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	Frankie Knuckles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frankie Knuckles (born January 18, 1955 as Frank Warren Knuckles Jr.
		Knuckles' career in remixing and production, including a long term partnership with David Morales as Def-Mix, continues to this day.
		On September 19, 2005 Frankie was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievement as a DJ.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frankie_Knuckles (362 words)

	Panama*
		The man many call the godfather of house, Frankie Knuckles began DJing in New York in the early '70s while still a teenager, years before the disco boom which proved to be the first flowering of modern dance music.
		Knuckles moved to Chicago in 1977 and began DJing at the Warehouse, spinning Salsoul and Philadelphia Int'l records in front of a crowd unused to the New York DJing style, which included beat-mixing and the addition of percussion fills (from a separate turntable) to spruce up the sound of traditional soul.
		Knuckles continued to produce singles and remix tracks, while his second album Welcome to the Real World was released in 1995.
	www.panama.nl /artiesten.php?artiesten_id=52 (615 words)

	And We Danced - Frankie Knuckles Profile
		Frankie Knuckles was born in the Bronx, New York City, in 1955.
		Frankie's residency at the Warehouse introduced Chicago audiences to both the skilled mixing Frankie Knuckles had learned from luminaries such as Nicky Siano and his friend Larry Levan and the sounds of New York Disco.
		Frankie Knuckles also engaged in a wide range of experimental mixing using reel to reel tape to create entirely new versions of Dance tracks.
	www.andwedanced.com /djs/knuckles.htm (1054 words)

	FrankieKnuckles
		Frankie Knuckles was born in the South Bronx of New York City on January 18, 1955.
		Frankie was as terrific as ever, but the tides had changed both musically and spiritually.
		With the obvious success Frankie was having in the mid 1980's in Chicago it was apparent to all that in order for Frankie to fully realize his talents he would have to leave the midwest.
	www.discomuseum.com /FrankieKnuckles.html (1622 words)

	Eye - Bless this house - 06.06.02
		Knuckles earned the Godfather of House title because of his pivotal role in the creation and ev olution of the sound we call vocal- and gospel-house.
		But one thing Knuckles will never have to worry about slipping from his grip is the magical moment in the night when all bodies, minds and spirits on the dancefloor become one.
		Frankie Knuckles is often most grounded, simple and humble when he's playing the many AIDS charity events that he feels give his music a greater sense of purpose.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_06.06.02/thebeat/knuckles.html (912 words)

	Techno Guide: Frankie Knuckles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Frankie Knuckles got into DJing after being offered a job by legendary DJ TEE SCOTT, and his DJing services were later requested by LARRY LEVAN at a New York's The Gallery club in 1971.
		Knuckles presided the Warehouse club between 1977 and 1983, and he later opened his own Power Plant club and became resident at the Sound Factory club.
		Frankie Knuckles started his career as a producer in 1985 after 15 years DJing with a series of releases for Trax records and worked to artist like MARSHALL JEFFERSON, Fingers Inc., and Danica.
	www.intuitivemusic.com /tguidefrankieknuckles.html (171 words)

	Frankie Knuckles (1955 - )
		Frankie Knuckles was born in the South Bronx of New York City on the 18th January 1955.
		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.
		Knuckles moved to another new venture in 1983, The Power Plant, which is situated on the north side of Chicago, and already a scene was beginning to emerge.
	www.jahsonic.com /FrankieKnuckles.html (1181 words)

	frankie knuckles @ tank nsw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Frankie Knuckles, The Godfather of House, returns to Tank for his a night of sublime musical pleasure...
		Frankie got his first DJ gig in 1971 playing Monday and Tuesday nights at Better Days, a gay club in New York City.
		Frankie says that he is careful to always put the artist and song first.
	www.comcen.com.au /nightlife/aus/nsw/events/43969/frankie_knuckles_@_tank_.html (780 words)

	D-flection - Frankie Knuckles
		Richard spoke to the legendary Frankie Knuckles on April 23.
		Dance music legend Frankie Knuckles has created a mixture of house and soulful RandB that gets you out of your head and onto the dance floor.
		Frankie Knuckles “A New Reality” is a roller coaster of soulful sounds that will appeal to fans of both Dance/Electronic and RandB/Soul.
	www.d-flection.com /Features/frankieknuckles/frankieknuckles.htm (228 words)

	Vue Weekly : Articles
		The section of Jefferson Street between Van Buren and Monroe in the Windy City will be renamed “Frankie Knuckles Way”—the former locale of the legendary Warehouse, where Knuckles pioneered the sound we enjoy today as house music.
		The fact that Knuckles has endured and prospered has to be taken as a sign that house music and its relatives are doing just fine.
		At the time, Knuckles was spinning a mixture of Philly soul and R&B, with the latest songs from New York’s underground scene.
	www.vueweekly.com /articles/default.aspx?i=486 (481 words)

	The Warehouse with Frankie Knuckles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Knuckles himself has denied 'inventing' house, so what we are talking about here is more a style of playing music based on the idea of a musical flow and transition - for all Walter Gibbons & co's remixes, no-one had yet made A House Record.
		It is widely accepted that the club gave house music its name, although in the beginning, the word house was used only in Chicago to denote something which would become cool, hip, fresh or bad, depending on place and time.
		Says Frankie: "When we first opened in 1977, I was playing a lot of the East Coast records, the Philly stuff, Salsoul.
	www.jahsonic.com /Warehouse.html (324 words)

	Frankie Knuckles - Presents: His Greatest Hits on Trax Records
		It was for The Warehouse, the Chicago nightclub where Frankie DJed in the early-mid Eighties that the world's dominant genre of dance music (still) was named.
		In Chicago, Frankie and others began to loop breaks from favorite Disco records into full tracks, since it was always the breaks which drove the floors wild in the first place.
		Many of the most revered were created or remixed by Frankie Knuckles and released on Trax Records in the late-Eighties.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/frankieknucklestraxx08x03x05 (565 words)

	Frankie Knuckles @ Disco-Disco.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Frankie Knuckles was born in South Bronx, New York, in January 18, 1955.
		It was Frankie who first became friends with Robin [Nicky's girlfriend], she introduced Frankie to Nicky and he got a job in the club.
		Frankie was a hard working DJ (and still is), and to keep his crowd happy and dancing, he used the Soul music that were released and changed the tempo and added own components like own created rhythm tracks or even playing on a Roland 909 drum machine.
	www.disco-disco.com /djs/frankie.html (4325 words)

	Saint at Large Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Few figures in contemporary music have influenced their respective fields the way Frankie Knuckles has revolutionized dance music.
		As one of the most renowned DJ's in the world, Frankie Knuckles is still packing dance floors with his unique style for over twenty years.
		Knuckles use his celebrity and much of his spare time providing entertainment for various AIDS charity events.
	www.saintatlarge.com /bio/knuckles.htm (469 words)

	DJ Frankie Knuckles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		This is Frankie Knuckles' 25th year as a club DJ.
		Knuckles learned his DJing during disco's improvisational years, when the DJ used records and nothing but records, in sequence and combination, to move a crowd.
		When he produces, Knuckles' sound is a sweet, soulful, songcrafted affair in which love becomes a sensuous, spiritual high, a silky rapture.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/98/04/02/DJ_FRANKIE_KNUCKLES.html (676 words)

	Deep House Page Forums: Congratulations to Frankie Knuckles
		I've heard that the street is going to be named 'Frankie Knuckles Way' and is the street that leads to the old Warehouse.
		Congratulations to Frankie Knuckles it is awesome for a dj who has been putting it down for years.
		Knuckles, who has been penned the “Godfather of House” for pioneering the musical genre will take a week break from his 11 Month “A New Reality” world tour to accept the honor.
	www.deephousepage.com /ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=19;t=013745 (831 words)

	The History of Rock Music. Frankie Knuckles: biography, discography, reviews, links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In the mid-1980s their resident disc-jockeys (respectively Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan) began playing (or, better, "spinning") electronic dance music built around drum-machines and soul vocals.
		Knuckles himself had mastered the art in New York, between 1971 and 1976, often next to Larry Levan.
		Knuckles got tired of the scene in 1987 and moved back to New York.
	www.scaruffi.com /vol4/knuckles.html (191 words)

	Frankie Knuckles
		New York native Frankie Knuckles 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 would become cool, hip, fresh or bad, depending on place and time.
		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 Frankie Knuckles moved was born in the South Bronx of New York City on the 18th January 1955.
	www.globaldarkness.com /articles/frankie_knuckles.htm (686 words)

	FRANKIE KNUCKLES - A NEW REALITY - the factory. Your site for modern urban sound!
		In questo nuovo album accanto a Frankie Knuckles troviamo CeCe Rogers ed Eric Kupper, fidati collaboratori del dj americano, ma anche Cleptomaniacs, Satoshi Tomie, Nikki Richards, Jamie Principle, Brian Tappert e John Julius Knight della Soulfuric.
		Frankie Knuckles "A New Reality" is an existence with soulful sounds and familiar faces.
		For dance music aficionados, the single might sound familiar as it was tested on dance floors in the fall of 2003 and became an instant classic.
	www.thefactory.it /q-shop/details.asp?prodid=190&cat=34&path= (552 words)

	Frankie Knuckles
		The year I was born, 1972, Frankie "Godfather of House" Knuckles started his first DJ residency.
		After that, Knuckles found himself producing volumes of original music and remixing tracks for scores of major artists, from Diana Ross to Mary J. Blige.
		Frankie Knuckles is "The Don" The number 1.
	www.ibiza-voice.com /djs/Frankie_Knuckles.php (572 words)

	Frankie Knuckles
		The man many call the godfather of house, Frankie Knuckles began DJing in New York in the early 1970s while still a teenager, years before the disco boom which proved to be the first flowering of modern dance music.
		While Ron Hardy was entrancing a largely gay, uptown crowd at the Music Box, Knuckles introduced the sound to many of the Southside producers who made waves during the 1980s: Marshall Jefferson, Larry Heard, Adonis,Steve "Silk" Hurley and at least half a dozen others.
		The singles "The Whistle Song," "Rainfalls" and "Workout" moved up the dance charts, though the album failed to connect with pop or RandB fans.
	www.robpromotions.com /dj/frankie.html (613 words)

	International DJ magazine - Frankie Knuckles
		Having received an invite to stay with Frankie at his home for a few days, I landed in snowbound Chicago in temperatures of minus 20.
		As it plays, Frankie relaxes back into his favourite sofa and I ask him how come it’s taken so long for ‘A New Reality’ to emerge (his last artist album, ‘Welcome To The Real World’, was released way, way back in 1995) and how come he’s finally decided to release it now.
		For the last time we spoke to Frankie, back in July 2001, he was also telling us about his new (third) album.
	www.i-dj.co.uk /artists/artistspage.php?ID=116&page= (585 words)

	Montreal Mirror - Music Cover: Frankie Knuckles & David Morales
		And what better way to say happy birthday to this internationally renowned venue than with a special set by the Chicago DJ credited as the godfather of house, Frankie Knuckles.
		The Mirror had a chance to chat with both Morales and Knuckles about the legendary club.
		Frankie Knuckles: From a professional standpoint I'd say it's Mecca.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2003/112703/cover_music.html (1311 words)

	Tower Records - United DJs Of America Vol. 4 - David Morales/Frankie Knuckles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		This is a continuous in-the-mix recording compiled and mixed by DJs David Morales and Frankie Knuckles.
		This is a continuos-mix album from master DJs David Morales and Frankie Knuckles.
		Frankie Knuckles' turn on the wheels of steel includes mixes of "Love So Strong," by Secret Life; "Glory to God," by Kerri Chandler; and "Ministry of Love," from Romanthony.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1057532 (253 words)

	Advocate, The: Frankie gets motivated: master DJ Frankie Knuckles delivers a hot new CD just in time for the holidays - ...
		Knuckles says Motivation came about one day while he was spinning at home, practicing a sample inspirational set to play during DJ gigs.
		The Chicago-based Knuckles (his birth name) hails from the Bronx, N.Y., where he once nursed childhood dreams of becoming a costume designer.
		For the holidays, Knuckles hopes to spend a little uplifting time of his own with his military boyfriend of two years.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2001_Nov_20/ai_80116743 (795 words)

	RA: Resident Advisor - City Loud 2nd Birthday with Frankie Knuckles - UK Fo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The 'Godfather of House', Frankie Knuckles, has been booked for the upcoming 2nd birthday party for City Loud at Turnmills.
		This will be Frankie's only UK gig for this year so catching him at one of London's best clubs is essential.
		Frankie is widely known for playing very special sets and this party will no different as he will be at the helm for 5 hours exclusively.
	www.residentadvisor.net /forum_read.asp?ID=5999 (297 words)

	eBay - frankie knuckles, Records, CDs items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Frankie Knuckles Adeva - Too Many Fish - DAVID MORALES
		Frankie Knuckles - The Whistle Song - Old Skool House
		Frankie Knuckles Welcome To The Real World (CD 1995)
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=frankie+knuckles&... (523 words)

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