Ron Hardy

CTL-E-0047 · Person · dj · 1980s

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DJ whose residency at the Music Box defined the harder edge of early house.

Sources

Chicago Tribune retrospective
NPR house music history

Record CTL-E-0047 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: BMI-002, MUSIC-001, TECH-001.
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