chicago to denote something which was cool, hip, fresh or bad. Frankie Knuckles had been long time friends with Larry Levan, they had had their musical upbringing together from going to clubs like Loft and the Gallery.

Referred to as many as 'The Godfather of House', Frankie Knuckles is the creator. In a world today where it seems that millions follow the hip-hop/rap/r&b scene and where hundreds of thousands others are into the alternative scene, there are still many more millions into house. And the house has grown since it was first built. New stories have been added to the house - garage, techno, handbag, acid house etc - all came from the strong foundations of house..

He has played countless other clubs before residing here though - including the legendary ones (which he helped make legendary): Better Days (the place where Robert Clivilles and the late David Cole met), The Warehouse (where many say house got it's name from), the Paradise Garage, amongst many others. Around 1979, while Knuckles was playing at The Warehouse, Frankie was the hottest DJ at the hottest underground club. He is still as hot as ever, just recently releasing a new album alongside diva Adeva, with the first hot single 'Too Many Fish' containing remixes by the all the def Def Mixers: legend David Morales, Satoshi Tomiie, the up-and-coming Bobby D'Ambrosio and Knuckles himself. Many inside the music industry have credited him as the master, the creator, the one and only.

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