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  "slug": "frankie-knuckles-and-jamie-principle",
  "name": "Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle",
  "description": "Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle appears 4 times in our Chicago House, Sung to Someone, The Waxonia Desk — In the Room, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/frankie-knuckles-and-jamie-principle/",
  "appearanceCount": 4,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1987,
    "last": 1987
  },
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      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/frankie-knuckles-and-jamie-principle--your-love/",
      "title": "Your Love",
      "year": 1987,
      "label": "Trax",
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      "whyItMatters": "A synth arpeggio, a bassline and a whispered vocal. The Godfather of House proved the form needed almost nothing, provided what was there was perfect.",
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      "whyItMatters": "Jamie Principle wrote it as a bedroom demo: one voice, speaking to one absent person. Frankie Knuckles kept that scale intact when he turned it into a record a warehouse could hold, and it never once stops being addressed to somebody.",
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      "whyItMatters": "It circulated on tape for years before anybody pressed it. A city's music is a strange object when its most famous song exists first as a cassette somebody made you a copy of.",
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      "whyItMatters": "It circulated on cassette for years before anyone pressed it, which tells you what it did to a room. Still the most romantic record house has.",
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