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Jesse Saunders is the architect of what we know as House Music. A Yahoo Search will return an unprecedented 2,400,000 results! His Wikipedia entry is an amazing overview of the worldwide phenomenon known as House Music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Saunders). Why is there so much information on this man?

Jesse wrote, produced, performed, mixed and released the 1st documented House record, "ON & ON," on his upstart label Jes Say Records out of Chicago in 1984, which sparked the worldwide phenomenon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9s-OKokud0). He went on to have the first House record played on National Radio in the USA and The U.K., “Funk U Up” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKSfm0MWYt4), and wrote & produced the world's most covered and largest selling House single "Love Can't Turn Around," which topped the charts in more than 20 countries and secure the 1st major record deal for a House Music artist/producer DJ with Geffen/Warner Bros. Records in 1986. During his 10 year stint at Geffen/Warner Bros. he produced and remixed such records as De La Soul "Me, Myself and I," Paula Abdul "Vibeology," Gerardo "We Want The Funk," Jermaine Stewart "Set Me Free" (album), and the chart topping Simple Pleasure "Where do We Go From Here." He went on to further build Chicago's reputation as the birthplace of House within the Jive records system with his brother Wayne Williams with remixes on DJ Pierre "Come and Fly" and Mr. Lee "Pump It." In 2004 Jesse garnered a Grammy mention with his remixes of R. Kelly "Step In The Name of Love" and Eamon's #1 smash hit "F*** It (I Don't Want You Back).”

Jesse has been featured in hundreds of books including the bestseller "What Kind Of House Party Is This?" by Jonathan Fleming (MixMag) and his own semi- autobiography "House Music...The Real Story." He has co-starred in over 10 documentaries including the Sun Dance award winning "Modulations," the Channel 4 (London) mini-series "Pump Up The Volume," the BBC audio

documentary "The 2nd Summer of Love" and currently the award winning "Put The Needle on the Record." He has had hundreds of features in every major industry magazine including Rolling Stone, MixMag, Urb and Keyboard. Jesse has lectured at top conferences, schools, colleges and universities throughout the world including The Red Bull Academy, Oxford University, Boston University, The Winter Music Conference (Miami), Popkom (Germany), The New Music Seminar (New York) and the Amsterdam Dance Event (Holland).

In 2004, Jesse celebrated 20 years of House Music with a world tour that

spanned every hemisphere in the world and included 45 cities touching more than 1,000,000 people. Jesse has released 4 chart topping DJ mixed CDs including The Jail Mix (Warner Music-1999), Rave on Boat (Warner Music- 2001), Disco Royal (Sony-2003) and The 20th Anniversary of House Music MIX (BrokenRecords.us). He was also selected as a Grammy entrant nominee for his unprecedented "Chicago Reunion" Album in 1997 and his remixes of Eamon’s “F*** It (I Don’t Want You Back) in 2005. His previous singles “Funk U Up,” “Real Love,” “Love Can’t "Get Sum," “Yeah/Let Me Hear U,” “Body Music,” “EveryBody,” “On & On” (twice 1984 and 2004), “Get Sum” (2005) and “Feelin Me” (2006/2008), “Luv 2 Luv U,” “Excited” (2008), “Body Muzik” and “Weekend”

Jesse Saunders Biography-2008 1 (from the album House Muzik) (2009) have all topped charts and broken barriers in the Dance charts from Billboard to iTunes. His current release “NASTY” from his new album entitled The GREATEST HITZ (released March 9, 2010), is already garnering rave reviews from the media at retail, in clubs, and on Radio and Mixshows. You can find all his current releases at: www.BrokenRecords.us

JESSE SAUNDERS’ DJ sets are not only music to your ears, but a musical journey through the history and foundation of House Music and Hip Hop and their influences through popular music. House Music is known as a more underground sound, but its elements come from everyday popular music. Its origination is embedded in R&B, electronic Hip Hop such as "Planet Rock" (by Soul Sonic Force/Afrika Bambaata), Gospel, Jazz, New Wave and Classic Rock. So it's no wonder that with all these influences you can't help but love how Jesse manipulates the music to make it an experience that you won’t forget. It's more of a DJ SHOW than a DJ playing records. Stay tuned...

Jesse embarked on a cross-country journey to spread the love of House Music in 2008, which resulted in teaming up with long-time Billboard Reporter Andy K to present an incredible 2 nights of pure House Music to Charlotte, NC @ the incredible club Garden & Gun! Jesse’s 1st night was Halloween, October 31, 2008. The previous week there were only 20 people in attendance, on Halloween that was multiplied by 30!

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois JESSE SAUNDERS felt the "groove to make people move" at the early age of fifteen. He boasts an extensive record, CD and MP3 collection dating back to 1974 from R&B, Classic Rock, Hip Hop & Rap, Disco and Alternative. He says DJing is in his blood “a true DJ never grows out

of it.” There's nothing like the rush of controlling the crowd and having them yell for more."

Jesse has played in and promoted clubs from America to Africa, Europe and Asia. He began his career in Chicago spinning at places like high school dances and house parties, then graduated to bigger venues and clubs such as The Blue Gargoyle, First Impressions, Maclenda’s, Sauer’s, The Mansion, The Playground and DaVinci Manor; all cornerstones in the history of House Music. Quickly he moved to the next level, playing at New York's auspicious Sound Factory, Tunnel, Danceteria, The Fun House and Palladium. The house phenomenon spread over the globe with JESSE SAUNDERS leading the way. He produces a syndicated radio show entitled "The Global House Show". The show features "live" broadcasts from clubs around the world including his "Real Story" History Mix" and is highly influential. He went on to headline the biggest festivals and events all over the globe such as Germany’s May Day, Love Parade and Nature One, Switzerland’s Rave On Boat, London’s Tribal Gathering and in America Love Parade, Love Festival, Ultra, Together as One and Cyberfest.

2009 brought 25 years since the origination of Chicago’s House Music phenomenon. To celebrate, Jesse, along with Red Stripe as a sponsor, th embarked on the 25 Anniversary of House Music Tour. The Tour consisted of Jesse mixing his Real Story documentary LIVE on Pioneer DVJ1000s, the 1st ever House Music Art exhibit and an awards ceremony which recognized the pioneer in each city that was most influential in making House Music happen in that particular city. The Tour hit over 25 cities worldwide including London, Johannesburgh, South Africa and of course Chicago! The Tour continues as a celebration to this day and if you haven’t witnessed it yet, be sure to be a part of it when it comes to a city near you!

Jesse Saunders Biography-2008 2 2010 has brought a philanthropic milestone for JESSE SAUNDERS. After the 25th Anniversary of House Music Tour and its overwhelming success in spreading the spirit and love for the world’s most endearing style of music, Jesse decided to build a shrine, tribute and art museum known as the Electronic Music Café (www.ElectronicMusicCafe.com), which houses the travelling exhibit from the tour and is the foundation for the first ever musically inspired art gallery. Jesse’s plan is to franchise the Art & Music Gallery/Café across the USA and abroad in the mold of the Hard Rock Café. The tour has already garnered rave reviews and plentiful video footage, which makes this project a hot commodity. Here are links which feature reviews and video coverage of the tour:

LA Weekly Review: http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/nightlife-and-events/house-nation- jesse-saunders-ce/

Las Vegas Weekly Feature: http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2009/aug/13/electronic-music-cafe/

Art Exhibit Coverage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw16PsNl5OU

But Jesse didn’t stop there. He has instituted the Music Arts Society, Inc. whose goal is to preserve the historical and artistic foundation of today's pop music known as, electronic music; which has its roots in the prolific genres of yesterday (i.e. blues, jazz, rock & roll, new wave and disco) This supports the greater community by teaching the youth how to navigate the music and art industry through creative, educational and practical programs.

With Credentials such as these, to say that JESSE SAUNDERS is an icon is an understatement. His message of education, love, peace and harmony through feel good music has been recognized by the Mayors of Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Albuquerque with proclamations for his own day in those cities. As a matter of fact, he has received another from the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois as recently as August 10, 2005. Paul Allen’s Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington has inducted Jesse into the musical archives of their museum. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has done the same with his book. His book is required reading material for Colleges and Universities all over the world. With all these accomplishments, it's easy to understand why Jesse is recognized as not only the "Originator" of House Music, and various styles of Electronic and DANCE MUSIC, but its Ambassador as well...

Jesse Saunders Biography-2008 3 in conjunction with the Music & Arts Society So You Want To Be A DJ?

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Main page Contents Jesse Saunders (born March 10, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois) is Featured content File:Jesse S1.jpg a DJ, music and film producer, remix artist, promoter and Current events entrepreneur. He is one of the pioneers of House music, often Random article cited as "the originator of House music". His 1984 single co-written with Vince Lawrence, "On & On", Interaction was the first house song pressed and sold to the public.[1][2]. On July 17, 1997 Chicago Mayor About Wikipedia Richard M. Daley announced the day would be forever known as Jesse Saunders and the Pioneers Community portal of House Music Day in Chicago. Since his emergence as a DJ almost three decades ago, Saunders Recent changes has run several of his own independent labels, and worked extensively in music and film production, Contact Wikipedia as well as artist promotion and management. In recent years, through House music reunions, a Donate to Wikipedia pending book release and a live 'disc-jocumentary' - where, while DJing, he visually takes the Help audience through the history of House and Electro - Saunders has worked towards erasing the misconceptions associated with the genre's origins. He is also a long-time member of the National Toolbox Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Print/export Contents [hide] Languages 1 "The Originator Of House Music" Български 2 Early years Français 3 Career 4 Personal life 5 Selected discography 5.1 Releases 5.2 Remixes 6 Notes

"The Originator Of House Music" [edit]

House music first got its start within the walls of Chicago's Warehouse nightclub, thus attaining its name. As the music moved to the wider community, the sound significantly changed and what developed is House music as it eventually came to be known. While one of his biggest influences, and another instrumental figure in the development of House, Frankie Knuckles, confined himself to the gay nightclub scene (primarily that of the Warehouse), Saunders took the unique sounds of the Windy City to the masses. Instead of relying solely on disco and R&B like Knuckles, Saunders expanded his musical repertoire and fused it with the turntable trickery that remains a staple to this day. As a DJ he would accentuate desired moments in songs through loops and repetition, focusing on sections that were stripped down to just the drum or bass - a tradition he would carry on as a producer.

Early years [edit]

Saunders took an early liking to music, beginning with piano at age five and eventually making his

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way through every instrument available to him. Amongst his early musical influences were Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Smokey Robinson and Earth Wind & Fire. He also became fascinated with sports, displaying his greatest strengths in baseball and tennis, winning multiple city championships with his team in the latter. Saunders was also an honors student, attending the same high school where the likes of Chaka Kahn and R.Kelly also attended.

Career [edit]

At the age of sixteen, Saunders became exposed to Chicago's night club scene, enthralled by the sounds of Frankie Knuckles and others in the scene. It wasn't long before he became a nightclub headliner, and in 1982, he opened up his own nightclub, the Playground. Attendance figures soon outnumbered those of the Warehouse and Saunders used the opportunity to incorporate his original material into his sets. By 1983 he was producing his own music and in early 1984 he released the first official House music record along with Vince Lawrence, "On & On", on the label they made together, Jes Say Records. "Funk U Up" (the first House track to ever make it onto the Billboard charts), "Real Love", "Love Can't Turn Around" (the song that started the House music revolution in the UK) and "Dum Dum" soon followed. His group, Jesse's Gang was eventually signed to Geffen Records, releasing the album Center of Attraction shortly after, with the single off the album, "I'm Back Again" becoming a top ten club hit. By the late 1980s, Saunders decided to focus all his efforts on writing, producing and remixing instead of DJing. Throughout the 1990s, he made his way back to DJing, touring the world over, as well as trying his hand at producing music for television. His independent label, Broken Records, fully embraced the digital revolution by distributing music solely via the Internet. Since 1991 he has been involved in House Music Reunion Picnic, celebrated every Fourth of July weekend. The event brings together over 100 DJs and attracts upwards of 8,000 people. In 1997 he reunited with the other forefathers of House music to release Chicago Reunion Album.

Personal life [edit]

Saunders' mother, a University graduate in Early Childhood Education, was his primary carer and a great supporter of his sporting and music pursuits. His maternal grandfather, a funeral business owner, was voted "Mayor" of Bronzeville (then the Black section of Chicago) from 1937-1939. He also became heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement and promoted the career of legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.

Selected discography [edit]

Releases [edit] On & On (1984) Funk U Up (1984) Undercover (1984) Fantasy (1984) Dum Dum (1984) Real Love (1985) I Am The DJ (1985) Dum Dum 2 (1985) Love Can't Turn Around (1986) Back Up (1987) I'm Back Again (1988)

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Sing Sing in the 90's (1990) House Trax, Vol. 1 (1991) Light My Fire (1992) Got Me Runnin (1993) I Just Want To (1993) Take Me Higher (1996) Yeah/Let Me Hear U (1997) 12 Inches of Love (1998) Body Music (1999) On & On (20th Anniversary of House-2003) Everybody (2004) Feelin Me (2005) Luv 2 Luv U (2008)

Remixes [edit] Showdown - No Sovereign (1997) It's A Cold, Cold World - lNouveau (1988) Come Fly With Me - DJ Pierre (1990) My Girl - Kool Skool (1990) Vibeology - Paula Abdul (1991) We Want The Funk - Gerardo (1991) Set Me Free - Jermaine Stewart (1992) Where Do We Go - Simple Pleasure (1992) Double Good Everything - Smokey Robinson (1992) Damn It Feels Good - Geto Boyz (1992) What's It Take - Mellow Man Ace (1993) Stranger - Buzz Session (1994) Loving Tonight - Honey Vox (1994) Slide - El Debarge (1995) Baby Wants To Ride - Frankie Knuckles (1997) Turn It Out - Rick James (1999) Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back) (2002) Step In The Name of Love - R. Kelly (2003)

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Mitchell, Euan. "Interviews: Marshell Jefferson" . 4clubbers.net. Retrieved 2007-11-16. 2. ^ Cummins, James (2004-10-25). "Finding Jesse - The Discovery of Jesse Saunders as the Founder of House" . Fly*Global Music Culture. Retrieved 2007-11-16.

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As seen at PLANET HOLLYWOOD Hotel & Casino @ the Steve Wyrick Showroom in Las Vegas, this visually dynamic show includes 2 video projections working simultaneously together to create an unusual performance featuring the digital turntable mastery of Jesse Saunders as he takes the audience and dance floor on a musical journey through the history to the present of HOUSE and Electronic Music. The show appeals to most demographics (14-64). House Music has been a part of our lives for more than 20 years. It’s influenced how we dance all over the world. That makes this unique show a sell-out in any venue. A never before experienced show that can’t be missed! It’s a LIVE DOCUMENTARY that the audience participates in and watches unfold before their very eyes. It’s educational and entertaining. A must see for anyone who loves to dance.

The timeline begins in the 1920’s and continues until present day. Utilizes the story from Jesse Saunders’ book “House Music…The Real Story” as the reference.

Video Projection: Utilizing Pioneer’s DVJ-1000s, Jesse manipulates spontaneously by hand the images from the digital player, which are broadcast on 2 screens. Manipulations include excerpts from his various documentaries depicting important events and text to outline the story, as well as visually stimulating images. It’s guided by a lecture and Q & A from the assembly (if applicable).

Music has been produced with short text explanations to move through the timeline. The various tracks & songs played have been re-edited by Jesse to make the show audiophonically exciting!

Equipment: The show is predominantly self-contained. The BOOKER only needs to secure risers, lighting and a professional sound system with monitors.

Mobile System Includes: (2) portable video screens (6’L x 8’W), (2) DVJ-1000s, Pioneer DJM 800 Mixer, Pioneer VSW-1 Video Mixer, (2) 2500 Lumen Projectors, intelligent Lighting, EV Wireless Mic.

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Founder of House Music Jesse Saunders Premieres Real Story Live @ “House Heaven” A/V Projection Extravaganza Show Sat. May 12, 2007 in Steve Wyrick’s Showroom in Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas!

Las Vegas, NV (May 7, 2007) – Jesse Saunders, world renowned DJ/producer extraordinaire and founder of the musical style known as “House Music,” will premiere his visually dynamic show “House Music…The Real Story LIVE” @ House Heaven” on Saturday, May 12 in the Steve Wyrick Showroom above the triQ night club in Planet Hollywood (formerly the Aladdin Hotel). The doors will open at 2 a.m., and the show will begin at 3 a.m.

This innovative, interactive show, featuring Saunders will include two video projections working simultaneously to create a unique, stimulating visual performance. The show will highlight the digital turntable mastery of Saunders as he takes the audience and dance floor participants on a musical journey through the beginnings of House and Electronic Music in the late 1970s to the present. Saunders’ show is created to appeal to all ages and all musical tastes and is based on his soon-to-be-released book “House of Music…The Real Story.”

House Music pioneer and founder Saunders is credited with crafting this new blend of music, based on a foundation of old school funk, disco, R&B, new wave, classic rock and electronic hip-hop in Chicago in the 1980s. He wrote, produced and released the first documented House Music record “On and On” through his own label, Jes Say Records in January of 1984. This release sparked a worldwide musical evolution that opened the door for aspiring DJs, Producers and Remixers to cut their own records.

Saunders’ hits “Funk U Up” and “Real Love” served as the foundation for a soulful new sound in electronic music. In 1986, he wrote and produced House Music’s best-selling platinum record of all time, “Love Can’t Turn Around,” which topped the charts in 20 countries and secured the first major record deal for a House Music artist/producer DJ with Geffen/Warner Brothers Records. During his 10-year stint with Geffen/Warner Brothers, Saunders produced and remixed top ten songs, including “Me, Myself and I” De La Soul, “Vibeology” Paula Abdul and “We Want the Funk” Gerardo.

Saunders’ influence thrives. In the July 2001 issue of Harper’s magazine, “Love Can’t Turn Around” and “On & On” are mentioned as a building block in the history of dance music. He was also featured in the Channel 4 (London) film special “Pump Up the Volume” and the award winning documentaries “Modulations” and “Put The Needle On The Record.” In 1997 and 2004, he garnered Grammy mentions for his Chicago Reunion Album and his remixes of Eamon’s #1 smash hit “F*** It (I Want You Back)” respectively. His singles have topped the charts from Billboard to iTunes worldwide. Currently his House Music tracks are featured on Oprah.

With over 30 years of DJ’ing and countless releases, Saunders’ extensive resume shows the world he is one of the most influential names in dance music. For more information about Jesse Saunders visit the web site: www.jessesaunders.com. You can find all of his current releases at www.BrokenRecords.us.

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Frederick, MD December 5, 2007 -- PublishAmerica is proud to present House Music…The Real Story by North Las Vegas, Nevada author Jesse Saunders with James Cummins.

Jesse Saunders’ story is one of the most important in the history of popular culture. From his hometown of Chicago, Saunders' created the first original House music record, fore-fronting one of the most significant music revolutions in history. His brand of music would come to sell millions, dictating the sounds and styles of every dance floor across the globe over the past two decades. As it cemented itself into the popular consciousness, its roots would come to be largely contested and eventually forgotten. Written with author James Cummins, this autobiography tells the story of how it all unfolded. The stage is set early on as Saunders recalls the impact his own influential family had on his life, as well as the rich musical landscape of America and Chicago that came to inspire him. As he retraces the development of House music from the streets of Chicago to the city's iconic nightclub, the Warehouse, to the biggest music labels in Los Angeles, and to eventual the adoption of House as the staple sound of English and European hot-spots, Jesse Saunders sets the record straight once and for all. Touching on celebrity and drug culture, he does not shy away from addressing the names and events that came to harm his beloved music. Jesse Saunders is an artist whose influence on modern music will never be forgotten.

Jesse Saunders is the originator of House music. A two-time Grammy selectee, he is also a long- time member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In addition to his own acclaimed and influential releases, Saunders' has written produced and music for some of the biggest names in the music business.

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Releases: Fantasy (12") Mitchbal Records 1984

Funk-U-Up ◄ (6 versions) Jes Say Records ... 1984

On And On ◄ (4 versions) Jes Say Records ... 1984 Waiting On My Angel (12") Precision 1985

Love Can't Turn Around (Maxi, Single) ◄ (17 versions) House Records (3) ... 1986 Real Love (12") Trax Records 1989 Work For My Love (12") Jes Say Records 1989 Jack Your Body (Club Your Body) / Love Can't Turn Around Old Gold (2) 1990 (12") House Trax Vol. 1 (LP) Jes Say Records 1992 I Just Want To (Meet Me A Whore/Slut) (12") Jes Say Records 1992 Light My (House) Fire (12") Miracle Records (3) 1992

12" Of Love ◄ (2 versions) UCA Records 1996 Take Me Higher (12") UCA Records 1996 X-stacy Makes You Dance (Take Me Higher) (12") Broken Records (3) 1996 Yeah (12") Just Say House 1996 Energetic Records, Warner Jail Vol. 1 (CD, Mixed, Comp) 1997 Music (Switzerland) Yeah (12", Promo) Broken Records (3) 1997 Yeah / Let Me Hear U (12", Promo) Thug Records 1997

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Excited (12") Safe (2) 1999 Energetic Records, Warner Lake Parade 1999 - Rave On Boat (CD, Mixed) 1999 Music (Switzerland) 20th Anniversary Of House Music Volume 2: Funk U Up Broken Records (3) 2004 (Those Pretty Girls) (File, MP3, 320) Everybody (File, MP3, 320) Broken Records (3) 2004 Get Sum (File, MP3, 320) Broken Records (3) 2005 Feelin' Me (File, MP3, 320) Broken Records (3) 2006 Midnight Snacks (File, MP3, Album) Experimental Division Nashville 2006 House Muzik (File, MP3, 320) Broken Records (3) 2008 In The Heat Of Passion (File, MP3) Broken Records (3) 2008 Body Music (The Remixes) (12") Houseattics One More Chance (12") UCA Records Remixes: It's A Cold, Cold It's A Cold, Cold World ! (Single) ◄ (4 versions) Warner Bros. Records ... 1988 Worl... It's A Cold, Cold Soulbeat 2 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) WEA Musik GmbH 1988 Worl... Something To Something To Dance To ◄ (3 versions) Jive 1989 Dance To ... Something To Chi-Town Sounds Volume 1 (CD) Jive 1990 Dance To ... Come Fly With Me Come Fly With Me (Graeme Park Remix) ◄ (3 versions) Jive 1990 (Jess...

It Just Ain't Easy ◄ (2 versions) Motown 1991 It Just Aint Easy (12", Promo) Motown 1991 Vibeology (7" Keith Vibeology (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Virgin Records America ... 1991 Co... We Want The Funk We Want The Funk ◄ (2 versions) Interscope Records 1991 (Hous... Set Me Free Set Me Free (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Reprise Records 1992 (Ambient H... What's It Take To The Brother With Two Tongues (CD, Promo) Capitol Records 1992 Pull... Baby Wants To Baby Wants To Ride (The Remixes) (12") UCA Records London 1997 Ride (Je... Baby Want To Ride House Grooves Volume 3 (CD) H&G Records 1997 (Jes... Love Hurts (Jesse Love Hurts (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions) UCA Records London ... 1997 Saun... Number 1 (Jesse Number 1 (12") UCA Records London 1997 Saunde... Love Can't Turn Darryl Pandy (CD, Album) Mirakkle Records 1998 Around... I Can't Stand It Houseplosion (CD, Comp) UCA Records 1999 (Jess... I Can't Stand It Energetic Records, Warner Houseplosion 99 (CD, Comp, Mixed) 1999 (Jess... Music (Switzerland) F**k It (I Don't Want U Back) - The Jesse Saunders Broken Records (3) 2004 Remixes (File, MP3, 320)

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Production: The D.J. (12") Mitchbal Records 1984

Under Cover ◄ (3 versions) Jes Say Records 1984 I'm Scared (12") Trax Records 1985 In A Heartbeat (12") Jes Say Records 1985

It's Your Night ◄ (2 versions) Jes Say Records 1985 Real Love (12") Jes Say Records 1985

Wanna Dance? ◄ (4 versions) Trax Records 1985

What's That ◄ (2 versions) Dance Mania 1985 It's O.K., It's O.K. (12") Jes Say Records 1986 Love Can't Turn Around (House Remix) (12") London Records 1986 Night Flight (12") Precision 1986 Noiz Without Words (12") Geffen Records 1986 Spies (12") Jes Say Records 1986 Love Can't Turn The House Sound Of Chicago (LP, Comp) London Records 1986 Around Love Can't Turn London Records, London The House Sound Of Chicago - Chicago Trax (CD, Comp) 1986 Around Records I Dub Again (12") Jes Say Records 1987 I'd Like To Say Thanx (12") Jes Say Records 1987

Showdown ◄ (2 versions) Geffen Records 1987 Ghost In My Room (12") Rawsome Records 1989 Move on You (LP) Rawsome Records 1989 It Just Ain't Easy It Just Ain't Easy ◄ (2 versions) Motown 1991 (Sp... There's A Ghost In Lateasha ◄ (2 versions) Motown 1991 My ... Nic'ee's Trickki (CD, Maxi) Mr. Little Dick Miracle Records (3) 1992 Nic'ee's Trickki (LP) Mr. Little Dick Miracle Records (3) 1992 Set Me Free (CD, Album, wit) Reprise Records 1992 Set Me Free (CD, Maxi) Reprise Records 1992 Compton Long Beach Style (12") HDH Records 1994 Dub Can't Turn House Nation Vol. 1 (2xLP) React 1994 Around Evo Sonic - Evolution Of Sound Part One (2xCD, Comp) Take Me Higher Evosonic 1997 Love Can't Turn Jack The Bass / Love Can't Turn Around (12", RE) Trax Records 2006 Around Dance Party Album (LP, Album, RE) Cititrax 2008 Co-production: Love Can't Turn The House Sound Of Chicago Vol. 1 (LP, Comp) BCM Records 1987 Around... Mix: Showdown (12") Geffen Records 1987

As Always ◄ (2 versions) As Always Trax Records 1988

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Come To Me ◄ (2 versions) Precision 1984

Dance Party Album (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Mitchbal Records ... 1984

I Am The DJ ◄ (6 versions) Mitchbal Records 1984

Under Cover ◄ (3 versions) Jes Say Records ... 1984 I'm Scared (12") Trax Records 1985 In A Heartbeat (12") Jes Say Records 1985 Real Love (12") Jes Say Records 1985

Wanna Dance? ◄ (3 versions) Certainly Trax Records 1985

Love Can't Turn Around (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions) Back Yard Recordings ... 1986 Night Flight (12") Precision 1986 Real Love (12") Geffen Records 1986 Rob Olson's Chicago Jack Beat - The True Picture Of I'm The DJ Rhythm King Records 1986 House (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) This Merry Go This Merry Go Round (12") Nuance Records 1986 Round (C... Centre Of Attraction (LP) Geffen Records 1987 Don't You Care Don't You Care / I'm Back Again (12") Geffen Records 1987 (Extend... Love Can't Turn House Sound Of Chicago - The CD Jack Attack! (CD, Maxi) BCM Records 1987 Around... I'd Like To Say Thanx (12") Jes Say Records 1987 Rob Olson's Chicago Jack Beat Vol. One & Two (CD, I'm The D.J. Rhythm King Records 1987 Comp) Love Can't Turn DJ Mega Track / Westside Jacks (7") Westside Records (2) 1988 Around This Christmas (Rap) (12") Dance Mania 1988 Something To Club Chicago (12") Jive 1989 Dance To ... Deep Heat 4 - Play With Fire (2xCD, Comp) House Of Japanese Telstar 1989

Something To Dance To ◄ (3 versions) Jive 1989 Come And Fly With Come And Fly With Me ◄ (3 versions) Jive 1990 Me (... Way To Go Homer Dance Floor Authority (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) World Dance Records 1990 (Instr... Make Your Move Make Your Move For Love ◄ (2 versions) Quality Records Of America 1990 For Lov... Way To Go Homer (12") Trax Records 1990 There's A Ghost In Lateasha (CD) Motown 1991 My ... Set Me Free (12") Reprise Records 1992 I Talk To Everybody (Dance Remix '94) (12") Del-Fi Records 1994 Love Can't Turn Around 95 (12") Fly 1995 House Grooves - Volume One (CD, Comp, Mixed) Yeah H&G Records 1996 Baby Wants To Baby Wants To Ride (The Remixes) (12") Just Say 1997 Ride (Je... Baby Wants To Housefloor - Volume 6 (2xCD, Comp) UCA Records 1997 Ride (Ti...

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Jesse Saunders Presents The Pioneers Of House Music - Thug Records 1997 Chicago Reunion (2xCD, Album, Comp) Jesse Saunders Presents The Pioneers Of House Music - Just Say 1998 Chicago Reunion (2xLP) Modulations: Cinema For The Ear (CD) Yeah Caipirinha Productions 1998 12" Of Love (Jesse HouseBox Vol.2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) H&G Records 1999 Sau... I Can't Stand It (12") I Can't Stand It (... Just Say 1999 Interview Disc The House Music Movement (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Master Dance Tones (UK) ... 1999 (Spoken...

Fantasy ◄ (2 versions) Trax Records 2000 Excited (De Zenk Wildlife Compilation One (CD) Wildlife 2000 Remix) Dum Dum (12", RE) Trax Records 2002 F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) - The Remixes (12") F**k It (I Don't W... Jive 2003 Love Can't Turn Around (12") Prisoners Of Dance Music 2003 Queer Trax - Coming In Loud & Queer (CD, Comp, Mixed, Real Love (1989 Trax Records, Casablanca Trax 2004 Dig) Remix) Inc. Legends Of House - Chicago Masters 1985 - 2006 (2xCD, Love Can't Turn Clearwater Music 2006 Comp) Around... Love Can't Turn The Sound Of Chicago House 1985 - 2006 (Comp) Clearwater Music ... 2006 ◄ (2 versions) Around... Trax Records - The House That Trax Built (DVD) Music Video Distributors 2006 Love Can't Turn Around (12") Kontor Records 2007 Love Can't Turn Flappiest Bits (File, MP3) CalmDownKidder Records 2008 Around Love Can't Turn The House Sound Of Chicago Vol. 1 (LP, Comp, RE) BCM Records, BCM Records Around... Way To Go Homer Untitled (LP, W/Lbl, Comp) Trax Records, Trax Records (Instr... Tracks Appear On: Love Can't Turn Club 45 Keeps You Movin' (LP, Promo) Mercury 1986 Around... Love Canâ t December 86 - Mixes 1 (LP) DMC 1986 Turn Around Love Can't Turn July 86 - The Mixes (12") DMC 1986 Around Love Can't Turn October 86 - Mixes 2 (12") DMC 1986 Around... Love Can't Turn The House Sound Of Chicago (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) London Records 1986 Around Love Can't Turn Best Of DMC Vol. 5 (12") DMC 1987 Around... Love Can't Turn Funkytown Vol. 2 (LP) Rush Records 1987 Around... Funk You Up, Trax Records Sampler (Cass, Smplr) Trax Records 1987 Waiting O... Love Can't Turn DJ Mega Track / Westside Jacks ◄ (2 versions) Westside Records (2) 1988 Around

House Hits (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Love Can't Turn Needle Records 1988

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Around... Love Can't Turn Love Can't Turn Around / U Ain't Really Acieed (CD, Maxi) BCM Records 1988 Around... Love Can't Turn The Greatest Hits Of House (2xLP, Comp) Stylus Music 1988 Around On & On, Funk You The House Of Hits - The History Of House Music (Comp) Westside Records (2) ... 1988 ◄ (2 versions) Up Love Can't Turn September 89 - Mixes 1 (12") DMC 1989 Around The History Of The House Sound Of Chicago (15xCD, Love Can't Turn BCM Records 1989 Comp, Ltd + Box) Around Love Canâ t The Best Of House (CD, Comp) DMC 1990 Turn Arou... Love Can't Turn Best Of House (4xCD, Comp + Box) Low Price Music 1993 Around... Love Can't Turn Best Of House Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Low Price Music 1993 Around Best Of House Volume 4 (CD, Comp) On And On Low Price Music 1993 Love Can't Turn Dance Hits 2 (CD, Comp) Low Price Music 1994 Around Love Can't Turn 100% House (CD, Comp) ARS Productions 1995 Ar... Love Can't Turn Essential Trax (LP) Trax Records 1995 Around History Of House Music Vol. 1 (Chicago Classics) (CD, Love Can't Turn Cold Front 1996 Comp) Ar... House Grooves - Volume One (CD, Comp, Mixed) Yeah H&G Records 1996 Lucky Style Vol. 1 (2xCD) 12" Of Love Lucky Records 1996 Mayday - Life On Mars - The Mayday Compilation Album It's O.K. '97 Low Spirit Recordings ... 1996 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Love Can't Turn The House That Trax Built (2xLP) Trax UK 1996 Ar... Love Can't Turn Chicago House 86 - 91: The Definitive Story (Comp) Beechwood Music 1997 ◄ (2 versions) Around Love Can't Turn Chicago Trax (3xCD, Comp) Trax Records 1997 Around Love Can't Turn Chicago Trax (Cass, Album, Comp) Mirakkle Records 1997 Around Love Can't Turn Chicago Trax - Volumes I & II (2xCD, Comp) Mirakkle Records 1997 Around Classic House (CD, Comp) On And On DCI 1997 Evo Sonic - Evolution Of Sound Part One (2xCD, Comp) Take Me Higher Evosonic 1997 On And On, Love Full-On House (4xCD) DCI 1997 Can't ... Love Can't Turn House Anthems Volumes I-II (2xCD, Comp) Mirakkle Records 1997 Around Love Can't Turn House Classics (3xCD, Comp) MECADO 1997 Around House Grooves - Volume Two (CD, Comp, Mixed) 12" Of Love (Jess... H&G Records 1997 12"es Of Love House Grooves Volume 3 (CD) H&G Records 1997 (Origina...

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Housefloor - Volume 4 (2xCD) 12" Of Love UCA Records 1997 Love Can't Turn In Session (CD, Comp, Mixed) 4 Liberty Records Ltd 1997 Around Jesse Saunders Presents The Pioneers Of House Music - Feel Your Love, Thug Records 1997 Chicago Reunion (2xCD, Album, Comp) Yeah (... Love Can't Turn Remix Culture 168 (2x12") DMC 1997 Around... Love Can't Turn This Is House - Chicago Trax (Box + 3xCD, Comp) Big Eye Music, Trax Records, , 1997 Around A Taste Of Club Logic Vol. 1 - The Sound Of L.A. (CD, Let Me Hear You V-Wax Inc 1998 Comp, Mixed) Excited (De Zenk House Extravaganza (2xCD, Comp) Station One 1998 Mix) Jesse Saunders Presents The Pioneers Of House Music - One More Chance, Just Say 1998 Chicago Reunion (2xLP) Yeah ... Let Me Hear U, Modulations: Cinema For The Ear ◄ (4 versions) IMC Vision ... 1998 Yeah Love Can't Turn The House Music Movement (CD, Comp, Mixed + CD) Master Dance Tones (UK) 1998 Around... Excited (De Zenk Unity Housefloor (CD, Comp, Mixed) BKB Dance Department 1998 Remix) Disco Remedy Vol. 2 (CD) Exited Vulcanian 1999 Essential Selection: Spring 1999 (Special Edition) (3xCD, Love Can't Turn FFRR 1999 Comp, Mixed, Ltd) Around House (2xCD) One More Chance Mirakkle Records 1999 12" Of Love (Jesse HouseBox Vol.2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) H&G Records 1999 Sau... Take Me Higher Houseplosion 2 (CD, Comp) UCA Records 1999 (Drugge... Take Me Higher Houseplosion 2 - The Compilation (CD, Comp, Mixed) Energetic Records, Magic Move 1999 (Drugge... Exited (De Zenk Madhouse - The Ibiza Edition (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sony Music Media ... 1999 Remix) Excited (De Zenk Overdose Production 1999 (CD, Comp, Promo) BKB Dance Department 1999 Remix) Sounds Like House V1 (CD, Comp, Mixed) One More Chance H&G Records 1999 Love Can't Turn The Gold Collection (CD, Comp) 4 Liberty Records Ltd 1999 Around... Take Me Higher The Sound Of A Decade (6xCD) H&G Records 1999 (Drugge... Unity 99 - Housefloor (CD, Mixed) New Love BKB Dance Department 1999 Intro (For Disco Sony Music Media, Dance Disco Royal - The Finest In Modern House (2xCD, Comp) 2000 Royal... Division Dizcotheque Vol. V - Houseparty 2000 (CD, Comp + CD, Excited (De Zenk Twenty Third Tribe 2000 Comp, Mixed) Remix) Haute Fidélité - King Kamehameha Club (CD, Mixed, New Love FFM Dance Department 2000 Comp) Love Can't Turn House Nation 215 (12") DMC 2000 Around... On & On, Love The Anthology Of Trax Records (2xCD) Nippon Crown 2000 Can't Tu...

Love Can't Turn

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Trax Classics Presents Rewind (CD, Mixed) Around Underground Construction 2000 Excited (De Zenk Wildlife Compilation One (CD) Wildlife 2000 Remix) Groovelift #4 (CD, Album, Mixed) Body Music DJ Beat Records 2001 On And On, Love History Of House (2xCD, Comp) Channel Four Music 2001 Can't ... Mix The Vibe: 27 Years In The Mix (1974-2001) (CD, On & On Nite Grooves 2001 Comp, Mixed) Love Can't Turn Pump Up The Volume (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Universal Records ... 2001 Around Love Can't Turn The Real Classics Of Chicago House (CD, Comp) House Nation 2001 Ar... Welcome To The World Of Marshall Jefferson - A Body Music (Angel Welcome To The World Of .. 2001 Testament To House Music (CD, Enh + CD) Alan... Love Can't Turn The Original Chicago House Classics (CD, Comp) Music Club 2002 Ar... Love Can't Turn Backtrack 5 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Impact Records (12) 2003 Around Move Your Body · The Evolution Of Chicago House (2xCD, Love Can't Turn Unisex 2003 Mixed, Comp) Ar... Love Can't Turn Party People Present: Club Classics (2xCD, Comp) Party People 2003 Ar... Love Can't Turn Corporacion Discografica Trax Records Essentials Vol. 1 (CD, Comp, Dig) 2003 Around Iberoamericana Love Can't Turn Universal TV, Universal TV, ID&T Classics - The Megamixes (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) 2004 Around Universal TV Love Can't Turn A Tribute To WBMX (CDr, Mixed) Halsted Street Records 2005 Around, Love Can't Turn One DJ Naughty Night In Berlin (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Eskimo Recordings 2005 Ar... Love Can't Turn 12"/80s/Dance (3xCD, Comp) Family Recordings (UK) 2006 Ar... Avantgarde // Swayzak Presents Serieculture (CD, Album + Funk You Up Avantgarde (US) 2006 CD, Comp, Mixed + , Ltd, Dig) (Beats) Love Can't Turn Sony BMG Music Entertainment History Of Dance - 14 - The House Edition (5xCD, Comp) 2006 Around (Netherlands) Love Can't Turn Sony BMG Music Entertainment House Classics Top 100 (5xCD, Comp) 2006 Around (Netherlands) Love Can't Turn The Haçienda Classics (3xCD) Virgin, Virgin 2006 Around On & On (Original The Sound Of Chicago House 1985 - 2006 (Comp) Clearwater Music ... 2006 ◄ (2 versions) Voca... Love Can't Turn Wild Gold Volume IV (3xCD, Comp) Central Station 2006 Around Silk And Skip Present Chicago's Finest - The Chicago LP What's This FX S+S Records Chicago 2007 CD (2xCD, Comp) The Unusual Suspects - Once Upon A Time In House Talking About NowonDVD 2007 Music (DVD-V) House Music 90s Rave & Club Anthems: Back To The Old School (3xCD, Love Can't Turn Central Station 2008 Mixed, Comp) Around 12" Dance - The Definitive Collection - 1978-1995 (3xCD, Love Can't Turn Rhino Records (2) 2009 Album, Comp + Box) Around

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GU Mixed:4 (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Hard &... Global Underground Ltd. 2009 Love Canâ t Nu Disco (2xCD, Comp) Hed Kandi Records 2009 Turn Around. The House That Jackin' Built - The Roots Of 80's Chicago Love Can't Turn Harmless 2009 House (CD, Comp) Around... House Of Trax Vol. 5 (12", RE) Fantasy (Vocal) Rush Hour Recordings 2010 Love Can't Turn Complete Dance Anthems Vol. 2 (4xCD, Comp) DMC Ar...

Deep House Classics Volume One ◄ (2 versions) Funk You Up Powerhouse Records Love Can't Turn Razormaid Chapter I.8 (2x12", Comp, Ora) Razormaid Records Around The History Of The House Sound Of Chicago • The Love Can't Turn BCM Records Essence On 3 Compact Discs (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Around The House Sound Of Chicago - The DJ International Edition Love Can't Turn BCM Records (CD, Comp) Around... Unofficial Releases: Love Can't Turn Australon (12") Focus-C-Records 1986 Around Love Can't Turn Continues Mix (12", Mixed, Unofficial) Not On Label 1986 Ar... Love Can't Turn As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 4 (CD) Waxedsoul Recordings 2002 Around I Am Scared Untitled (12", Blu) DJ Classic Mastercuts 2008 (Original ... That Shit's Wild Untitled (12") DJ Classic Mastercuts 2008 (Orig...

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If you met him in 1977 aged 15, in his red gym shorts and blue basketball shirt, if you progressive house saw him carrying a box full of records with his headphones around his neck, if you re-zone rezone records heard him talk about DJing, disco, and some strange music called house, you’d never rfr digital rhodes have believed that he would help change the world. greece rhodes And yet that teenager created the first ever house music record in 1984, set up the first nightlife house record label, was the first house artist signed to a major label, and was the first house DJ to enter the Billboard music charts. rodosnightlife rodosnightlife djs top10 He became known as the very “originator of house music” and in 1997, he was sergey franc softive honoured by Chicago’s Mayor Daley with an annual celebration on July 17th in his and the Pioneers of House Music’s name. stereo tension

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records sunset ep Throughout February we’re celebrating Black History Month by interviewing some of the most important black electronic music pioneers and contributors, and we’re proud to tech tech house have him as our first interviewee. techno umek we know the feeling Ladies and gentleman, please stand for Jesse Saunders . More Tags What was it like during the early days of house? Advertisements The early days were spent finding the best, most soulful, and uplifting disco records out of New York and Philly. I’m talking the late 1970s. There was only one place that carried them and it was called Sounds Good, on the northside of Chicago.

When Frankie arrived, he would get them directly from New York although Ron Hardy was already playing them at Den One before Frankie.

Lil Louis was also on top of things on the west side. A DJ by the name of Mike Ezebuku was doing it on the southside. I was 15 or so at this time, around 1977 to ‘78.

As we started to progress and bring A young DJ: Jesse Saunders this deep house music (as it should be called to differentiate it from the 1980s Chicago house) to the masses - teenagers and college students that didn’t go to gay clubs - the term house stuck because we would often associate it to the style that Frankie played at the Warehouse.

DJs such as myself, my brother Wayne Williams, and eventually Alan King, Tony Hatchett, and Andre Hatchett were in a crew called the Chosen Few.

We DJed every major event in Chicago from 1978 through 1984 when I made the first house record! DJs in those days had lots of love for each other - there was no fighting as to who was the best, except maybe Farley “Jackmaster” Funk!

We supported all the crews and parties that each other promoted.

So how would you compare it to today’s house I get people all the music scene? time coming into The camaraderie is back after suffering for many years the Electronic because of the competition. The only difference in Music Café in today’s scene is that we have better technology. amazement because they think I think that’s good and bad at the same time. Bad, because in the early days you had to be a musician a white person and understand song structure and songwriting to started house make music. music! All I can do is laugh… I feel that when we gave the ability for everyone to make tracks, we lost the essence of what music production is all about. On the other hand, I feel that allowing everyone the opportunity to be able to express themselves musically is a wonderful thing as well!

Why was house music important for black culture?

It was important because it once again showed that black music is always the catalyst for rhythm and musical styles that dominate pop culture.

Of course it’s a part of black history. I’m black – or at least the last time I looked I was! Although, I get people all the time coming into the Electronic Music Café in amazement because they think a white person started house music! All I can do is laugh…

You’ve been quoted as saying that there are some ‘misconceptions’ with the origins of house music. Please explain what you meant.

[laughs] There are lots of misconceptions. Most of them are due to people taking credit

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when they weren’t even around to witness what is was all about! Others are because people feel the need to embellish their role in the evolution.

Jesse Saunders spinning at his Chicago nightclub The Playground

Why did you decide to produce ‘On & On’ in 1984?

My records got stolen, which contained the original bootleg ‘On & On’ (which was my moniker). I used the bassline from Space Invaders and I wrote original arrangements around it to produce and write ‘Fantasy’!

‘On & On’ is the DJ track version of ‘Fantasy’!

Back then, had the term ‘house music’ been coined yet?

House music had been coined, but it wasn’t really associated with what we were doing. People were shortening the term Warehouse to house as early as 1978.

It was a term used to describe the style of disco that Frankie, Ronnie, and Mike were playing. Since I was capturing the essence of the style with my On & On tracks, it was a great marketing tool to utilize when we released ‘On & On’ in 1984 on Jes Say Records.

What were your musical influences at the time that you produced the track?

Electronic records such as Dr.’s Cat ‘Love Is The Drug’, anything by Kraftwerk, and the bootleg mix of ‘On & On’. It was because this record was stolen from my collection that led me to make ‘On & On’!

What is the track an ode to?

The bootleg version of ‘On & On’ was my signature record. I was the only one to play it at the time. No one knew what it was, and I wasn’t telling. What it actually was, was the B side of a Mega Mix record, which is like a mix or podcast today on vinyl.

Vince and I were basically talking nonsense on ‘On & On’! Just random things about how the music makes you feel.

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So it was all pretty innocent then?

I just wanted another version that I could play in my DJ sets. A guy by the name of Frank Sells, who worked at the Importes Etc. record store told me that he could sell lots of ‘On & On’ if I released it. That’s when the light bulb came on…

Did you imagine back then that ‘On & On’ would lead to the explosion of house?

Nope! I had no idea of the magnitude because in those days there was no internet to gauge it by. It caught me completely by surprise!

What kit did you use to produce the track?

A Korg Poly 61 keyboard, a Roland 808 drum machine, and a TB 303 Bassline machine.

Do you have any other unreleased productions It made me feel from those early days? very accomplished! I have a few actually. When I listen to them I realize Chicago never that I’ve come a long way, but I understood what it recognized took to make a hit record even at the beginning of my anything that we production career. did in the ‘80s and

I plan to release them soon on Broken Records so stay early ‘90s tuned.

In 1997, Mayor Daley named July 17th Jesse Saunders and the Pioneers of House Music Day for Chicago. How was that?

It made me feel very accomplished! Chicago never recognized anything that we did in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. House music had become a mainstay around the world, but Chicago didn’t really appreciate it in my eyes.

So when Mayor Daley signed and presented that proclamation to me it felt like 14 years in the making had finally come to fruition. He later signed another one eight years later. Now, we have the full support from the city to host our annual House Music Reunion every 4th of July weekend in Hyde Park.

Last year over 40,000 people came out to testify and celebrate. This year we expect over 50,000! For more info check: ChosenFewDJs.com.

Who do you consider are the true ‘chosen few’ pioneers of house music?

First and foremost, I must give tribute to the man, the innovator, and the reason why we continue to blaze new trails, Ron Hardy.

If it were not for Ron Hardy, there would be no Frankie Knuckles, Jesse Saunders, Steve Hurley, Marshall Jefferson or Farley “Jackmaster” Funk!

Frankie Knuckles brought the New York soulful disco sound to Chicago.

Robert Williams had the gusto to formulate, build, and run a club that everyone else considered to be nothing more than a gay joint, which influenced Jesse’s Gang the foundation to build what we know as house music today - The Warehouse!

Wayne Williams encouraged me to DJ and he had the foresight, and the drive to take this ‘Warehouse’ music into the mainstream crowd (with my help).

Lil Louis held it down on the west side while myself, Wayne, Michael Ezebuku, Frankie and Ronnie did it respectively. It was a concerted effort on all of our parts that made house music a household name in Chicago.

His record ‘French Kiss’ was a ground-breaking release worldwide that led to the explosion of house internationally.

Paul Weisberg took the initiative to bring those hard-to-find records to his store,

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Importes etc., and he understood that the new underground movement of house needed a retail outlet.

Marshall Jefferson provided an anthem for our cause and took the production value to new heights with his work on the Ten City albums and more.

Graham Armstrong and Lee Michaels took a chance and put house music on major Chicago radio stations WGCI and WBMX, which spearheaded the revolution and eventual takeover of radio in the ‘80s.

Vince Lawrence showed me the way to put house on wax and co-wrote most of the early hits with me!

Chip E was a good understudy and took the reins when I left for Hollywood.

Larry Sherman saw a young entrepreneur’s spirit - me - and he guided me in the right direction to make a business out of house.

Rocky Jones was a visionary, and not only promoted the first house record through his record pool Audio Talent, but he built the foundation for ‘Love Can’t Turn Around’ and ‘Jack Your Body’ to become No.1 hits on Top Of The Pops in the United Kingdom.

DJ Pierre twisted our traditional house music into acid.

And Fast Eddie, Mr. Lee, Kool Rock Steady & Tyree Cooper fused rap with house to create the hip house sound.

What are your favourite early house music records?

Marshall Jefferson ‘House Music Anthem’ (’Move Your Body’)

The Force ‘It’s Ok’

Fresh ‘Dum Dum’

Lillian ‘Night Flight’

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J.M. Silk ‘Music Is The Key’

Mr. Lee ‘Get Busy’

Liz Torres ‘No More Mind Games’

Fast Eddie ‘Yo Yo Get Funky’

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Tyree Cooper & Kool Rock Steady ‘Turn Up The Bass’

Jesse’s Gang circa 1985

Jesse’s Gang ‘Real Love’

Z Factor feat. Jesse Saunders ‘Fantasy’

Farley “Jackmaster” Funk & Jesse Saunders ‘Love Can’t Turn Around’

Who are your black heroes or mentors?

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My hero is my grandfather, Robert H. Miller, who was an integral part of the Civil Rights movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s, who put his money where his mouth was and actually financed the march on Selma and walked with Martin Luther King. He was also the first black man elected to the electoral college and the only man to serve two terms as the Mayor of Bronzeville (the black section of Chicago).

My mentors are Ernie Singleton, former head of MCA (Universal Music) Black Music, and Benny Medina who guided me to become the producer that I am today by taking me under his wing when I first signed to Geffen/Warner Bros. Records in 1986.

It was with his guidance and later his trust that I was able to become the go-to guy when they needed a project finished at Warner Bros.. Some of these projects included Jermaine Stewart, Club Nouveau, Karen White, Simple Pleasure, and El DeBarge.

Have you yourself been involved in the Civil Rights Movement?

My mother was involved; my grandfather was involved, so therefore I was involved. It was a family thing and I had a major legacy to uphold. I rode on the bus that my grandfather hired to recreate the march on Selma that he did with Dr. King.

The Ku Klux Klan marched against us and we had major opposition from the police in Alabama, but at the end I was proud to be a part of erecting the statue in front of the church commemorating this historic event.

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Published: July 3, 2008 / 6:40 pm

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Z Factor’s 1984 LP, which featured Jesse Saunders, is considered to be the very first house music album. 24 years later it has been reissued and this article looks at the stories behind it’s standout track, ‘Fantasy’, and the track that came after it, ‘On & On’.

I’ve previously written about a couple of early Citinite projects, when I was just thinking of ideas to get my label started, but one of the earliest projects that I had planned was a reissue of the best tracks from the Z Factor album. Z Factor was Vince Lawrence’s group and they had recorded the classic new wave track, ‘(I Like To Do It In) Fast Cars’. (Lawrence went on to found Trax Records with Larry Sherman.) House music pioneer Jesse Saunders joined the group a little while after ‘Fast Cars’, and http://citinite.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/jesse-saunders/[9/7/2010 1:23:41 PM] Jesse Saunders « Those City Nights

together they released what was to arguably turn out to be the first house track ever written, ‘Fantasy’.

Back in late 2003 I got in touch with Saunders and he was up for doing the reissue; we were also going to include ‘On & On’ on the record, both the original and an unreleased version from 1984. The original version of ‘On & On’ was written and produced by Saunders just after he wrote ‘Fantasy’. Eventhough ‘Fantasy’ was produced first, ‘On & On’ can claim to be the first house track actually released.

Unfortunately, Saunders didn’t possess any good quality masters of any of the Z Factor album tracks so I tracked down a copy of the original vinyl release, in the hope of using that as a master source. I eventually found a copy on eBay and after an intense round of bidding, won the auction. The auction ended up being talked about on a number of music forums due to the high price that I eventually paid… $615! I think I inadvertently made a bit of history there.

Well, when I eventually got the record it was a bit of a disaster; the quality of the pressing was typical of a lot of the early Chicago records – a thin sound with lots of surface noise – due to the pressing plant’s habit of grinding down old vinyl to re-use. We tried cleaning it up but with little success. Saunders also sent me the unreleased version of ‘On & On’, and whilst this track was pretty amazing, the master also had some kind of interference which would have made it impossible to release without editing it.

I was unwilling to try to track down another copy, so all things considered I decided to drop it and sold my copy of the album (for $600). I kept a recording of it so it wasn’t a complete washout, and shortly afterwards I signed Robert O’Dell to the label, and so Citinite was eventually launched.

Well, today a friend of mine sent me an email; it seems that the Z Factor album is being reissued by another label. The weird part about it is that the label is called Cititrax. When I saw the details of the release, for one or two seconds I thought I’d fallen into some parallel universe, where Citinite was called Cititrax, and I’d released the Z Factor album after all. (And I literally mean that – I actually thought I was in another dimension… I’ve obviously been listening to too many science programmes on the radio.)

Looking at their label’s website it looks like they’ve done a good job, pressing it on 160gsm vinyl, and they’ve even gone to the trouble of printing an insert sheet with the below band photo. The Citinite incarnation wouldn’t have been the full album, only the best tracks, so it’s nice that Cititrax have gone the whole way.

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I’d actually gotten as far as putting together a press release with the help of Saunders, mainly consisting of the following interview which was done in 1994 and originally published in Jonathan Fleming’s book, What Kind Of House Party Is This?

Fleming asked Saunders how house music started: Well, there are two ways to translate that. If you wanna speak of house as the movement, the sounds and the music that we know today, we’re talking about 1983. If you’re talking about what was the catalyst to make it grow to what it finally grew into, then you’ve got to go back to the disco days. But see, there’s a very thin line between what was disco and truly what house is today.

So starting from the beginning, it all transcended from the Warehouse basically, because if my step-brother Wayne Williams hadn’t gone there and heard that music, in turn he would never have taken me there, and we wouldn’t have been able to grow as a company and as a force to forge this music on people and make them listen and believe in it. All I did in 1983 was actually embellish that whole thing and kinda put it together. What we did was gather all the right ingredients, and luckily I was just http://citinite.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/jesse-saunders/[9/7/2010 1:23:41 PM] Jesse Saunders « Those City Nights

fortunate enough to be able to take all of that and make it into the sound we know today as house.

I mean, I had to have a vision in order to make something, but really what I was doing was just taking a little o’ this and a little o’ that, a little creativity, and making that one sound that became the first record, which was ‘On & On’. But I can’t take credit for the ingredients, you know, it’s just like making a recipe – you can’t take credit for basil or salt & pepper because they have always been there, you’re just using them to create your recipe, and that’s exactly what I did with disco to make my ‘On & On’, besides the original ‘On & On’ record that already existed.

We’re in 1983, I’m at The Playground DJing, and I mean we open at nine o’clock and we don’t close until the last person leaves which sometimes was seven, eight, nine o’clock in the morning, and when you’re playing that long, you get into a groove but it’s kinda redundant, because there’s only so many things that you can play and you have to kinda keep it going. So what I would do is I would take different kinds of rhythm tracks that I made at home with my 808 drum machine, and basically I would put other records on top of ‘em. A lot of the time I would take the drum machine to the club and just leave it playing the same beat the whole time and just mix things in and out, so it was always constantly the same beat underneath to keep the crowd going, but I would play a different song on top.

There was one record in particular that I used to do this with a lot, which was the original ‘On & On’, which was basically this bootleg record where someone had taken the bassline from ‘Space Invaders’, the “toot-toot, hey, beep-beep” loop of Donna Summer’s ‘Bad Girls’, and the little horn thing in ‘Funky Town’, and looped them all together to make a constant loop for a whole record. This was the b-side of the record. The a-side was a big megamix of ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ by Michael Jackson, and that was the side that everyone played.

Now people like Frankie Knuckles, although he had the keenest ear for music and could break records that way, in terms of a real DJ, he couldn’t mix really. His mixing was kinda all over the place. But it wasn’t about the mix with him, it was about the records that he played. But I was all about doing stuff backwards, cutting’ and scratchin’ and the whole nine yards; so basically I was mixing and re-editing records right on the turntables without using tapes and things like that. What I was doing basically was taking the music to a whole different level and a whole new experience of listening to three or four things at one time rather than just one song.

Anyway, like I was saying, everyone was playing the a-side of this record and I just happened to flip it over wondering what was on the b-side, and when I listened to it, it was like “doom doom doom dibi doom doom doom doom, doom doom doom dibi doom doom doom doom” and I was like, “aah damn, that’s a nice groove”. So I was like, “okay, cool, this is cool. I’m gonna try this cut on my crowd”, and when I put it on, they didn’t clear the floor – everybody kinda got into the groove. Then I played it again a little later and more people got on the floor, then I played it again and people started requesting it, so I was like, “cool”. So I had a drum machine going, ‘On & On’ going on one turntable, and I’d be bringing in another record like ‘Planet Rock’, when that came out, on the other turntable.

By this time, I’m doing a lot of guest spots, an hour here, an hour there, and so on and so forth, and also doing like a mix show on WGCI with Herb Kent who got me on the show to begin with. So whenever I played, my first record on the turntable would

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be this bootleg ‘On & On’ record because that was like my signature tune. When I put that on, everybody knew that I was in the place because nobody else was playing that side but me, no one even knew what it was, and I wouldn’t tell anybody, even though there were a few people that had it. When I would go up on stage I would make sure that security cleared it so that no one would know what it was that I was playing. It was amazing to me that they hadn’t flipped that record over and found it themselves.

Anyway, after about nine or ten months, we had an incident at The Playground where someone broke in and stole some of my records, and ‘On & On’ was one of them that they stole. I was so pissed off ’cause now I didn’t have my signature record and I couldn’t make the crowd go wild the way I used to when I came on. So I was like, “well I’m gonna make one myself”.

You see, my mother is a music major, a music teacher, so I had taken music lessons all through my life. She started me off playing piano. I had flute lessons, trumpet lessons, guitar lessons, drum lessons, the whole nine yards. So basically, DJing to me at that time was just playing records and breaking records, I hadn’t really associated the fact that someone actually writes a song, goes in the studio, records it and then presses it on a record – that never really occurred to me at that time. But by the time I got a drum machine I was thinking maybe I can do a record, because I knew I could play.

That was when those Mattel Synsonic drum machines came out. When I heard about those, that was the first thing I went out and got, so that I could make a beat and do some things with it, and that’s when I wrote this song called ‘Fantasy’, which basically was a concoction of the bassline from the ‘Space Invaders’-'On & On’ thing and the bridge from one of Ronnie Griffith’s songs. The lyrics were all original and I did the string arrangements at home on the piano. I got my mother to go out and get a Korg Poly-61 keyboard and I just kinda used the feel from a lot of the songs and records that I played that were hits to kinda concoct them and embrace them into this one thing, ‘Fantasy’.

I just used to sit up in my den and create songs and different things, and that’s when ‘On & On’ was done, on that Korg Poly-61 keyboard, an 808 drum machine and a TB- 303 bassline machine. All of this was recorded on a four track cassette recorder, the same as the original ‘Fantasy’ and all the other stuff that we recorded at Jes Say Records.

Anyway, I was getting ahead of myself; that was the time that I ran into Vince Lawrence. Actually, I had known Vince prior to this from back in the days at Sauer’s when Craig Thompson (who had the finance) and I were promoting parties there. Because Sauer’s was becoming the hot spot, Craig had somehow formulated a deal with the owner and had booked up every Friday and Saturday there for a year. Now, how I met Vince was when he came up to me and told me that he was part of a group that was renting Sauer’s prior to Craig monopolising this deal, and he said to me, “yeah, you all were slick booking up that place – now no one can get in there”. That was our first encounter. After Craig and I had our stint at Sauer’s and we went on to running The Playground, Vince started coming there. http://citinite.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/jesse-saunders/[9/7/2010 1:23:41 PM] Jesse Saunders « Those City Nights

This was about the time that Vince had his ‘Fast Cars’ record. He’d hangout at first, and then he’d try and get me to play his record, but it wouldn’t fit – it just wasn’t the kind of record that I could play… not to say that it was a bad record. I mean it was the first record that he had ever made so naturally a lot of things were loose, but overall for a first attempt it was good and I still worked it and tried to get it into the set and help promote it and the whole nine yards.

Then Vince came to talk to me about this and that and how to make a record – he just had all this knowledge of, like, making records because his father Mitch, had a record company and had already pressed some other blues type records and things, before he’d even put out ‘Fast Cars’, so Vince knew about the independent record company thing. And like I said, I wanted to kinda make a record myself, so I was kinda pickin’ his brain to find out what it took to do that. I thought it was like this big involved process, but he’s like, “no, no maan, it’s easy – you just do this, there’s a pressing plant over here, you do that, you do the labels…” and so on and so forth. So I was trying to find out through Vince how I could do that, but I got kinda side-tracked in the interim because he had heard ‘Fantasy’ and he was like, “this is the stuff that I’ve always wanted to do but I don’t know how to do it”.

Now Vince is one of these nerdy type of guys, but he’s pretty smart, he knows how to finagle his way into situations, and to this day he never ceases to amaze me in the things that he gets himself into. I mean, this guy could talk his way into the presidency and everyone will be asking, “how did he get there?” – that’s the kind of guy he is. So because he had the group Z Factor and he knew I had written ‘Fantasy’, he was like, “would you be interested in being a part of Z Factor?” At first I was like, “no, I’m not interested”, because they had made ‘Fast Cars’ and that wasn’t something that I wanted to do. But as I thought more about it, I was like, “well, maybe this is the way that I can get his father to put out ‘Fantasy’”, because his father had the record company. So then I was like, “okay, I’ll try it and we’ll see”.

When I joined Mitch, he was ecstatic about ‘Fantasy’ too because he knew, first off, I was like the man in town – the big DJ – that I was playing it in the clubs, that I gave Frankie Knuckles a tape of it before the record came out, and he was actually playing the reel-to-reel tape. The Warehouse and everybody knew the record, so it was almost like he had a built-in promotion network and all he had to do was press it and sell it. But what happened was, it took him a long time to actually press the record and get it out.

In the meantime I was playing all over the place and I had been playing my own ‘On & On’ track now, and because I had gotten so frustrated with Mitch taking so long to get ‘Fantasy’ out, I was like, “well shoot, I’m gonna put out my own ‘On & On’ thing and make some money off of that”.

Another reason I wanted to put that out so fast was that we were getting requests from the record pool I belonged to called IRS that was a part of Importes Etc, although it was in a different building. Whatever I would play at The Playground that night, people would run to Importes Etc the next day trying to find it, and this is one of the ways the record pool gets its information on what the buzz is on a record from the streets. The original ‘On & On’ they couldn’t find, because that was a bootleg. Then, when I was playing my version, they couldn’t find that either because it wasn’t even a record yet. But the people knew who was playing it, because I was the only one who had it. So when I went to the record pool the guys there said, “people are requesting something we don’t know anything about – why don’t you make a tape so we can hear http://citinite.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/jesse-saunders/[9/7/2010 1:23:41 PM] Jesse Saunders « Those City Nights

It?” So I made a tape, they played it, and sure enough someone said, “yeah, that’s it”, and they’re like, “what is it?”, and I said, “well, that’s my track, that’s ‘On & On’”. Then they were like, “maan, if you can get your hands on two or three hundred copies of this, we can sell ‘em in the store like that!”, and I was like seeing money lighting up in my head.

All of a sudden I thought back to Vince again, because he could get the record pressed. I went downtown to a little studio that the group called Omni had; that’s where it was recorded to a quarter-inch tape for mastering, and then we pressed the record at Larry Sherman’s place on the Jes Say Records label, which Vince named and did the logo for. I took the last thousand dollars I had to my name and invested it into pressing these records ’cause I knew I was gonna be able to sell them already.

Within ten days I had five hundred records and we sold them for four dollars when the actual rate back then was only two dollars and fifty cents, so Importes Etc was selling them for six ninety nine. We used a hundred for promotion, I made six hundred dollars profit off of the first batch and Importes Etc wanted two or three hundred more records, so we went back to Larry to press some more. But by this time places like Loop records and all these other places were calling, saying they wanted the record because they heard it was selling like hot cakes. So I was like, “well shoot, we need to press a thousand this time”, so we went in and pressed a thousand, and those were gone in like a week, and it just like started snowballing.

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‘On & On’ actually came out in January of 1984, beating Mitch out with ‘Fantasy’ because his didn’t come out until a month or so later, but he capitalised off of that whole thing. ‘Fantasy’ got on the radio on WGCI and he ended up selling records that way, and to this day I have never seen royalties, publishing or anything for that record. But it really wasn’t a big deal either because I was making all my money from my own label, so I really didn’t care so much at that point.

So then I started thinking, “if that happens with just like a track, I wonder what would happen if I do a real song”, and that’s when we wrote ‘Funk U Up’. That came about because Duane Buford was having problems with his girlfriend, and he was like, “maan, I ain’t never going out with no more pretty girls, they’ll just fuck you up”, and we’re like, “hey, that’s the name of a song”, but we couldn’t use “fuck” so we used “funk” instead. That was the first song that was recorded on twenty-four track.

When we put that out, that became an instant hit, because back in those days Farley was the man on the radio, he was like the leader of the Hot Mix 5 and if he played your record, it was a hit. So the whole Hot Mix 5 embraced ‘Funk U Up’ and it just became this big mega hit. Then I did ‘Real Love’ and that did ten times better than ‘Funk U Up’ did. In between those, I was doing Wayne’s record, ‘Undercover’, which was like a huge underground hit that was probably one of the first records to expand us out of the Chicago area, because we started getting calls from Detroit. So we went http://citinite.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/jesse-saunders/[9/7/2010 1:23:41 PM] Jesse Saunders « Those City Nights

up to Detroit to see what the club scene was like and they just embraced us. Then we went to Milwaukee, Indianapolis… then New York started getting our records and we were getting orders from there. The next thing we knew, guys from England were coming in wanting to license our product.

And that’s how it all started.

What Saunders doesn’t really mention in the above account is just how ground- breaking his ‘On & On’ track truly was. The reason why other DJs clamoured to buy his record wasn’t because he had recreated the ‘Space Invaders’ groove, but because he had forged a uniquely futuristic sound that could no longer simply be described as “disco”… it was something else. As genre-inspiring as ‘Planet Rock’ was for electro, ‘On & On’ was the first record to marry the synthetic stripped-down sounds of new electronic instruments with the spirit and heat of black dance music. There can’t be many other tracks that are this important… and to think it was only made because a thief stole his bootleg record.

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Furthermore, the rise of dance music's shortcut culture means less creative remixing, and more suspect appropriation of others' work Terms & Conditions by those seemingly taking the easy way out. The following comments are provided by readers and are the sole responsiblity of the authors. By "The greatest and the worst thing to happen to house music was publishing a comment here you agree to the the advent of digital technology," Saunders says. "Things we used comment policy. If you see a comment that violates the policy, please notify the Online staff. to have to do back in the day -- understanding music, putting things together, sequencing them, playing them -- have all been * Note: Comments have been closed. eliminated by a computer." As a result, Saunders wants to include a lesson about copyright in the M&AS curriculum. "Everything [the new DJs] are doing is copyright infringement, and they don't even know it." he says. 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Born Richard Quitevis, the 40-year-old Filipino-American turntablist has played an integral part in shaping the American hip-hop scene through founding the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the first turntable crew that applied a band philosophy to their shows, each DJ taking the place of different instruments. With and without them, he's pulled down a pile of awards, including the Disco Mix Club World DJ Champion four years straight. Qbert sees his new residency as a way to bring people together through the art regardless of race. "I never even considered that ["The Movement"] was an Asian thing," he says. "I'm just doing it for the love of the art. If a bunch of Asians want to come out, then fine (laughs)." It isn't like he's never been asked to play for this specific group -- because of his heritage, he's propositioned for it all the time. "[It's] not my focus," he adds. "It's like they're saying, http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2010/06/17/music/fear_and_lounging/iq_36457854.txt[9/7/2010 1:34:32 PM] JESSE SAUNDERS | BPM Magazine 7TH SEPTEMBER 2010 SUBSCRIBE TO RSS LIFE MUSIC NEWS PARTY PICS STYLE TECH JESSE SAUNDERS Posted on 20th October 2008 Posted by Marlon Regis Categorized Under: Music, Music Reviews 2 Comments RECENT ENTRIES RECENT COMMENTS ARCHIVES PF Flyers New Vantage for Fall 2010 Farah Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 1920 Capsule Collection Diesel presents, Mad Decent and Jelly Reach For Halo MIMOBOTS DJ Hero 2 Adds Tiesto To The Mix Mafia II Has The Best Promo Item Ever New Balance Reintroduces the New Balance 320 Sneaker Popular Posts KE$HA Brings Sass To LA Where The Dirty Hipsters Are (Wild Things Spoof) heartbeats by Lady Gaga Ear Headphones Mike Posner – Cooler than Me (Hey Champ Remix) British Electropop: La Roux RIP Dash Snow Uffie- Pop The Glock BRAND NEW VIDEO Os Gemeos Kids VIDEO JESSE SAUNDERS House Music (Broken) More than three decades after Jesse Saunders released what is arguably one of the first house music records Make The Girl Dance- 'Baby Baby Baby' VIDEO (1984’s “On & On”), he returns with his latest full length, very appropriately titled. This release also coincides with the The Awakening release of his book and documentary, both of which are entitled House Music…The Real Story—essential fodder for those who wish to go deeper and learn about the roots of the music they love. With songs such as “Feelin Me” and “Luv 2 Luv U (Soul Power Mix)” picking up heavy rotation and spins from jocks around the world, this album is well BPM Magazine on Facebook worth your time. Pushing soulful vibes on cuts such as “Body Music” and “Got Me Runnin’ (Old Skool Mix),” Jesse Like You like this. · Admin Page · Error · Unlike never loses sight of that old school, classic feel. A great release from a true house music innovator. You like this. · Unlike Share 825824 people like BPM Magazine 2 Responses to “JESSE SAUNDERS” Tony Norman David Kaycie rolex says: July 12, 2010 at 9:03 pm replica watch Daniel Zoltan James Juan Carlos Jacqueline REPLY BPM Magazine on Facebook CATEGORIES ladys watches says: August 28, 2010 at 9:47 am Art cheap watches Design REPLY DJ Gear http://www.bpmmagazine.net/2008/10/jesse-saunders/[9/7/2010 1:20:25 PM] Vinyl Vault Blog: Jesse Saunders - On And On Share Report Abuse Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Vinyl Vault Blog Friday, April 3, 2009 Subscribe To Vinyl Vault Jesse Saunders - On And On Keep Informed... Please Support Vinyl Vault Numbers Of Vistors That Check Out Vinyl Vault According to discogs notes this is based on Laid Back's White Horse but from my Translate This Blog understanding and Jeese Saunders interviews and the track itself it's based on Mach - On And On which samples On And On. The mix contains the following songs: Chinese Munich Machine - Get On The Funk Train, Playback - Space Invaders.This Jesse Saunders - On And On is the first house record but there is debate on that some French people site Z-Factor Featuring Jesse Saunders - Fantasy as the first house record,but German according to Jesse Saunders and lots of people Jesse got his On & On pressed Italian first.There is a interview about 15minutes long where Jesse explains this and how he helped Vince Lawrence and Screamin Rachael on Z-Factor Featuring Jesse Saunders Japanese - Fantasy and he goes in complete detail about it. I need to find the link I think I Korean saved on my computer and if I do I'll do on update to this post,cause It's really worth Russian the listen.But on the other Hand I believe in my opinion Z Factor - (I Like To Do It In) Fast Cars is the first house record pressed.I will post 4 other links underneath Spanish this.The first being Mach - On And On.The second which Mach - On And On is based on among others is Playback - Space Invaders.The third is a short interview by Jesse Powered By about this record.And finally a link from youtube so check'em out.And hopefully I can find the full interview with Jesse. Tracklist: Our supporters not followers!!! Thank A - On And On (7:57) you. On And On Tracs Follow B1 - 119 (1984) (3:00) with Google Friend Connect http://vinylvault.blogspot.com/2009/04/jesse-saunders-on-and-on.html[9/7/2010 1:21:56 PM] Vinyl Vault Blog: Jesse Saunders - On And On B2 - 5A (3:00) Followers (203) More » B3 - 1A (3:00) B4 - 4A & B (3:00) B5 - I'm The D.J. 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April 4, 2009 8:44 PM http://vinylvault.blogspot.com/2009/04/jesse-saunders-on-and-on.html[9/7/2010 1:21:56 PM] Megamind Magazine - Jesse Saunders presents Whats This FX - Label News Jesse Saunders presents Whats This FX Menus : On the heels of the incomparable 1st single Nasty, comes the 2nd single entitled Whats This FX. Members (0) 2010-06-21 22:19 Megamind Pages / Clubbing / All News / Label News Login The Originator is back again, this time to take you on a musical journey through his Greatest Hitz! Known as the “Originator” of House Become a member Music, Jesse Saunders wrote, produced, performed and mixed the world’s very 1st house record “On And On” on his upstart record label Lost your password? Jes Say Records out of Chicago in 1984. Clubbing He went on to write and produce a slew of hits including Funk U Up, Event Calendar Real Love, Love Can’t Turn Around, It’s OK, I’m Back Again, Yeah, Let Me Hear U, Excited, Weekend and more. Celebrating 25 years of Festival Guide House Music, Jesse continues to stay at the forefront and set trends with his next release of 2010, the Greatest Hitz album on Broken News from the world Records. Tours Jesse has been featured in numerous documentaries, books and Competitions magazines including the award winning “Put The Needle On The Record” and “Pump Up The Volume.” He also wrote the definitive DJ Culture history with his book “House Music…The Real Story.” DJ Charts On “Greatest Hitz” Album, Jesse Saunders delivers some Old, Skool, New Skool, Funky, Groovin House hits. Lyrics Jesse Saunders - Whats This FX Release date : 13th July 2010 Biographies Label : Broken Records Mixes & Podcasts Tracklist Spotify Playlists 1. Dervish Remix 2. Jazz Mix Interviews 3. Jazz-Strumental 4. Edit DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Most Popular Nordic Jesse Saunders, Broken Records DJ Tagged : Click here to update your Megamind status on multiple social No comments yet Aboutnetworks Megamind at once! Name : Megamind Shopping Recent posts Jesse Saunders, Mathias Haegglund, and 21 Like Banners others like this.Mathias Haegglund and 21 others like this. · Admin Page · Error · Unlike Share RSS/XML Feeds You like Megamind Magazine. · Unlike Type the two words: Regular Search Tag Cloud Search Your comment RSS Feeds All Pages http://www.megamind.se/page.php?id=4752[9/7/2010 1:33:28 PM] BasementSoul.com :: News :: FEATURE: Jesse Saunders - Legend of House Share | FEATURE: Jesse Saunders - Legend of House [report a problem] JOIN MAILING LIST: Enter your Email Address Subscribe Jesse Saunders is the architect of what we know as House Music. A Yahoo Search will return an unprecedented 2,960,000 results!. His Jesse Saunders Wikipedia entry is an amazing overview of the worldwide phenomenon known as House Music. Why is there so much information on this man? Using a blueprint of old school funk, disco, R&B, early pop and hip-hop, JESSE SAUNDERS is the architect of the musical style known as "House Music." He wrote, produced and released the first documented House record titled "ON & ON" through his own label Jes Say Records. His next hitz "Funk U Up," "Real Love" and the platinum selling single "Love Can't Turn Around," served as the foundation for a funky and soulful new sound in electronic music. Jesse Saunders reigns as the ambassador for the global house craze SEARCH ARCHIVES BY http://www.langstoncarson.com/news/view.php?id=155[9/7/2010 1:15:25 PM] BasementSoul.com :: News :: FEATURE: Jesse Saunders - Legend of House through his work as a DJ, producer, filmmaker and author. After a TOPIC: lifetime of influential and innovative work, JESSE SAUNDERS continues to break new ground. Select Topic 2004 marked the beginning of his legacy. "ON & ON" was created and conceived in the summer of 1983, released in January of 1984, and 2004 marked the 20th anniversary and re-release of the world's most famous and enduring House record. The ON & ON world TOUR hit every hemisphere and brought the spirit of feel good music to all! The “Real Story” documentary is available for sale with the original tracks [Your Ad Here] as well as remixes on Enhanced CD, DVD. JESSE’S legacy thrives. In the July, 2001 issue of Harper's magazine "Love Can't Turn Around" and "ON & ON" are mentioned as a building block in the history of dance music. Jesse has been featured in the Channel 4 (London) film special "Pump Up The Volume" and the award winning "Modulations". In June, 2,000, he released his third mixed CD Disco Royal (Sony Music Germany) with the hit single "Body Music." His previous 2 "Jail Mix” and “Rave On Boat” (Warner-Switzerland), sold very well. Jesse is currently working on a new Greatest Hitz album, which features 2 new cuts "GET SOME" and "FEELIN ME.". JESSE is also completing work on his next Mixed CD "MADE 2 B BROKEN" for his label BrokenRecords.us and DJ Divas 2, a unique compilation of the world's top female DJ's "in their quest to compete and win in the battle of the turntables." 2009 brought the 25th Anniversary of the world's 1st House record and Jesse released the 25th Anniversary of House Music Compilation to rave reviews and a tour which has brought a celebration of the world's favorite music to dance to! The tour featured the 1st ever House Music ART Exhibit which is now housed in Jesse's project known as the Electronic Music Cafe in Las Vegas! Jesse has been featured in hundreds of books including the bestseller "What Kind Of House Party Is This?" by Jonathan Fleming (MixMag) and his own semi-autobiography "House Music...The Real Story." He has co-starred in over 10 documentaries including the Sun Dance award winning "Modulations," the Channel 4 (London) mini-series "Pump Up The Volume," the BBC audio documentary "The 2nd Summer of Love" and currently the award winning "Put The Needle on the Record." He has had hundreds of features in every major industry magazine including Rolling Stone, MixMag, Urb and Keyboard. Jesse has lectured at top conferences, schools, colleges and universities throughout the world including The Red Bull Academy, Oxford University, Boston University, The Winter Music Conference (Miami), Popkom (Germany), The New Music Seminar (New York) and the Amsterdam Dance Event (Holland). In addition to keeping his skills sharpened in the studio and with constant touring, JESSE says, "I educate musical history and philosophy through music as well as print history, which is the [Your Ad Here] foundation and most important part of music." He has written an authoritative book House Music...The Real Story that nails down the House phenomenon. In 2001, Broken Records/Journees Music released the musical counterpart to JESSE’S book providing an auditory encyclopedia of sounds and styles. In August of 2001, JESSE was also a keynote speaker for the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington. Also in the works is a documentary that will be released through JESSE’S film company Just Say Productions. “The Real Story Documentary” will include footage from the annual Old Skool Reunion in Chicago (July4th weekend) with the original Pioneers of House Music among others. With the turn of the century, law officials in America have attacked dance music and culture. In response to this problem JESSE SAUNDERS founded Rave Secure. This organization acts as a mediator between promoters, artists and government legislature to ensure that clubs and raves do not become extinct. Jesse promotes good will and education, giving Rave Secure the power to hammer through the red tape and discrimination that the scene often contends with. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois JESSE SAUNDERS felt the "groove to make people move" at the early age of fifteen. He boasts an http://www.langstoncarson.com/news/view.php?id=155[9/7/2010 1:15:25 PM] BasementSoul.com :: News :: FEATURE: Jesse Saunders - Legend of House extensive record collection dating back to 1974. He says DJ'ing "is in his blood a true DJ never grows out of it. There's nothing like the rush of controlling the crowd and having them yell for more." JESSE’S creativity found additional outlets when he attended University of Southern California. There he laid a cornerstone studying Film, Television and Recording Sciences. Later, JESSE formed his own label Jes Say Records, and production company Just Say Productions. Jesse has played in and promoted clubs from America to Europe and the U.K. He began his career in Chicago spinning at places like The Playground and DaVinci Manor. Quickly he moved to the next level, playing at New York's auspicious Sound Factory, Tunnel and Palladium. The house phenomenon spread over the globe with Jesse Saunders leading the way. He produced a syndicated radio show entitled "Global House". The show featured "live" broadcasts from clubs around the world including his "Real Story" History Mix" and was highly influential. JESSE worked for a variety of record labels and studios including Jive where he broke top selling artists like Mr. Lee and DJ Pierre. In the late 1990's Jesse turned his expertise into a lucrative business of his own. The Just Say family of companies made a home for everything House and Mainstream from remixing and tracking to film and video, and even print. JESSE continues in his quest to educate and influence through his AVTalentSearch foundation and web site: AVTalentSearch.us and sponsored seminars for ASCAP and BMI plus he has been a featured speaker at the Red Bull Academy, Amsterdam Dance Event and Winter Music Conference. He has worked beside and influenced other DJs including Grammy Award winner Roger Sanchez, Marshall Jefferson, DJ Pierre, Farley "Jackmaster Funk," Steve Hurley and Frankie Knuckles. The mayor of Chicago declared July 17th, JESSE SAUNDERS and the Pioneers of House Music Day in 1997, and he has received similar recognition by the mayors of San Francisco, Seattle, and Albuquerque, NM. He is featured in Jonathan Fleming's book What Kind of House Party Is This? (Mind In U Publishing, U.K.), and has been interviewed as the house authority for many films and magazine articles, including the award winning “Modulations,” “Pump Up The Volume” (London), "The 2nd Summer of Love" and currently "Put The Needle On The Record." Countless successful singles, albums and production credits behind him, JESSE SAUNDERS maintains his status as the head of the House. JESSE believes in "breaking new ground and my music must have a message and a meaning". He opened wide the doors to his House and invited the world in. With programs like Rave Secure and AV Talent Search he ensures that his heritage will live on. He continues to tear the roof off with slamming sets and forays into the world of film and publishing. Whatever JESSE SAUNDERS does, one thing is certain, HOUSE is where his heart is. http://www.jessesaunders.com Posted on February 4, 2010 About | News | Chat | Gallery | Shop | Links Events | Videos | Features | Spotlight | Biographies | Playlists | DJs | Shows Contact | Advertise | Promote Us | Submit Music http://www.langstoncarson.com/news/view.php?id=155[9/7/2010 1:15:25 PM] By Jason Bracelin Jesse Saunders is here to set the record straight, and as he traces the genealogy of house music on a recent Wednesday afternoon, he speaks with the fiery air of a parent whose offspring has become an orphan. "Everybody and their mother and father said, 'I did it, I started it, I made this,' " Saunders says of house's now-muddy lineage. "That's what really motivated me to say, 'You know what, there's too many stories, and most of the people talking about it don't even have a clue, because they weren't even around when it happened.' " But Saunders was. A native of Chicago, where house was first popularized, Saunders is credited for producing and releasing the first house single, "On and On," on his own Jes Say Records label. The seeds for the now-widespread dance music genre were sown at Chicago's legendary Warehouse nightspot, where an underage Saunders first visited when he was 16. There, house began as an even more buoyant strain of disco. "The disco that everyone else knew was more poppy, it was 'Saturday Night Fever,' the Bee Gees, stuff like that," Saunders recalls. "But the stuff that was being played at the Warehouse, in the underground, was very, very uplifting, very, very groovy. It was sped-up R&B more than it was disco. There was a different subculture there, and that's really what spawned what we know as house music today." Now residing in Las Vegas, Saunders has taken it upon himself to trace the origins of house with both a book coming out this summer and a visual and musical display that had a sneak peek at the Steve Wyrick Theatre. The show uses documentary footage projected on a pair of video screens to detail the history of house and where the music sprang from while Saunders mixes both the audio and video in a DJ set. Jason Bracelin's "Sounding Off" column appears on Tuesdays. Contact him at 383-0476 or e-mail him at jbracelin@ reviewjournal.com. Jesse Saunders - Pioneer of House Music Known as the "Originator" of house music, Jesse wrote produced, performed and mixed the world's very first 1st house record "On and On" on his upstart record label Jes Say Records out of Chicago in 1984. Jesse has been featured in numerous books and magazines including the award winning "Put The Needle On The Record" and "Pump Up The Volume". He also wrote the definative history with his book "House Music..The Real Story" (www.PublishAmerica.com). What more can be said about Jesse Saunders? The world renowned DJ extraordinaire, who has made millions of fans and partygoers all over the world testify to his unprecedented sets where he takes the crowd on a musical journey through the evolution of Electronic music. The only DJ to get down and dirty with his audience on the dance floor! Jesse Saunders pumps the crowd to a frenzy with music that is feel good music and sends you into a trance....and has one more major feature to his performance...Jesse unlike no other also takes you through a journey in time using digital arts and a spectacular light show. The timeline begins in the 1970’s and continue until present day. Utilizes the story from Jesse Saunders’ book “House Music…The Real Story” as the reference. To visit Jesse's fan base on Facebook Click Here http://www.25yearsofhousemusic.co.uk/jesse_saunders.html[9/7/2010 1:17:16 PM] 25th Anniversary of House Music s http://www.25yearsofhousemusic.co.uk/[9/7/2010 1:18:27 PM] 25th Anniversary of House Music 25 years ago one record changed the course of dance music... that record was 'On And On' by Jesse Saunders. Known as the originator of house music Celebrate with us the biggest House event in the UK this year Saturday 3rd October at Club SeOne Known as the "ORIGINATOR" of house music, Jesse wrote produced, performed and mixed the world's very first 1st house music record "On and On" on his upstart record label Jes Say Records out of Chicago in 1984. Room 1 Jesse Saunders(U.S.A) Marshall Jefferson(U.S.A) Robert Owens (U.S.A) Victor Simonelli (U.S.A) Steve Jackson (Kiss FM Legend) Robert Owens (Can u feel it,Gotta work,Il be your friend) Bryan Chambers (All I Do) TT DEEP Room 2 Brandon BlocK Lisa Loud http://www.25yearsofhousemusic.co.uk/[9/7/2010 1:18:27 PM] 25th Anniversary of House Music Tony Richardson Jimmy London Wayne Eldridge & Mete Raymundo Rodriguez Jesse James Jono John-Paul Acca Peter Cain Room 3 Normski Huckleberry Finn Darren Holland Booker T Stuart Patterson Kevin Beadle Aaron V Malik & Stylus VIP Room hosted by SPACE Exclusive on the night Jesse Saunders - Originator of House Music Jesse wrote, produced, performed and released the world’s first documented House Music recording entitled “ON & ON,” on his upstart record label, Jes http://www.25yearsofhousemusic.co.uk/[9/7/2010 1:18:27 PM] 25th Anniversary of House Music Say Records in January of 1984. Jesse went on to produce the world’s largest selling and most covered House Music song “Love Can’t Turn Around.” He also wrote the book “House Music…The Real Story,” which is the definitive history of this musical phenomenon. A Google or Yahoo search about Jesse will produce over 600,000+ and 1,000,000+ hits respectively! Victor Simonelli - Pioneer of House Victor Simonelli's name is synonymous with the cutting edge of the Dance Music scene. Simonelli is one of the New York’s finest and most prolific DJ's. He was also one of the early pioneers of the unique NYC underground dance music movement that has now become a phenomenon it its own right and religiously followed by the clubbing faithful the world over. A producer/re-mixer, songwriter, record label owner, and highly sought after DJ, are just four facets of this multi-talented young man. Marshall Jefferson - Pioneer of House One of the original originators in Chicago House Music, Marshall has had a hand in several of the music most influencial early tracks. As a solo act he recorded 1986's " Move your Body" sub title and acclaimed " the House Music Anthem ", also helped record Phutures acid tracks, the first and best Acid single. Along with Larry Leard, Marshall soon after moved into a more spiritual sound of House Music now termed as Deep House. Raymundo Rodriguez - Pioneer of House Raymond Isaacs aka Raymundo Rodriguez has been making serious waves since he burst onto London’s underground house music scene at the end of the 90s. He 1st started drawing attention after gaining residency at one of south London’s only pure House music venues, The Buddha lounge. It was here that he http://www.25yearsofhousemusic.co.uk/[9/7/2010 1:18:27 PM] 25th Anniversary of House Music began to hone his craft, often playing extended sets 2 or 3 times a week. It wasn’t long before he started receiving invitations to spin at the more major clubs in London, the Ministry of Sound, Hanover Grande and The Cross Where: Club SeOne, London Bridge, SE1 In association with www.25yearsofhousemusic.co.uk Desiged by www.webdesign2u.co.uk http://www.25yearsofhousemusic.co.uk/[9/7/2010 1:18:27 PM] www.MusicAndArtsSociety.org Helping creative minds fulfill their dreams through EDUCATION & IMPLEMENTATION! 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September 2 at 12:24pm Electronic Music Cafe' Electronic Music Cafe unveils the new look of ART of the DJ LIVE featuring your fave DJs: 6pm Woodrow Low - 7pm Djtatiana Alvarez - 8pm DJ THinC! 9pm Jesse Saunders' GLOBAL HOUSE SHOW Live - 10pm Doug Wilcox - 11pm Nate Scott If you're not in Las Vegas tune in LIVE via: http://www.ElectronicMusicCafe.com/ LIVE FRIDAYS at 1st FRIDAYS Las Vegas! 2,6792,678 people like Electronic Music Cafe' Paul Canvas Santiago Max James Leon Jason Gracie Sandi Lugo Tina Electronic Music Cafe' on Facebook Web Site Design by www.webdesign2u.co.uk http://www.electronicmusiccafe.com/[9/7/2010 1:49:47 PM] YouTube - jesse saunders Search Browse Upload Create Account Sign In Search options “jesse saunders” results 1 - 20 of about 346 Jesse Saunders On and On Featured Videos As the story goes, used to play REMIX BY MACH "ON AND Jesse Saunders Chosen Few DJs and MIXENUF ON" as part of his DJ sets in the early 80's. His copy of that record was ... Picnic 2009 highlights of a tribute to by Chicagowax | 2 years ago | 41,807 views 9:07 Michael Jackson. ... Way... by MIXENUFMultiMedia | 2 months ago Jesse Saunders - On and On (First House Track on Vinyl?) 96 views I'm no historian and for sure don't claim to know exactly how House started. All I know from looking around and reading is that this record was ... TRANCEPHORIA LIVE 2009 - part by djisfan | 2 years ago | 58,871 views 9:43 What U Need 6.The Beat Club - Security (Midnight Club Mix) 7.Jesse ... by DjGizzo | 1 year ago Jesse Saunders - Funk You Up 1,431 views 1984 Chicago House Classic "I guess it was the summer after my freshman year [first year]. I was about fifteen at the time, we used to have this ... by HouseNationChicago | 3 years ago | 89,560 views DJ Sean!! presents "The Chosen 5:26 house" "wayne williams" "andre hatchett" &quo... by djsean70 | 1 year ago jesse saunders/funk you up 1984 703 views jesse saunders/Funk you up 1984street life records by djonparis | 2 years ago | 4,787 views 2009__HOUSE-MIX__2009 5:48 Hardy, Marshall Jefferson, Larry Heard, DJ Pierre, Chip E, Jesse Sa... jesse saunders on&on 1983 (begining of house music) by CNUNES7 | 9 months ago 5,454 views jesse saunders /ON&on 1983 jes say records/2003 Broken records ,is it house?electro?hi nrg? maybe the 3? by djonparis | 2 years ago | 9,093 views 9:16 ESPNU Road Trip - BCS " "Mark Ingram" "Nick Saban" "Vince Youn... Real Story Live Promo - Jesse Saunders by ESPN | 8 months ago This is the world's 1st LIVE documentary mixed in a DJ set as adapted from 1,672 views Jesse Saunders' book House Music...The Real Story." You can purchase ... by jessesndrs | 2 years ago | 20,807 views 4:45 Old School Chicago House Music the picnic.Party people are starting to Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jesse Saunders - Love Can't Turn dance. ... Chosen Few R... A d by ivesterlym | 2 years ago Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jesse Saunders Feat. Darryl 7. Pandy - Love 13,670 views Can't Turn Around (Sidechains Remix) (NOTE I HAVE NO RIGHTS ON THIS by kruppes | 1 year ago | 9,183 views 5:43 Jesse Saunders - On And On (119) Jesse Saunders - On And On (119) by ChicagoJackinSociety | 1 year ago | 6,822 views 3:04 Jesse Saunders - Waiting on my Angel (Extended Mix) The (in)famous rip-off of Jamie Principle's "Waiting on my Angel". Produced by Larry Sherman, the owner of Trax Records, released on Precision in ... by ptambient | 1 year ago | 509 views 6:19 Queue (0) JESSE SAUNDERS ON AND ON JESSE SAUNDERS ON AND ON Advertisement by chicagohouse1 | 2 years ago | 4,011 views 0:50 Jesse Saunders - Funk You Up(Edit) Precision Records 1984 Artist:Jesse Saunders Title:Funk You Up(Edit) Label:Precision Records Year:1984 Genre:Proto House/Chicago House Comment:- To come asap Enjoy :) by RealFreshBlog | 1 year ago | 2,111 views 3:08 http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jesse+saunders&aq=f[9/7/2010 1:39:23 PM] YouTube - jesse saunders Jesse Saunders On & On 12" Side Two Dj Julian Isfan This is the B side of "On & On" by request. by djisfan | 2 years ago | 2,581 views 9:02 FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK & JESSIE SAUNDERS - LOVE CAN'TLabel:House TURN Records AROUND (3) Format:Vinyl, 12" Country:US Released:1986 Genre:Electronic Style:House Tracklist A Love Can't Turn Around (Vocal Club by MrChicagomack2010 | 7 months ago | 2,237 views 7:44 Z - FACTOR FEATURING JESSE SAUNDERS - FANTASY (VOCAL) Label:Mitchbal Records Format:Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM Country:US Released:1984 Genre:Electronic Style:House Tracklist A Fantasy (Vocal) 6:04 ... by MrChicagomack2010 | 7 months ago | 920 views 6:16 A Very Brief Chronological History of Dance Music (Pre-'92) Jesse Saunders On and On Z - FACTOR FEATURING JESSE SAUNDERS - FANTASY (VOCAL) Inner City - Big Fun (1988) 6:169:07 3:22 by solatha | 186 videos PLAYLIST House Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jesse Saunders - Love Can'... Jesse Saunders - On And On (119) Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (Jesse Garcia Remix) 3:045:43 3:58 by CurvyCreature | 191 videos PLAYLIST Jesse Saunders Summer Dance DJ Series 2006 Jesse Saunders performs during the Summer Dance DJ series in Grant Park Chicago. by umc4 | 2 years ago | 743 views 1:23 JESSE SAUNDERS WAITING ON MY ANGEL JESSE SAUNDERS WAITING ON MY ANGEL by chicagohouse1 | 2 years ago | 3,651 views 2:59 Jesse Saunders & Ron Hardy - Hardy Saunders - circa 1983- I1985 first heard this on a CDR containing Ron Hardy edits and now it has now received an unofficial release on vinyl. I love the fact that these are ... by houzbizness | 1 month ago | 168 views 3:01 Jesse Saunders - Waiting On My Angel - 1985 Here we have the A side version of this now famous version of the Jamie Principle track. It's my understanding that this was released a matter of ... by houzbizness | 11 months ago | 1,582 views 5:29 Z-Factor Feat Jesse Saunders - Fantasy Z-Factor Feat Jesse Saunders - Fantasy Mitchbal Records 6:04 MB-8401 Promo 1984 Opinions still differ as to what the first house record was, but ... by INDEEMIXX | 8 months ago | 444 views 5:37 ANDY G Jesse Saunders 1 Yeah Buddy...here we go with another addition of Juicy and this week we got: Andy G in the house...and as a thank you for your support we are ... by rjspinher | 1 year ago | 101 views 1:38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next Some search results have been omitted that contain duplicates. If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jesse+saunders&aq=f[9/7/2010 1:39:23 PM]