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Frankie Knuckles
Sign in to saveAlso known as Francis Nicholls, Francis Warren Nicholls, Jr., The Night Writers
American DJ and record producer (1955–2014)
Film & TV
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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1955
- Active to
- 2014
Discography
- Baby Wants to Ride / Your Love1987
- It's a Cold World1987
- Only the Strong Survive1987
- Ultimate Production1987
- You Can't Hide From Yourself (Chip E.'s House Remix)1987
- Frankie Knuckles Presents (Music Selected and Edited by Ron Hardy)1989
- Tears1989
- Move Your Body ('90 Remix)1990
- Beyond the Mix1991
- It's Hard Sometime1991
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 227,477
- Total plays
- 1,350,414
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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
Key facts
- Born
- Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. , ( 1955-01-18 ) January 18, 1955, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31) (aged 59), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Genres
- House soul disco R&B Chicago house
- Occupations
- DJ record producer remixer
- Instruments
- Turntable sampler
- Years active
- 1975–2014
- Label
- Virgin
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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
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- turntable
- Record label
- Virgin Records
- Official website
- www.fkalways.com
- Image
- Frankie Knuckles at The Mighty (SF), 2012 -2.jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-03-31
- date of birth
- 1955-01-18
- cause of death
- type 2 diabetes
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- type 2 diabetes
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- pseudonym
- Frankie Knuckles
- birth name
- Francis Warren Nicholls, Jr.
- name in native language
- Frankie Knuckles
- social media followers
- 20068
- Commons category
- Frankie Knuckles
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Encyclopedic overview
Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. (January 18, 1955 – March 31, 2014), known professionally as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. He played an important role in developing and popularizing house music, which originated in Chicago during the early 1980s and spread worldwide. In 1997, Knuckles won the Grammy Award for Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical. Knuckles was often called "the godfather of house music".
Musical career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frankie Knuckles” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.