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Trailer | House Music - A Cultural Revolution: American Stories
6/28/2025 | 30s
House music, a groundbreaking musical form, rises from the ashes left of disco's demise in Chicago.
Chicago has long been known for its diverse music genres and, infamously, as the city where disco met its demise. But from its ashes rose another groundbreaking musical form: house music. House music emerged in the early 1980s in Chicago's underground Black and gay clubs, where it was played by house music producers and DJs such as Frankie Knuckles, who welcomed the marginalized in these havens.
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Trailer | House Music - A Cultural Revolution: American Stories
6/28/2025 | 30s
Chicago has long been known for its diverse music genres and, infamously, as the city where disco met its demise. But from its ashes rose another groundbreaking musical form: house music. House music emerged in the early 1980s in Chicago's underground Black and gay clubs, where it was played by house music producers and DJs such as Frankie Knuckles, who welcomed the marginalized in these havens.
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