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Also Known As	house music

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acid house disco electronic dance music popular music jazz rock rhythm and blues gospel music blues country music doo-wop The Great American Songbook soul music trip-hop

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Frankie Knuckles

American disc jockey and record producer

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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