# Frankie Knuckles

> 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 originated in Chicago during the early 1980s and spread worldwide. In 1997, Knuckles won the Grammy Award for Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical. Knuckles was often called "the godfather of house music".

*American DJ and record producer (1955–2014)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/frankie-knuckles

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1955-01-18
- **Died:** 2014-03-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 90.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/FKAlways (@FKAlways)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/fkalways/ (@fkalways)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/frankie.knuckles.7 (@frankie.knuckles.7)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1181633/ (@nm1181633)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/63yl9nDNrHpiAYGlNJxxjc (@63yl9nDNrHpiAYGlNJxxjc)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.fkalways.com

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2447)
- [فرانكي ناكليس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3)
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- [فرانسیس نیکولاس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
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- [Frankie Knuckles](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [فرانسیس نیکولاس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [פרנקי נאקלס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%99_%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A1)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [フランキー・ナックルズ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA)
- [Franciscus Knuckles](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Knuckles)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
- [Наклз, Фрэнки](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B7%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Knuckles)
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- [Френки Наклс](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%81)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b7a98e65-7ce4-4fab-8cf3-6b3ccda6115a)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205322)
- [Frankie Knuckles](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/575436)

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