Jesse Saunders is a DJ, record producer, film producer, remix artist, promoter and entrepreneur. He is one of the pioneers of house music, often cited as the originator of House music. His 1984 single, On & On, co-written with Vince Lawrence, was first record with a house DJ as the artist that was pressed and sold to the public. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley declared July 17, 1997, as Jesse Saunders and the Pioneers of House Music Day in Chicago. Since his emergence as a DJ almost three decades...
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