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R.I.P. Frankie Knuckles, 1955-2014

RIP The Godfather of House

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Legend

Very sad news. A true legend of house.

Didn’t appreciate his talent at the time I could have seen him play more…

Really sad. Awesome dj and lovely guy when i met him.

total legend – many a happy night i’ve spent thanks to Frankie. RIP

RIP Frankie. Another one passed away before their time

Really?

Dawhhhhh, thats sad 😐

RIP

RIP 🙁

Provided the soundtrack to many a bonkers weekend

Gutted. One of my fave DJ/producer…

That ‘Your Love’ track with Jamie Principle is incredible, if you wanted to play one track to somebody who’d never heard dance music then that’s the one you’d play for them, still my favourite after all this time.

A true legend, very sad. Thanks for the music Frankie, I’m so glad I grew up listening to you and not Dubstep.

RIP 🙁

:'(

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Sad loss. He’d been struggling with health problems for years. The last I heard he’d had both feet amputated so I suspect diabetes. Think I’ll do a little Frankie tribute mix tonight.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26832310

Can’t put too finer point on the fact that this man changed my life completely. What he & Ron Hardy Larry Levan etc created & then Mike Pickering and countless others brought to a wider audience was probably the last underground cultural shift we will see.
I met my wife in the Hacienda on a Wednesday night in 1989 & we have been together ever since & now have four kids & that movement that happened in those clubs & fields in those years broke down so many walls including a closed shop that was the music industry. It gave me the chance & from there I went in to work in LDN set up with my own PR company for nearly 20yrs specialising in electronic dance based music I travelled & met so many heroes & legends.
I will never forget the sweat smiles whistles & gurning 🙂
Frankie Knuckles – House Music All Night Long

*likes*

very sad, and another shock.

Frankie Knuckles on for the ride home tonight.

Very sad to hear this , this morning . I’d imagine god has put on some new Stantons on Heavens sl1200’s and the Big Man will be cooking up a storm.
What a legend and way ahead of the game .

R.I.P Frankie.

RIP Frankie

Total legend from his roots in the disco scene to basically starting a whole globe smashing genre.
Some serious moments in his production/remix catalogue no doubt.

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I’ve just scuttled off to iTunes…

Dawwwwhhh, 😐

The. Greatest house record ever made – not word of exaggeration it can bring me to tears 🙂 maybe u had to be there

I thought it might be a wind up, but it isn’t. So many good tunes came from Frankie, he will be remembered by the House Massiv.
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Going to have a House mix this evening in memory of the man.

Dum, duff duff duff, dum, dufff duff duff…

Yay!!

Ahh back to the old days… 😀

Best way to remember him I say..

Legend – RIP

Legendary. Some of my best memories are down to him. + 1 carbonfiend and I was there.

True legend of the house music scene plus its scary to think that i only saw him play at Ministry of sound on Saturday to celebrate 20 years of Rulin…

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Never heard of him until yesterday ,then again I was a greasy haired hedbanger at school and im 50 so all this house stuff happened after I was a kid

One of the greatest Frankie Knuckles records still sounds fresh today..

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An inspiration to so many. His music and mixes will live on forever.

Too Young.

Bestest bangin choon ever.

Sorry, don’t know where that one came from!

RIP Mr Knuckles

Memories of big nights at the Eclipse in cov.
Crazy times

I have 2 loves in my life… Mountain Biking and House Music.

Inside 3 days we’ve lost one of the most influential men in Cycling in Britain, and the Godfather of House music!

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RIP Frankie. Never got to see him live sadly, the irony is that next Saturday he was supposed to be playing in Brum and I was very tempted to go!

Snap mboy.

Just listening to that 6 Music show now, he’s such a nice guy

Very sad indeed, a true gent of a dj who was genuine in appreciation of his fans and is well deserving of his Godfather of House moniker. We had him play for us a few years ago and it was a pleasure to host such an iconic figure, no airs or graces about him at all nor the i’m a famous dj vibe that so many of ilk seem to have, he hung about afterwards and wandered throughout the crowd meeting folk and enjoying the vibe – a fantastic storyteller as well as a DJ of impeccable taste.

Strangely enough for the past few days i have been listening to the latest xlr8r frankie knuckles @ sound factory new york podcast, seems prescient as i was thinking i really should try and catch him play this year 🙁

Great interview with the man here: http://defected.com/news/interview-simon-meets-frankie/

well worth a read.

such an iconic figure, no airs or graces about him at all nor the i’m a famous dj vibe that so many of ilk seem to have

Always the way with the those that start a culture, it’s the bandwagon jumpers that get all pretentious very quickly. Your Judge Jules’ and your Jeremy Healy’s (to name but two) for instance…

Very sad indeed, a true gent of a dj who was genuine in appreciation of his fans and is well deserving of his Godfather of House moniker.

The moniker isn’t really relevant of his approach to his fans to be fair, quite simply, without Frankie Knuckles, House music as we know it today would not be the same. He was the one alongside Larry Levan that started it all!

BBC re-release his Essential Mix from Pacha in 2000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wpnsj