Full Text of HR0979 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Frank | 4 | | Warren "Frankie" Knuckles, Jr. of Chicago, who passed away on | 5 | | March 31, 2014; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Frankie Knuckles was born in the Bronx in New York | 7 | | City on January 18, 1955 and settled in Chicago in the late | 8 | | 1970s; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Known as "The Godfather of House Music", Frankie | 10 | | Knuckles played an important role in developing and | 11 | | popularizing house music in Chicago during the 1980s when the | 12 | | genre was in its infancy; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Frankie Knuckles began working as a DJ, playing | 14 | | soul, disco, and R&B at The Continental Baths in New York; he | 15 | | started playing at the Warehouse club in Chicago when it opened | 16 | | in 1977; in 1982, he opened his own club in Chicago, The Power | 17 | | Plant; following its closure in 1987, he played in the United | 18 | | Kingdom where Chicago house artists were in high demand; | 19 | | throughout the 1990s and later years, he continued to remix | 20 | | music and record his own albums, "Beyond the Mix" and "A New | 21 | | Reality"; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Frankie Knuckles won the 1997 Grammy Award for | 2 | | Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical and he was inducted into the | 3 | | Dance Music Hall of Fame for his achievements as a DJ on | 4 | | September 19, 2005; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Spearheaded by then-Illinois State Senator Barack | 6 | | Obama, the City of Chicago declared August 25, 2004 as "Frankie | 7 | | Knuckles Day" and renamed a stretch of street where the old | 8 | | Warehouse once stood as "Frankie Knuckles Way"; therefore, be | 9 | | it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we mourn the passing of Frank Warren "Frankie" Knuckles, Jr., | 13 | | and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and | 14 | | all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Frankie Knuckles as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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