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House_music
In the late 1980s, many local Chicago house music artists suddenly found themselves presented with major label deals. House music proved to be a commercially successful genre and a more mainstream pop-based variation grew increasingly popular. Artists and groups such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Aretha Frank...
where is house music extremely popular?
{ "answer_start": [ 817 ], "text": [ "both clubs and in the mainstream pop scene" ] }
5706950a52bb891400689a9f
House_music
In the late 1980s, many local Chicago house music artists suddenly found themselves presented with major label deals. House music proved to be a commercially successful genre and a more mainstream pop-based variation grew increasingly popular. Artists and groups such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Aretha Frank...
What variation of house music was produced by artists such as Madonna and Kylie Minogue?
{ "answer_start": [ 179 ], "text": [ "a more mainstream pop-based variation" ] }
570695a652bb891400689aa4
House_music
Various disco songs incorporated sounds produced with synthesizers and drum machines, and some compositions were entirely electronic; examples include Giorgio Moroder's late 1970s productions such as Donna Summer's hit single "I Feel Love" from 1977, Cerrone's "Supernature" (1977), Yellow Magic Orchestra's synth-disco-...
What instruments did disco songs incorporate from house music?
{ "answer_start": [ 54 ], "text": [ "synthesizers and drum machines" ] }
570695a652bb891400689aa5
House_music
Various disco songs incorporated sounds produced with synthesizers and drum machines, and some compositions were entirely electronic; examples include Giorgio Moroder's late 1970s productions such as Donna Summer's hit single "I Feel Love" from 1977, Cerrone's "Supernature" (1977), Yellow Magic Orchestra's synth-disco-...
who produced Donna Summer's hit single "I Feel Love"?
{ "answer_start": [ 151 ], "text": [ "Giorgio Moroder" ] }
570695a652bb891400689aa6
House_music
Various disco songs incorporated sounds produced with synthesizers and drum machines, and some compositions were entirely electronic; examples include Giorgio Moroder's late 1970s productions such as Donna Summer's hit single "I Feel Love" from 1977, Cerrone's "Supernature" (1977), Yellow Magic Orchestra's synth-disco-...
what sort of music did Hi-NRG group Lime produce?
{ "answer_start": [ 419 ], "text": [ "1980s disco-pop" ] }
570695a652bb891400689aa7
House_music
Various disco songs incorporated sounds produced with synthesizers and drum machines, and some compositions were entirely electronic; examples include Giorgio Moroder's late 1970s productions such as Donna Summer's hit single "I Feel Love" from 1977, Cerrone's "Supernature" (1977), Yellow Magic Orchestra's synth-disco-...
What year did Cerrone's "Supernature" get released?
{ "answer_start": [ 276 ], "text": [ "1977" ] }
570695a652bb891400689aa8
House_music
Various disco songs incorporated sounds produced with synthesizers and drum machines, and some compositions were entirely electronic; examples include Giorgio Moroder's late 1970s productions such as Donna Summer's hit single "I Feel Love" from 1977, Cerrone's "Supernature" (1977), Yellow Magic Orchestra's synth-disco-...
What year was solid state survivor released?
{ "answer_start": [ 394 ], "text": [ "1979" ] }
5706962d52bb891400689aae
House_music
Soul and disco influenced house music, plus mixing and editing techniques earlier explored by disco, garage music and post-disco DJs, producers, and audio engineers such as Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Jim Burgess, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, M & M, and others who produced longer, more repetitive, and percussive arrangemen...
What influenced House music?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Soul and disco" ] }
5706962d52bb891400689aaf
House_music
Soul and disco influenced house music, plus mixing and editing techniques earlier explored by disco, garage music and post-disco DJs, producers, and audio engineers such as Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Jim Burgess, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, M & M, and others who produced longer, more repetitive, and percussive arrangemen...
What type of producer was Frankie Knuckles?
{ "answer_start": [ 353 ], "text": [ "Early house producers" ] }
5706962d52bb891400689ab0
House_music
Soul and disco influenced house music, plus mixing and editing techniques earlier explored by disco, garage music and post-disco DJs, producers, and audio engineers such as Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Jim Burgess, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, M & M, and others who produced longer, more repetitive, and percussive arrangemen...
what did Frankie Knuckles use to create his compositions?
{ "answer_start": [ 449 ], "text": [ "samplers, synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines" ] }
5706969952bb891400689ab4
House_music
The electronic instrumentation and minimal arrangement of Charanjit Singh's Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (1982), an album of Indian ragas performed in a disco style, anticipated the sounds of acid house music, but it is not known to have had any influence on the genre prior to the album's rediscovery in the ...
What was the name of Charanjit Singh's 1982 album?
{ "answer_start": [ 76 ], "text": [ "Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat" ] }
5706969952bb891400689ab5
House_music
The electronic instrumentation and minimal arrangement of Charanjit Singh's Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (1982), an album of Indian ragas performed in a disco style, anticipated the sounds of acid house music, but it is not known to have had any influence on the genre prior to the album's rediscovery in the ...
What did Singh's album contain?
{ "answer_start": [ 136 ], "text": [ "Indian ragas performed in a disco style" ] }
5706969952bb891400689ab6
House_music
The electronic instrumentation and minimal arrangement of Charanjit Singh's Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (1982), an album of Indian ragas performed in a disco style, anticipated the sounds of acid house music, but it is not known to have had any influence on the genre prior to the album's rediscovery in the ...
What year was synthesizing: ten ragas to a disco beat released?
{ "answer_start": [ 117 ], "text": [ "1982" ] }
5706969952bb891400689ab7
House_music
The electronic instrumentation and minimal arrangement of Charanjit Singh's Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (1982), an album of Indian ragas performed in a disco style, anticipated the sounds of acid house music, but it is not known to have had any influence on the genre prior to the album's rediscovery in the ...
What sort of arrangement did Charanjit Singh use on his 1982 album?
{ "answer_start": [ 35 ], "text": [ "minimal arrangement" ] }
57069abf75f01819005e7c36
House_music
Rachel Cain, co-founder of an influential Trax Records, was previously involved in the burgeoning punk scene and cites industrial and post-punk record store Wax Trax! Records as an important connection between the ever-changing underground sounds of Chicago. As most proto-house DJs were primarily stuck to playing their...
Who is Rachel Cain?
{ "answer_start": [ 13 ], "text": [ "co-founder of an influential Trax Records" ] }
57069abf75f01819005e7c37
House_music
Rachel Cain, co-founder of an influential Trax Records, was previously involved in the burgeoning punk scene and cites industrial and post-punk record store Wax Trax! Records as an important connection between the ever-changing underground sounds of Chicago. As most proto-house DJs were primarily stuck to playing their...
Who were Frankie Knuckles and ron hardy?
{ "answer_start": [ 393 ], "text": [ "two influential pioneers of house music" ] }
57069abf75f01819005e7c38
House_music
Rachel Cain, co-founder of an influential Trax Records, was previously involved in the burgeoning punk scene and cites industrial and post-punk record store Wax Trax! Records as an important connection between the ever-changing underground sounds of Chicago. As most proto-house DJs were primarily stuck to playing their...
what was the nickname of frankie knuckles?
{ "answer_start": [ 503 ], "text": [ "\"the Godfather of House,\"" ] }
57069abf75f01819005e7c39
House_music
Rachel Cain, co-founder of an influential Trax Records, was previously involved in the burgeoning punk scene and cites industrial and post-punk record store Wax Trax! Records as an important connection between the ever-changing underground sounds of Chicago. As most proto-house DJs were primarily stuck to playing their...
marshall jefferson got involved in house music after hearing whose music?
{ "answer_start": [ 1041 ], "text": [ "Ron Hardy's" ] }
57069abf75f01819005e7c3a
House_music
Rachel Cain, co-founder of an influential Trax Records, was previously involved in the burgeoning punk scene and cites industrial and post-punk record store Wax Trax! Records as an important connection between the ever-changing underground sounds of Chicago. As most proto-house DJs were primarily stuck to playing their...
what was ron hardy's music released in?
{ "answer_start": [ 1062 ], "text": [ "Muzic Box" ] }
57069b2452bb891400689abc
House_music
In the early 1980s, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5, and club DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played various styles of dance music, including older disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, newer Italo disco, B-Boy hip hop music by Man Parrish,...
who were the chicago radio jocks that played dance music in the early 1980s?
{ "answer_start": [ 40 ], "text": [ "The Hot Mix 5" ] }
57069b2452bb891400689abd
House_music
In the early 1980s, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5, and club DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played various styles of dance music, including older disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, newer Italo disco, B-Boy hip hop music by Man Parrish,...
what style of music did man parrish play?
{ "answer_start": [ 285 ], "text": [ "B-Boy hip hop music" ] }
57069b2452bb891400689abe
House_music
In the early 1980s, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5, and club DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played various styles of dance music, including older disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, newer Italo disco, B-Boy hip hop music by Man Parrish,...
what style of music did afrika bambaataa play?
{ "answer_start": [ 209 ], "text": [ "electro funk" ] }
57069b2452bb891400689abf
House_music
In the early 1980s, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5, and club DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played various styles of dance music, including older disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, newer Italo disco, B-Boy hip hop music by Man Parrish,...
what style of music did kraftwerk play?
{ "answer_start": [ 374 ], "text": [ "electronic pop music" ] }
57069b2452bb891400689ac0
House_music
In the early 1980s, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5, and club DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played various styles of dance music, including older disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, newer Italo disco, B-Boy hip hop music by Man Parrish,...
how did producers sometimes make edits of house music?
{ "answer_start": [ 500 ], "text": [ "reel-to-reel tape" ] }
57069b7b52bb891400689ac6
House_music
The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specif...
who produced the song "on and on" in 1984?
{ "answer_start": [ 79 ], "text": [ "Jesse Saunders" ] }
57069b7b52bb891400689ac7
House_music
The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specif...
where was jesse saunders from?
{ "answer_start": [ 68 ], "text": [ "Chicago" ] }
57069b7b52bb891400689ac8
House_music
The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specif...
who co-wrote the hit song "on and on" in 1984?
{ "answer_start": [ 112 ], "text": [ "Vince Lawrence" ] }
57069b7b52bb891400689ac9
House_music
The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specif...
what type of bass synthesizer was a staple of the early house sound?
{ "answer_start": [ 199 ], "text": [ "Roland TB-303" ] }
57069b7b52bb891400689aca
House_music
The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specif...
when was player one's "space invaders" released?
{ "answer_start": [ 428 ], "text": [ "1979" ] }
57069bdd52bb891400689ad0
House_music
Starting in 1984, some of these DJs, inspired by Jesse Saunders' success with "On and On", tried their hand at producing and releasing original compositions. These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music...
when was jesse saunders' "on and on" a hit?
{ "answer_start": [ 12 ], "text": [ "1984" ] }
57069bdd52bb891400689ad1
House_music
Starting in 1984, some of these DJs, inspired by Jesse Saunders' success with "On and On", tried their hand at producing and releasing original compositions. These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music...
what type of audience was early disco and dance catered to?
{ "answer_start": [ 450 ], "text": [ "African-American and gay audiences" ] }
57069bdd52bb891400689ad2
House_music
Starting in 1984, some of these DJs, inspired by Jesse Saunders' success with "On and On", tried their hand at producing and releasing original compositions. These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music...
what year was house music first used as a genre?
{ "answer_start": [ 489 ], "text": [ "1985" ] }
57069bdd52bb891400689ad3
House_music
Starting in 1984, some of these DJs, inspired by Jesse Saunders' success with "On and On", tried their hand at producing and releasing original compositions. These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music...
what were two big subgenres of house music?
{ "answer_start": [ 638 ], "text": [ "deep house and acid house" ] }
57069bdd52bb891400689ad4
House_music
Starting in 1984, some of these DJs, inspired by Jesse Saunders' success with "On and On", tried their hand at producing and releasing original compositions. These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music...
what area radio was house music generally played on?
{ "answer_start": [ 386 ], "text": [ "Chicago-area radio" ] }
57069c2652bb891400689ada
House_music
Deep house's origins can be traced to Chicago producer Mr Fingers's relatively jazzy, soulful recordings "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "Can You Feel It?" (1986). According to author Richie Unterberger, it moved house music away from its "posthuman tendencies back towards the lush" soulful sound of early disco music.
what producer was the first to produce deep house?
{ "answer_start": [ 55 ], "text": [ "Mr Fingers" ] }
57069c2652bb891400689adb
House_music
Deep house's origins can be traced to Chicago producer Mr Fingers's relatively jazzy, soulful recordings "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "Can You Feel It?" (1986). According to author Richie Unterberger, it moved house music away from its "posthuman tendencies back towards the lush" soulful sound of early disco music.
where was producer mr. fingers' from?
{ "answer_start": [ 38 ], "text": [ "Chicago" ] }
57069c2652bb891400689adc
House_music
Deep house's origins can be traced to Chicago producer Mr Fingers's relatively jazzy, soulful recordings "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "Can You Feel It?" (1986). According to author Richie Unterberger, it moved house music away from its "posthuman tendencies back towards the lush" soulful sound of early disco music.
when was mr. fingers' "mystery of love" released?
{ "answer_start": [ 124 ], "text": [ "1985" ] }
57069c2652bb891400689add
House_music
Deep house's origins can be traced to Chicago producer Mr Fingers's relatively jazzy, soulful recordings "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "Can You Feel It?" (1986). According to author Richie Unterberger, it moved house music away from its "posthuman tendencies back towards the lush" soulful sound of early disco music.
when was mr. fingers' "can you feel it?" released?
{ "answer_start": [ 154 ], "text": [ "1986" ] }
5706a32275f01819005e7c98
House_music
Acid house arose from Chicago artists' experiments with the squelchy Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, and the style's origins on vinyl is generally cited as Phuture's "Acid Tracks" (1987). Phuture, a group founded by Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson, is credited with having...
When was Phuture's "Acid Tracks" released?
{ "answer_start": [ 181 ], "text": [ "1987" ] }
5706a32275f01819005e7c99
House_music
Acid house arose from Chicago artists' experiments with the squelchy Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, and the style's origins on vinyl is generally cited as Phuture's "Acid Tracks" (1987). Phuture, a group founded by Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson, is credited with having...
Who founded the group Phuture?
{ "answer_start": [ 216 ], "text": [ "Nathan \"DJ Pierre\" Jones, Earl \"Spanky\" Smith Jr., and Herbert \"Herb J\" Jackson" ] }
5706a32275f01819005e7c9a
House_music
Acid house arose from Chicago artists' experiments with the squelchy Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, and the style's origins on vinyl is generally cited as Phuture's "Acid Tracks" (1987). Phuture, a group founded by Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson, is credited with having...
what instrument was Phuture the first to use in house music?
{ "answer_start": [ 347 ], "text": [ "TB-303" ] }
5706a32275f01819005e7c9b
House_music
Acid house arose from Chicago artists' experiments with the squelchy Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, and the style's origins on vinyl is generally cited as Phuture's "Acid Tracks" (1987). Phuture, a group founded by Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson, is credited with having...
how long was phuture's "acid tracks"?
{ "answer_start": [ 394 ], "text": [ "12-minute" ] }
5706a32275f01819005e7c9c
House_music
Acid house arose from Chicago artists' experiments with the squelchy Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, and the style's origins on vinyl is generally cited as Phuture's "Acid Tracks" (1987). Phuture, a group founded by Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson, is credited with having...
what type of drum machine did "acid tracks" use?
{ "answer_start": [ 642 ], "text": [ "Roland TR-707" ] }
5706a3fc75f01819005e7ca2
House_music
Club play from pioneering Chicago DJs such as Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops such as Importes, State Street Records, Loop Records, Gramaphone Records and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago. Later, visiting DJs & producers from Detroit fell ...
what radio station aired the Hot Mix 5 show?
{ "answer_start": [ 220 ], "text": [ "WBMX-FM" ] }
5706a3fc75f01819005e7ca3
House_music
Club play from pioneering Chicago DJs such as Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops such as Importes, State Street Records, Loop Records, Gramaphone Records and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago. Later, visiting DJs & producers from Detroit fell ...
what record labels helped popularize house music?
{ "answer_start": [ 336 ], "text": [ "Trax Records and DJ International Records" ] }
5706a3fc75f01819005e7ca4
House_music
Club play from pioneering Chicago DJs such as Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops such as Importes, State Street Records, Loop Records, Gramaphone Records and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago. Later, visiting DJs & producers from Detroit fell ...
what song by marshall jefferson became a big house hit?
{ "answer_start": [ 507 ], "text": [ "\"Move Your Body\"" ] }
5706a3fc75f01819005e7ca5
House_music
Club play from pioneering Chicago DJs such as Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops such as Importes, State Street Records, Loop Records, Gramaphone Records and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago. Later, visiting DJs & producers from Detroit fell ...
what european country were big house music hits being released in, in 1987?
{ "answer_start": [ 675 ], "text": [ "UK" ] }
5706a3fc75f01819005e7ca6
House_music
Club play from pioneering Chicago DJs such as Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops such as Importes, State Street Records, Loop Records, Gramaphone Records and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago. Later, visiting DJs & producers from Detroit fell ...
where was house music from chicago-based labels considered a must-play?
{ "answer_start": [ 922 ], "text": [ "clubs" ] }
5706a62375f01819005e7cc8
House_music
The term "house music" is said to have originated from a Chicago club called The Warehouse, which existed from 1977 to 1983. Clubbers to The Warehouse were primarily black and gay, who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ Frankie Knuckles, whom fans refer to as the "godfather of house". After the War...
what club did the term 'house music' originate from?
{ "answer_start": [ 77 ], "text": [ "The Warehouse" ] }
5706a62375f01819005e7cc9
House_music
The term "house music" is said to have originated from a Chicago club called The Warehouse, which existed from 1977 to 1983. Clubbers to The Warehouse were primarily black and gay, who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ Frankie Knuckles, whom fans refer to as the "godfather of house". After the War...
what city was the club The Warehouse located in?
{ "answer_start": [ 57 ], "text": [ "Chicago" ] }
5706a62375f01819005e7cca
House_music
The term "house music" is said to have originated from a Chicago club called The Warehouse, which existed from 1977 to 1983. Clubbers to The Warehouse were primarily black and gay, who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ Frankie Knuckles, whom fans refer to as the "godfather of house". After the War...
what years was the club The warehouse open?
{ "answer_start": [ 111 ], "text": [ "1977 to 1983" ] }
5706a62375f01819005e7ccb
House_music
The term "house music" is said to have originated from a Chicago club called The Warehouse, which existed from 1977 to 1983. Clubbers to The Warehouse were primarily black and gay, who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ Frankie Knuckles, whom fans refer to as the "godfather of house". After the War...
what types of people did the club The Warehouse attract?
{ "answer_start": [ 156 ], "text": [ "primarily black and gay" ] }
5706a62375f01819005e7ccc
House_music
The term "house music" is said to have originated from a Chicago club called The Warehouse, which existed from 1977 to 1983. Clubbers to The Warehouse were primarily black and gay, who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ Frankie Knuckles, whom fans refer to as the "godfather of house". After the War...
who was the resident DJ at The Warehouse in Chicago?
{ "answer_start": [ 241 ], "text": [ "Frankie Knuckles" ] }
5706a69352bb891400689b24
House_music
Chip E.'s 1985 recording "It's House" may also have helped to define this new form of electronic music. However, Chip E. himself lends credence to the Knuckles association, claiming the name came from methods of labeling records at the Importes Etc. record store, where he worked in the early 1980s: bins of music that D...
what is the name of Chip E's 1985 house hit?
{ "answer_start": [ 25 ], "text": [ "\"It's House\"" ] }
5706a69352bb891400689b25
House_music
Chip E.'s 1985 recording "It's House" may also have helped to define this new form of electronic music. However, Chip E. himself lends credence to the Knuckles association, claiming the name came from methods of labeling records at the Importes Etc. record store, where he worked in the early 1980s: bins of music that D...
when was Chip E's hit "It's House" released?
{ "answer_start": [ 10 ], "text": [ "1985" ] }
5706a69352bb891400689b26
House_music
Chip E.'s 1985 recording "It's House" may also have helped to define this new form of electronic music. However, Chip E. himself lends credence to the Knuckles association, claiming the name came from methods of labeling records at the Importes Etc. record store, where he worked in the early 1980s: bins of music that D...
the term 'house music' came from the labeling of records at what store?
{ "answer_start": [ 236 ], "text": [ "Importes Etc" ] }
5706a6d852bb891400689b2a
House_music
In a 1986 interview, Rocky Jones, the former club DJ who ran the D.J. International record label, doesn't mention Importes Etc., Frankie Knuckles, or the Warehouse by name, but agrees that "house" was a regional catch-all term for dance music, and that it was once synonymous with older disco music.
who ran the D.J. International record label?
{ "answer_start": [ 21 ], "text": [ "Rocky Jones" ] }
5706a6d852bb891400689b2b
House_music
In a 1986 interview, Rocky Jones, the former club DJ who ran the D.J. International record label, doesn't mention Importes Etc., Frankie Knuckles, or the Warehouse by name, but agrees that "house" was a regional catch-all term for dance music, and that it was once synonymous with older disco music.
House is a regional catch-all term for what kind of music?
{ "answer_start": [ 231 ], "text": [ "dance music," ] }
5706a6d852bb891400689b2c
House_music
In a 1986 interview, Rocky Jones, the former club DJ who ran the D.J. International record label, doesn't mention Importes Etc., Frankie Knuckles, or the Warehouse by name, but agrees that "house" was a regional catch-all term for dance music, and that it was once synonymous with older disco music.
what was 'house music' once synonymous with?
{ "answer_start": [ 281 ], "text": [ "older disco music" ] }
5706a92752bb891400689b30
House_music
Larry Heard, a.k.a. "Mr. Fingers", claims that the term "house" became popular due to many of the early DJs creating music in their own homes using synthesizers and drum machines such as the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and the TB 303.[citation needed] These synthesizers were used to create a house subgenre called acid house...
What was the stage name of Larry Heard?
{ "answer_start": [ 21 ], "text": [ "Mr. Fingers" ] }
5706a92752bb891400689b31
House_music
Larry Heard, a.k.a. "Mr. Fingers", claims that the term "house" became popular due to many of the early DJs creating music in their own homes using synthesizers and drum machines such as the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and the TB 303.[citation needed] These synthesizers were used to create a house subgenre called acid house...
Why did the term house become popular?
{ "answer_start": [ 98 ], "text": [ "early DJs creating music in their own homes" ] }
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House_music
Larry Heard, a.k.a. "Mr. Fingers", claims that the term "house" became popular due to many of the early DJs creating music in their own homes using synthesizers and drum machines such as the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and the TB 303.[citation needed] These synthesizers were used to create a house subgenre called acid house...
what are the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and TB 303 examples of?
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House_music
Larry Heard, a.k.a. "Mr. Fingers", claims that the term "house" became popular due to many of the early DJs creating music in their own homes using synthesizers and drum machines such as the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and the TB 303.[citation needed] These synthesizers were used to create a house subgenre called acid house...
synthesizers were used to create what house subgenre?
{ "answer_start": [ 310 ], "text": [ "acid house" ] }
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House_music
Larry Heard, a.k.a. "Mr. Fingers", claims that the term "house" became popular due to many of the early DJs creating music in their own homes using synthesizers and drum machines such as the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and the TB 303.[citation needed] These synthesizers were used to create a house subgenre called acid house...
what was the real name of Mr. Fingers?
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House_music
Juan Atkins, an originator of Detroit techno music, claims the term "house" reflected the exclusive association of particular tracks with particular clubs and DJs; those records helped differentiate the clubs and DJs, and thus were considered to be their "house" records. In an effort to maintain such exclusives, the DJ...
What is Juan Atkins an originator of?
{ "answer_start": [ 30 ], "text": [ "Detroit techno music" ] }
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House_music
Juan Atkins, an originator of Detroit techno music, claims the term "house" reflected the exclusive association of particular tracks with particular clubs and DJs; those records helped differentiate the clubs and DJs, and thus were considered to be their "house" records. In an effort to maintain such exclusives, the DJ...
What did Atkins claim the term house reflected?
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House_music
Juan Atkins, an originator of Detroit techno music, claims the term "house" reflected the exclusive association of particular tracks with particular clubs and DJs; those records helped differentiate the clubs and DJs, and thus were considered to be their "house" records. In an effort to maintain such exclusives, the DJ...
Why were DJs inspired to create their own house records?
{ "answer_start": [ 185 ], "text": [ "differentiate the clubs and DJs" ] }
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House_music
House also had an influence of relaying political messages to people who were considered to be outcasts of society. The music appealed to those who didn't fit into mainstream American society and was especially celebrated by many black males. Frankie Knuckles once said that the Warehouse club in Chicago was like "churc...
Who did House relay political messages to?
{ "answer_start": [ 95 ], "text": [ "outcasts of society" ] }
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House_music
House also had an influence of relaying political messages to people who were considered to be outcasts of society. The music appealed to those who didn't fit into mainstream American society and was especially celebrated by many black males. Frankie Knuckles once said that the Warehouse club in Chicago was like "churc...
Who did Frankie Knuckles once say the Warehouse club was for?
{ "answer_start": [ 315 ], "text": [ "church for people who have fallen from grace" ] }
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House_music
House also had an influence of relaying political messages to people who were considered to be outcasts of society. The music appealed to those who didn't fit into mainstream American society and was especially celebrated by many black males. Frankie Knuckles once said that the Warehouse club in Chicago was like "churc...
Who was a famous house producer?
{ "answer_start": [ 380 ], "text": [ "Marshall Jefferson" ] }
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House_music
House also had an influence of relaying political messages to people who were considered to be outcasts of society. The music appealed to those who didn't fit into mainstream American society and was especially celebrated by many black males. Frankie Knuckles once said that the Warehouse club in Chicago was like "churc...
where was the warehouse club located?
{ "answer_start": [ 297 ], "text": [ "Chicago" ] }
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House_music
House also had an influence of relaying political messages to people who were considered to be outcasts of society. The music appealed to those who didn't fit into mainstream American society and was especially celebrated by many black males. Frankie Knuckles once said that the Warehouse club in Chicago was like "churc...
what community was deep house popular with?
{ "answer_start": [ 549 ], "text": [ "the black community" ] }
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House_music
Detroit techno is an offshoot of Chicago house music. It was developed starting in the late 80s, one of the earliest hits being "Big Fun" by Inner City. Detroit techno developed as the legendary disc jockey The Electrifying Mojo conducted his own radio program at this time, influencing the fusion of eclectic sounds int...
what was one of the earliest Detroit techno hits?
{ "answer_start": [ 128 ], "text": [ "\"Big Fun\" by Inner City" ] }
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House_music
Detroit techno is an offshoot of Chicago house music. It was developed starting in the late 80s, one of the earliest hits being "Big Fun" by Inner City. Detroit techno developed as the legendary disc jockey The Electrifying Mojo conducted his own radio program at this time, influencing the fusion of eclectic sounds int...
who started the Detroit techno development?
{ "answer_start": [ 207 ], "text": [ "The Electrifying Mojo" ] }
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House_music
Detroit techno is an offshoot of Chicago house music. It was developed starting in the late 80s, one of the earliest hits being "Big Fun" by Inner City. Detroit techno developed as the legendary disc jockey The Electrifying Mojo conducted his own radio program at this time, influencing the fusion of eclectic sounds int...
what was the nickname of juan atkins, derrick may, and devin saunderson?
{ "answer_start": [ 657 ], "text": [ "the \"godfathers\" of Detroit Techno" ] }
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House_music
Detroit techno is an offshoot of Chicago house music. It was developed starting in the late 80s, one of the earliest hits being "Big Fun" by Inner City. Detroit techno developed as the legendary disc jockey The Electrifying Mojo conducted his own radio program at this time, influencing the fusion of eclectic sounds int...
who were the early b-boy hip-hop artists that inspired detroit techno?
{ "answer_start": [ 502 ], "text": [ "Man Parrish, Soul Sonic Force" ] }
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House_music
Detroit techno is an offshoot of Chicago house music. It was developed starting in the late 80s, one of the earliest hits being "Big Fun" by Inner City. Detroit techno developed as the legendary disc jockey The Electrifying Mojo conducted his own radio program at this time, influencing the fusion of eclectic sounds int...
who were the european electronica artists that inspired detroit techno?
{ "answer_start": [ 411 ], "text": [ "Kraftwerk, Art of Noise" ] }
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House_music
Derrick May a.k.a. "MAYDAY" and Thomas Barnett released "Nude Photo" in 1987 on May's label "Transmat Records", which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene and was put in heavy rotation on Chicago's Hot Mix 5 Radio DJ mix show and in many Chicago clubs.[citation needed] A year later, Transmat released what wa...
Mayday and Thomas Barnett released what hit in 1987?
{ "answer_start": [ 56 ], "text": [ "\"Nude Photo\"" ] }
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House_music
Derrick May a.k.a. "MAYDAY" and Thomas Barnett released "Nude Photo" in 1987 on May's label "Transmat Records", which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene and was put in heavy rotation on Chicago's Hot Mix 5 Radio DJ mix show and in many Chicago clubs.[citation needed] A year later, Transmat released what wa...
what was the name of Mayday's record label?
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House_music
Derrick May a.k.a. "MAYDAY" and Thomas Barnett released "Nude Photo" in 1987 on May's label "Transmat Records", which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene and was put in heavy rotation on Chicago's Hot Mix 5 Radio DJ mix show and in many Chicago clubs.[citation needed] A year later, Transmat released what wa...
What was the real name of the artist Mayday?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Derrick May" ] }
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House_music
Derrick May a.k.a. "MAYDAY" and Thomas Barnett released "Nude Photo" in 1987 on May's label "Transmat Records", which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene and was put in heavy rotation on Chicago's Hot Mix 5 Radio DJ mix show and in many Chicago clubs.[citation needed] A year later, Transmat released what wa...
what year was the hit song "wiggin" released?
{ "answer_start": [ 507 ], "text": [ "1988" ] }
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House_music
Derrick May a.k.a. "MAYDAY" and Thomas Barnett released "Nude Photo" in 1987 on May's label "Transmat Records", which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene and was put in heavy rotation on Chicago's Hot Mix 5 Radio DJ mix show and in many Chicago clubs.[citation needed] A year later, Transmat released what wa...
what label did Derrick May have successful releases on after his own?
{ "answer_start": [ 589 ], "text": [ "Kool Kat Records" ] }
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House_music
Kevin Saunderson's company KMS Records contributed many releases that were as much house music as they were techno. These tracks were well received in Chicago and played on Chicago radio and in clubs.[citation needed] Blake Baxter's 1986 recording, "When we Used to Play / Work your Body", 1987's "Bounce Your Body to th...
who founded KMS Records?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Kevin Saunderson" ] }
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House_music
Kevin Saunderson's company KMS Records contributed many releases that were as much house music as they were techno. These tracks were well received in Chicago and played on Chicago radio and in clubs.[citation needed] Blake Baxter's 1986 recording, "When we Used to Play / Work your Body", 1987's "Bounce Your Body to th...
what was the name of Blake Baxter's 1986 hit recording?
{ "answer_start": [ 249 ], "text": [ "\"When we Used to Play / Work your Body\"" ] }
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House_music
Kevin Saunderson's company KMS Records contributed many releases that were as much house music as they were techno. These tracks were well received in Chicago and played on Chicago radio and in clubs.[citation needed] Blake Baxter's 1986 recording, "When we Used to Play / Work your Body", 1987's "Bounce Your Body to th...
what was the name of Blake Baxter's 1987 hit recording?
{ "answer_start": [ 297 ], "text": [ "\"Bounce Your Body to the Box\"" ] }
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House_music
Kevin Saunderson's company KMS Records contributed many releases that were as much house music as they were techno. These tracks were well received in Chicago and played on Chicago radio and in clubs.[citation needed] Blake Baxter's 1986 recording, "When we Used to Play / Work your Body", 1987's "Bounce Your Body to th...
what group released "Big Fun" and "Good Life" in 1988?
{ "answer_start": [ 552 ], "text": [ "Inner City" ] }
5706ae9775f01819005e7d28
House_music
Kevin Saunderson's company KMS Records contributed many releases that were as much house music as they were techno. These tracks were well received in Chicago and played on Chicago radio and in clubs.[citation needed] Blake Baxter's 1986 recording, "When we Used to Play / Work your Body", 1987's "Bounce Your Body to th...
what was the 1989 hit theme released by KMS?
{ "answer_start": [ 873 ], "text": [ "\"Rock to the Beat\"" ] }
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House_music
With house music already massive on the '80s dance-scene it was only a matter of time before it would penetrate the UK pop charts.[citation needed] The record generally credited as the first house hit in the UK was Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's "Love Can't Turn Around" which reached #10 in the UK singles chart in Septembe...
what is credited as the first house hit in the UK?
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5706aecd75f01819005e7d2f
House_music
With house music already massive on the '80s dance-scene it was only a matter of time before it would penetrate the UK pop charts.[citation needed] The record generally credited as the first house hit in the UK was Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's "Love Can't Turn Around" which reached #10 in the UK singles chart in Septembe...
what did "Love Can't Turn Around" peak at in the UK charts?
{ "answer_start": [ 281 ], "text": [ "#10" ] }
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House_music
With house music already massive on the '80s dance-scene it was only a matter of time before it would penetrate the UK pop charts.[citation needed] The record generally credited as the first house hit in the UK was Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's "Love Can't Turn Around" which reached #10 in the UK singles chart in Septembe...
what year did Farley Funk have his first UK hit?
{ "answer_start": [ 322 ], "text": [ "1986" ] }
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House_music
In January 1987, Chicago artist Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body" reached number one in the UK, showing it was possible for house music to cross over. The same month also saw Raze enter the top 20 with "Jack the Groove", and several further house hits reached the top ten that year. Stock Aitken Waterman's producti...
What was the first house single to hit #1 in the UK?
{ "answer_start": [ 32 ], "text": [ "Steve \"Silk\" Hurley's \"Jack Your Body\"" ] }
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House_music
In January 1987, Chicago artist Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body" reached number one in the UK, showing it was possible for house music to cross over. The same month also saw Raze enter the top 20 with "Jack the Groove", and several further house hits reached the top ten that year. Stock Aitken Waterman's producti...
What year did "Jack Your Body" hit #1 in the UK?
{ "answer_start": [ 11 ], "text": [ "1987" ] }
5706af4352bb891400689b7a
House_music
In January 1987, Chicago artist Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body" reached number one in the UK, showing it was possible for house music to cross over. The same month also saw Raze enter the top 20 with "Jack the Groove", and several further house hits reached the top ten that year. Stock Aitken Waterman's producti...
Who had a hit single with "jack the groove"?
{ "answer_start": [ 180 ], "text": [ "Raze" ] }
5706af4352bb891400689b7b
House_music
In January 1987, Chicago artist Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body" reached number one in the UK, showing it was possible for house music to cross over. The same month also saw Raze enter the top 20 with "Jack the Groove", and several further house hits reached the top ten that year. Stock Aitken Waterman's producti...
what group's productions for Mel and Kim added elements of house to the europop sound?
{ "answer_start": [ 288 ], "text": [ "Stock Aitken Waterman" ] }
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House_music
In January 1987, Chicago artist Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body" reached number one in the UK, showing it was possible for house music to cross over. The same month also saw Raze enter the top 20 with "Jack the Groove", and several further house hits reached the top ten that year. Stock Aitken Waterman's producti...
what was the name of mel and kim's number-one hit single in the UK?
{ "answer_start": [ 371 ], "text": [ "Respectable" ] }
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House_music
The tour in March 1987[citation needed] of Knuckles, Jefferson, Fingers Inc. (Heard) and Adonis as the DJ International Tour boosted house in the UK. Following the number-one success of MARRS' "Pump Up The Volume" in October, the years 1987 to 1989 also saw UK acts such as The Beatmasters, Krush, Coldcut, Yazz, Bomb Th...
what tour boosted house in the UK in the late 80s?
{ "answer_start": [ 43 ], "text": [ "Knuckles, Jefferson, Fingers Inc. (Heard) and Adonis as the DJ International Tour" ] }
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House_music
The tour in March 1987[citation needed] of Knuckles, Jefferson, Fingers Inc. (Heard) and Adonis as the DJ International Tour boosted house in the UK. Following the number-one success of MARRS' "Pump Up The Volume" in October, the years 1987 to 1989 also saw UK acts such as The Beatmasters, Krush, Coldcut, Yazz, Bomb Th...
when did the DJ International Tour take place?
{ "answer_start": [ 12 ], "text": [ "March 1987" ] }
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House_music
The tour in March 1987[citation needed] of Knuckles, Jefferson, Fingers Inc. (Heard) and Adonis as the DJ International Tour boosted house in the UK. Following the number-one success of MARRS' "Pump Up The Volume" in October, the years 1987 to 1989 also saw UK acts such as The Beatmasters, Krush, Coldcut, Yazz, Bomb Th...
what was the name of MARRS' number-one single in October 1987?
{ "answer_start": [ 193 ], "text": [ "\"Pump Up The Volume\"" ] }
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House_music
The tour in March 1987[citation needed] of Knuckles, Jefferson, Fingers Inc. (Heard) and Adonis as the DJ International Tour boosted house in the UK. Following the number-one success of MARRS' "Pump Up The Volume" in October, the years 1987 to 1989 also saw UK acts such as The Beatmasters, Krush, Coldcut, Yazz, Bomb Th...
what was frequently an important element of UK house music?
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House_music
The tour in March 1987[citation needed] of Knuckles, Jefferson, Fingers Inc. (Heard) and Adonis as the DJ International Tour boosted house in the UK. Following the number-one success of MARRS' "Pump Up The Volume" in October, the years 1987 to 1989 also saw UK acts such as The Beatmasters, Krush, Coldcut, Yazz, Bomb Th...
Sample montages were a key difference between british house music and what?
{ "answer_start": [ 480 ], "text": [ "the original Chicago house sound" ] }