Larry Levan
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Lawrence Philpot, known as Larry Levan, was an American DJ best known for his decade-long residency at the New York City night club Paradise Garage, which has been described as the prototype of the mo
Levan performing at the Paradise Garage
Frankie Knuckles
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Francis Warren Nicholls Jr., known professionally as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. He played an important role in developing and popularizing house music, which o
Larry Levan
…found assuagement in Harlem's longstanding ball culture as a dressmaker, where he first became acquainted with fellow designer and lifelong best friend Frankie Knuckles. He became infatuated with an idea of making the "music that would never stop" during a brief affair with hippie DJ David Mancuso, who introduced Levan…
Knuckles in 2012
Knuckles (left) and Chris McAvoy (right) at the DJ Hut, Washington, DC (January 13, 2006)
A section of Jefferson Street in Chicago near the site of Warehouse was renamed the Honorary "the Godfather of House Music" Frankie Knuckles Way on August 25, 2004.