Frankie Knuckles
Sign in to saveAmerican DJ and record producer (1955–2014)
Person
- Born
- 1955-01-18
- Died
- 2014-03-31
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Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- House Music: A Cultural Revolution — Self2025
- Larry's Garage — Self2020
- Love Is the Message: A Night at the Gallery — Self2014
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party — Self - (The Roots)2005
- Maestro — Self2003
- Pump Up the Volume — self2001
- D'Angelo: Montreux Jazz Festival 20002000
- What is House? An Insider's Look at Dance Music1991
- House Music in Chicago1986
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Frankie Knuckles (born January 18, 1955 in New York City and died March 31, 2014 in Chicago) was a DJ, producer and remix artist. He has earned the appellation "The Godfather of House." While studying Textile Design at FIT in Manhattan, Knuckles began working as a DJ. He played soul, disco and R&B at The Continental Baths (1968) with fellow-DJ Larry Levan. Shortly after this, he began to gain notoriety and played at Better Days. When the Warehouse opened in Chicago in 1977 he was invited to pl
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Comparative Phenological Studies of Trees in Tropical Wet and Dry Forests in the Lowlands of Costa Rica
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Key dates
- Born
- 18 January 1955
- Died
- 31 March 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Warren
- Family name
- Nicholls
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul
Connections
Categories
1955 births2014 deaths20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American LGBTQ people20th-century American male musicians20th-century American musicians21st-century African-American musicians21st-century American LGBTQ people21st-century American male musicians21st-century American musiciansAfrican-American DJsAfrican-American LGBTQ people