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Artist News
Frankie Knuckles dies
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 1 April 2014
Pioneering house DJ and producer Frankie Knuckles has died, aged 59. His business partner Frederick Dunson told The Chicago Tribune that Knuckles had died “unexpectedly” at his Chicago home. Further details are expected later today.
Known as ‘the godfather of house music’, Knuckles began DJing in New York in the late 1970s, before moving to Chicago where he was key to the development of house, as the popularity of disco began to wane.
Knuckles final live DJ set was at Ministry Of Sound in London on Saturday. He had been scheduled to return to the UK for shows at Gatecrasher in Birmingham and The Arches in Glasgow later this month.
