House Compilation Concensus Charts

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Originally Posted by marmite7

Hey Greg

Frankie Knuckles was a gay dj, playing to a gay crowd and inevitably hi-nrg was the choice of the day. He (and others like him) realised that a change was needed in the hi-nrg sound we'd all become used to, so bassline & stripped down vocals were introduced, taken from disco classics by Teddy Pendergrass (TSOP) etc and as this started at The Warehouse, the term "House Music" was applied and to anything else with the same sound.

I read different accounts about the origins of House Music, DJ Jesse Sounders of Chicago is credited in some articles with the release of the first House record, "On & On" (1984) after been influenced by the DJ Mix of the same name released in 8-1980 (flip side of "Funky mix")

http://members.home.nl/discopatrick/othmix1.htm

http://www.jessesaunders.com/bio.php

http://www.5chicago.com/features/012...esaunders.html

Lately I've been reading different accounts that House originated with Knuckes from the Warehouse,

so which one is it???:roll::-?