# House Music Timeline

> Key milestones in the history of house music, from the Warehouse to global main stages.

- **Type:** Timeline
- **Canonical URL:** https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/topic/house-music-timeline
- **JSON:** https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/api/topics/house-music-timeline.json
- **Era:** 1977–present
- **Confidence:** 80/100
- **Last verified:** June 8, 2026

- **1977** — The Warehouse opens in Chicago; Frankie Knuckles becomes resident DJ.
- **1979** — "Disco Demolition Night" backlash accelerates disco's mainstream collapse, pushing the music underground.
- **1981** — The Music Box era begins with Ron Hardy.
- **1984** — Jesse Saunders' "On and On" — among the first house records pressed.
- **1985** — Larry Heard (Mr. Fingers) helps invent deep house ("Mystery of Love").
- **1986** — "Can You Feel It" and the Trax/DJ International catalog define the sound.
- **1987** — Phuture's "Acid Tracks" launches acid house.
- **1988** — The UK's Second Summer of Love takes house global.
- **1990s** — New York garage/soulful house golden age (Masters at Work, Kerri Chandler).
- **2010s–2020s** — Afro House goes worldwide; Black Coffee wins a Grammy (2022) for "Subconsciously."

## Related

- https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/topic/history-of-house-music (or /artist/history-of-house-music)
- https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/topic/black-origins-of-house-music (or /artist/black-origins-of-house-music)

## Sources

1. [Wikipedia: House music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music)

## How to cite this page

```
House Music Intelligence Database. "House Music Timeline." Published by World Famous House Crew. Last verified June 8, 2026. URL: https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/topic/house-music-timeline
```

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