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Frankie Knuckles
Frankie Knuckles
DJ, Record Producer & Remixer
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Larry Levan
Larry Levan
American DJ
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Bad Boy Bill
Bad Boy Bill
musician
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Tony Humphries
Tony Humphries
American disc jockey
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DJ Pierre
DJ Pierre
American DJ
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Chip E.
Chip E.
American DJ and record producer
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Derrick Carter
Derrick Carter
American house producer and DJ
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Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier
French DJ and record producer
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Ron Hardy
Ron Hardy
American DJ
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David Morales
David Morales
American DJ and producer
10
Jamie Principle
Jamie Principle
American musician
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Marcus Intalex
Marcus Intalex
British DJ and music producer
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Plump DJs
Plump DJs
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Marshall Jefferson
Marshall Jefferson
American record producer and DJ
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François Kevorkian
François Kevorkian
French DJ of Armenian descent
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Josh Wink
Josh Wink
American musician
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DJ Dan
DJ Dan
American musician
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The Shapeshifters
The Shapeshifters
English-Swedish house music band
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Milk & Sugar
Milk & Sugar
band
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Todd Terry
Todd Terry
American DJ and house producer
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Farley Keith
Farley Keith
American DJ
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Kaskade
Kaskade
American DJ and record producer
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Satoshi Tomiie
Satoshi Tomiie
Japanese DJ
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Dimitri from Paris
Dimitri from Paris
French music producer and DJ of Turkish origin
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Steve Lawler
Steve Lawler
British music producer
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Judge Jules
Judge Jules
British musician
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Sasha
Sasha
Welsh DJ
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DJ Hollywood
DJ Hollywood
American rapper and DJ
28
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
producer and DJ from the United States
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Aubrey
Aubrey
British DJ
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Quentin Harris
Quentin Harris
American musician
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Danny Tenaglia
Danny Tenaglia
American musician
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Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar
French record producer and DJ
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Gloria Jones
Gloria Jones
American singer
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My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
American industrial rock music band
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Derrick May
Derrick May
American musician and techno music developer
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Holly Johnson
Holly Johnson
British artist, musician and writer
37
Monika Kruse
Monika Kruse
famous Techno-DJ and music producer
38
Roy Davis, Jr.
Roy Davis, Jr.
American musician
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DJ Icey
DJ Icey
American musician
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Ts7
Ts7
British DJ
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Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash
American rapper and DJ
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MC 900 Ft. Jesus
MC 900 Ft. Jesus
American rapper
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Joe Smooth
Joe Smooth
American DJ and record producer
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Dave Lee
Dave Lee
British DJ and house music producer
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DJ Harvey
DJ Harvey
British DJ
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
British band
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Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Lee Foss
Lee Foss
American DJ and record producer
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A-Trak
A-Trak
Canadian DJ, turntablist, record producer, and music label executive
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Grooverider
Grooverider
British DJ
Intro
American musician
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Jesse Saunders (born March 10, 1962) is an American DJ, record producer, film producer and entrepreneur. He is one of the pioneers of house music, often cited as "the originator of house music" by critics and historians. His 1984 single, "On & On", co-written with Vince Lawrence, was the first record with a house DJ as the artist that was pressed and sold to the public. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley declared July 17, 1997, as Jesse Saunders and the Pioneers of House Music Day in Chicago. Since his emergence as a DJ almost three decades ago, Saunders has run several of his own independent labels, and worked extensively in music and film production, as well as artist promotion and management. In recent years, through house music reunions, a pending book release and a live 'disc-jocumentary' – where, while DJing, he visually takes the audience through the history of house and electro – Saunders has worked towards erasing the misconceptions associated with the genre's origins. He is also a long-time member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.