I-DJ yase-American Legendary kunye noMvelisi UFrankie Knuckles Ubhubhe ngoMvulo weveki ephelileyo (31) eneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu anesithoba, ngenxa yeengxaki zesifo seswekile athe wazifumana iminyaka eliqela. Uzalelwe eBronx (eNew York) ebumelwaneni ngo-59, uKnuckles waqala umsebenzi wakhe omkhulu njengo-DJ phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1955, ngaphambi kokufudukela eChicago.
I-Knuckles yayisaziwa njenge 'UThixo ongutata weNdlu' ekubeni wayegqalwa njengomnye wabasunguli bomculo we-house. Ukuzinza kwakhe eChicago ekuqaleni kweminyaka yamashumi asibhozo, uKnuckles waqala ukudlala kwiklabhu eyaziwa ngokuba yiThe Warehouse, indawo apho umculo wendlu wathiywa khona. I-Knuckles yayingumbhali weeklasiki zendlu ezifana nezi: 'Uthando Lwakho', 'Umntwana Ufuna Ukukhwela' okanye 'Ingoma Yempempe'.
U-Knuckles wayenomsebenzi omninzi njengomvelisi kunye ne-remixer, kunye nosomashishini werekhodi, ekugqibeleni waseka ileyibhile. Def Mix Productions kunye nomvelisi odumileyo uDavid Morales. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe wayengomnye wabavelisi abafunwa kakhulu bohlobo lwendlu, esebenzisana nabaculi abahlukeneyo, kuquka uMichael Jackson, uDiana Ross, i-Pet Shop Boys, i-Depeche Mode, uWhitney Houston kunye noLisa Stansfield phakathi kwabanye.