#frankieknucklesday

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👏🏿#ArtIsAWeapon Good for them!! #HouseMusic originators #LarryHeard (a.k.a. #MrFingers) & @this_is_robert_owens have won their lawsuit against #TraxRecords, according to @guardian. It's a bittersweet victory on #FrankieKnucklesDay, which honors and celebrates another House music legend #FrankieKnuckles. (Excerpts from August 25, 2022 "The Guardian") ‘It gives me peace’: house legends Larry Heard and Robert Owens on winning their Trax legal battle... A successful copyright action against their former label means the celebrated producers can reclaim their back catalogue after decades of struggle... For the past two years, Heard and Owens have been plaintiffs in a civil suit against Trax Records, house’s equivalent to Stax or Motown and their former label. But the fight goes back decades. Heard and Owens are among house’s most celebrated figures – as #songwriters, #DJs, #vocalists and #producers, and collaboratively as Fingers Inc, alongside Ron Wilson. Heard, who started as a jazz-funk drummer, is known as the godfather of deep house, which led to him being sampled by Kanye West and working with Dua Lipa. Owens’ tracks are among house’s most beloved; they include I’ll Be Your Friend and Tears, a collaboration with Frankie Knuckles. In the 2000s, he worked with the UK dance duo Coldcut on Walk a Mile in My Shoes. Sadly, though, their careers have been stunted, and made infamous, by Trax... At its core, the lawsuit argued that despite the label generating “millions of dollars in income stemming from their exploitation of the compositions and recordings”, neither Heard nor Owens had ever been paid a cent – so they sued, for copyright infringement. Read full story: www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/25/ihouse-legends-larry-heard-robert-owens-trax-legal-battle-copyright #RobertOwens #HouseMusicIsBlackMusic #Chicago #HouseMusicWasBornInChicago #FKAlways #HouseMusicHistory #HouseHead https://www.instagram.com/p/ChtgtZ3gwwk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bluestrawberryradio]

In memory to Frankie Knuckles!❤️🙏🏻 . . . This was in Divinae Follie 1993 (South Italy - Bisceglie) . . #bluestrawberryradio #frankieknuckles #thegodfatherofhousemusic #frankieknucklestribute #housemusic #housemusiclovers #housemusicfamily #music #dance #blumonday #radio #housemusicalllifelong #video #fridaymood #monday #boilerroom #frankieknucklesday #dancefriday #classichouse #music #story #Dj #djing #master (presso Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFHDZFhkMw/?igshid=15wig14r3c46v

[nojarama]

Celebrating the godfather of house music today... and everyday. Happy Frankie Knuckles Day!!! #fkalways #frankieknuckles #godfatherofhouse #frankieknucklesday #frankieknucklesfoundation #housemusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CET8r8Xg5qy/?igshid=73x9lxh3b7uu

[brunogauthier]

#Repost @frankieknucklesfoundation • • • • • • Are you ready for #FrankieKnucklesDay? We’ve got an amazing event lined up including performances by @TheeBillyPorter, @HouseGospelChoir and @InayaDay as well as DJ sets from @Eric_Kupper, @TheShapeshifters, @DJLadyD, @TheRealMikeDunn of the @ChosenFewDJs and Zac Jones. The event will also feature testimonials and lore from Frankie’s friends and colleagues. ··· Tune in live 2pm-10pm (central standard time) via @LeNocturneChicago’s YouTube channel (Nocturne Chicago Live). ··· Support for the event and the @FrankieKnucklesFoundation can be made via: CashApp: $thefkf & Venmo: @thefkf ··· Illustration credit: @Richforever_art #FrankieKnuckles #HouseMusic #ChicagoHouseMusic #FKalways https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPcILzDxBy/?igshid=yu8c2soaj65b

[pjrobesq]

Happy #frankieknucklesday !! https://www.instagram.com/p/B1mKpREpplKS94sfP-CKCIs2FfmIZ__sXO7cH80/?igshid=1b4mzel4n09d2

[lauer303]

let the music play 🎶 photo by @disaster_sandwich #frankieknucklesday #realhousemusic #chicagolove (at Chicago metropolitan area) https://www.instagram.com/lauer303/p/Bwsf7UxHt2f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ynvgh3w4pb15

[fathomdj]

This should really make #chicagodjs #ponder #noego . . . . . #frankieknucklesday #chicagomusic #housemusic #godfatherofhousemusic #frankieknuckles #newyork #internationaldj #producer #music #dancemusic #legendarydj #findingfathomdj #salute #jedimaster #chicagostreetnamed (at Honorary Frankie Knuckles Way)

[trascapades]

💜🎶💃🏾#ArtIsAWeapon Happy #FrankieKnucklesDay @fkalways. Reposted from @frankieknucklesfoundation - The Frankie Knuckles Foundation is a not for profit educational, and cultural organization dedicated to the advancement of Frankie Knuckles’ mission as the global ambassador of house music through media, conservation and public events continuing and supporting the causes he advocated. The FKF is a recognized 501c3 and focused on these initiatives: music in schools, #LGBTQyouth #homelessness, #AIDS #research / #prevention & #diabetes research / education. . . . . . #FrankieKnuckles #FKalways #FrankieKnucklesFoundation #Chicago #ChicagoHouseMusic #HouseMusic #FKF #HouseMusicSavedMyLife #Househead4Life #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/B1m4aYeFjav/?igshid=mu0yb2qeix2u

[bluestrawberryradio]

In memory to Frankie Knuckles!❤️🙏🏻 . . . This was in Divinae Follie 1993 (South Italy - Bisceglie) . . #bluestrawberryradio #frankieknuckles #thegodfatherofhousemusic #frankieknucklestribute #housemusic #housemusiclovers #housemusicfamily #music #dance #blumonday #radio #housemusicalllifelong #video #fridaymood #monday #boilerroom #frankieknucklesday #dancefriday #classichouse #music #story #Dj #djing #master (presso Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFHDZFhkMw/?igshid=15wig14r3c46v

[nojarama]

Celebrating the godfather of house music today... and everyday. Happy Frankie Knuckles Day!!! #fkalways #frankieknuckles #godfatherofhouse #frankieknucklesday #housemusic https://www.instagram.com/p/B1lvaTVA2WA/?igshid=nxb3vol2h2e0

[tommiesunshine]

today in #Chicago was #FrankieKnucklesDay where they threw a party & unveiled a new mural dedicated to him. this makes me miss home but thrilled to see him honored is such an amazing way. scroll to the end for amazing footage of Frankie at The #Powerplant. #FrankieKnucklesTribute #FrankieKnuckles #ChicagoHouseMusic #HouseMusic #FKAlways (at Honorary Frankie Knuckles Way)

[trascapades]

#ArtIsAWeapon #PartyWithAPurpose Proceeds from tomorrow's tribute to #HouseMusic pioneer #FrankieKnuckles - featuring @djspinna @eric_kupper @dj_spen & live performance by Lynn Lockamy @cielonyc - will be donated to the @frankieknucklesfoundation, an #arts, #culture and #advocacy organization: www.thefkfoundation.org . Presented by #EricKupper & @kcpicks . $15 advance tickets: www.wanttickets.com #FrankieKnuckles #FrankieKnucklesTribute #FrankieKnucklesDay #FKAlways #HouseMusic #ChicagoHouseMusic #SoulMusic #Disco #BlackMusic #NYNightlife #DJSpinna #TraScapades (at Cielo)

[sosuremusic]

#HAPPYFRANKIEKNUCKLESDAY