Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles (1955–2014) was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer whose Chicago club sets helped shape house music.

The Warehouse: A Chicago nightclub where Frankie Knuckles’s DJ sets helped establish house music. Its name became the source of the genre’s name.
DJ remix: A reworking of recorded music that changes its structure, sound, or duration. Knuckles’s edits turned existing records into longer, more usable club tracks.
Your Love: A 1986 house track by Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle, later released as a Knuckles production. Its hypnotic bass line and vocal became a landmark of Chicago house.
Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: A Grammy category recognizing remixed recordings outside classical music. Knuckles won the award in 1998 for his remix of “Un-Break My Heart.”
Chicago house: An electronic dance music style that emerged from Chicago clubs in the early 1980s. Knuckles was one of the DJs who formed this local sound.
Drum machine: An electronic instrument that generates or plays programmed percussion sounds. Drum machines gave his productions the persistent rhythms associated with house.
Baby Wants to Ride: A 1987 house track by Frankie Knuckles featuring Jamie Principle. It shows Knuckles pairing club-oriented production with Principle’s vocals.
National Recording Registry: A Library of Congress collection of recordings selected for cultural, historical, or aesthetic importance. The Registry includes Knuckles’s recording of “The Whistle Song.”
The Music Box: A Chicago nightclub where Ron Hardy became a leading early house DJ. Its competing dance-floor sound helped define Chicago house alongside Knuckles’s Warehouse sets.
TR-909: A Roland drum machine introduced in 1983, known for its punchy electronic percussion sounds. Its sounds became part of the rhythmic palette of Knuckles’s house productions.

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