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Frankie Knuckles

1955 - 2014

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Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. (January 18, 1955 – March 31, 2014), known professionally as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. He played an important role in developing and popularizing house music, a genre of music that began in Chicago during the early 1980s and subsequently spread worldwide. In 1997, Knuckles won the Grammy Award for Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frankie Knuckles is the 1,467th most popular musician (down from 1,417th in 2019), the 7,635th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,090th in 2019) and the 539th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Frankie Knuckles ranks 1,467 out of 3,175. Before him are Alexander Brailowsky, Peter Brötzmann, Yuri Bashmet, Georg Kulenkampff, David Garrett, and Ian Stuart Donaldson. After him are Jukka Nevalainen, Vinny Appice, Peter Hook, Mary Travers, Efrem Zimbalist, and Thomas Quasthoff.

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Among people born in 1955, Frankie Knuckles ranks 322. Before him are Jesús María Zamora, Kane Hodder, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Ana Gabriel, Diamanda Galás, and Claudia Roth. After him are Hervé Guibert, Oksana Shvets, Edward Duyker, John Wesley Shipp, Richard Hilton, and Robert Kalina. Among people deceased in 2014, Frankie Knuckles ranks 344. Before him are Imre Gedővári, Miloslava Rezková, Jimi Jamison, Polly Bergen, Carol Ann Susi, and Alakbar Mammadov. After him are Juanita Moore, Tony Crook, Ara Shiraz, Sid Caesar, Mary Stewart, and Tony Benn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frankie Knuckles ranks 7,637 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret O'Brien (1937), Charles A. Beard (1874), Tracey Walter (1947), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Norris Bradbury (1909), and Jon Gries (1957). After him are Juanita Moore (1914), Christopher Landon (1975), Michelle Akers (1966), Roger E. Mosley (1938), Larry Cohen (1936), and Leland Orser (1960).

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Among musicians born in United States, Frankie Knuckles ranks 539. Before him are Jim Keltner (1942), Blind Blake (1893), Red Garland (1923), Jimmy Reed (1925), Thad Jones (1923), and Diamanda Galás (1955). After him are Vinny Appice (1957), Mary Travers (1936), Randy Brecker (1945), Benjamin Orr (1947), Laura Nyro (1947), and Gene Pitney (1940).

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