The world of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) was shocked to learn today of Frankie Knuckles‘ death at just 59 years of age of complications from diabetes. Knuckles moved from New York and started ...

When The Warehouse made the top seven list of most endangered buildings in Chicago facing possible demolition, preservationists sprung to action to save the West Loop industrial building where ...

He wasn’t, sadly, the currently best-known or most celebrated house music act around. So when the great Frankie Knuckles finally started trending on Twitter last night, it was too late and for too sad ...

CHICAGO -- The man known as ''the godfather of Chicago house music'' has died. Frankie Knuckles came to Chicago from New York in the 1970s. He was a driving force behind house music, a type of disco ...

A Chicago DJ and producer known as "The Godfather of House Music" passed away Monday. Frankie Knuckles, 59, lived in Chicago and is widely credited with helping to define the post-disco sound that ...

Back in the late '70s and early '80s, Frankie Knuckles spun at a Chicago club called The Warehouse, which is where his special brand of music, House, got its name. Back in the late '70s and early '80s ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new theater production tells the story of legendary Chicago DJ Frankie Knuckles and the house music scene he founded. "In the Beginning there was House" is a new production from ...

As the shocking news spread like wildfire, the dance music community hoped beyond hope that news of his passing was a cruel April Fool’s Day joke, but it soon became clear that Chicago House Music ...

Details are scarce at this point but 5 Chicago is reporting that house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles has died at age 59, with corroboration from his [90s Def Mix Productions partner David Morales.

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The legendary DJ and music producer passed away Monday at the age of 59. House music originated in Chicago dance clubs more than 30 years ago and no one embodied the spirit of the genre more than ...

Frankie Knuckles, the Grammy-winning DJ, producer and remixer dubbed the “godfather of house music,” died on March 31 due to complications from diabetes. He was 59. A Bronx native, Knuckles (born ...