Frankie Knuckles
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title:
Frankie Knuckles
text:
Francis Warren Nicholls Jr., known professionally as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. 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. In 1997, Knuckles won the Grammy Award for Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical. Due to his importance in the development of the genre, Knuckles was often called "The Godfather of House Music".
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American DJ and record producer (1955–2014)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles
date created:
2003-12-05T16:02:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T00:30:01Z
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