The Funky Knuckles have just begun their latest residency, a gig at Sundown at Granada every Monday night. They’ve had a great run in that respect, being on a six-year lucky streak of steady ...

An American music pioneer died yesterday. Chances are you never heard of him. His name was Frankie Knuckles and he was the Godfather of House Music. Knuckles was at the forefront of what drove dance ...

Frankie Knuckles, a Grammy-winning Chicago disc jockey known as the "Godfather of House Music" who worked with artists including Michael Jackson and Diana Ross, has died at age 59. Knuckles died ...

Many who saw social media posts Tuesday about Frankie Knuckles may have been baffled, wondering whether perhaps an old-time pugilist had passed. In a sense this was true, but instead of his fists, the ...

The DJ and producer widely revered as the “Godfather of House,” reportedly died due to complications of diabetes. By Lars Brandle, Billboard Frankie Knuckles H Frankie Knuckles, the DJ and producer ...

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 ...

Have you ever walked into the Travis? It’s one giant flash-bang, a sensory blitz of polished stone, metal pillars, and wall-to-wall mirrored glass, which when paired with the club’s retina-shattering ...

Many waking up to find the name “Frankie Knuckles” trending this morning may have been a little baffled, wondering whether perhaps an old-time pugilist had passed. In a sense this was true, but ...

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 ...

Frankie Knuckles, a legend in the world of dance music and one of the inventors of house music, a steady, beat-driven style played in nightclubs all over the world, died unexpectedly at his Chicago ...

In Chicago, Frankie Knuckles was called the “godfather,” not because of any underworld connections, but because he helped build house – a style of Chicago dance music that revolutionized club culture ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Frankie Knuckles, a Grammy-winning Chicago disc jockey known as the “Godfather of House Music” who worked with artists including Michael Jackson and Diana Ross, has died at age 59.