Chosen Few DJs

CTL-E-0574 · Neighborhood · 1977

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The Chosen Few DJs, founded by Wayne Williams in 1977 with Jesse Saunders, Tony Hatchett, Alan King, Andre Hatchett (later joined by Terry Hunter and Mike Dunn), played soulful dance music at historic South Side spots including Sauer's, First Impressions, the Playground, and the Loft.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-054; source research type(s): community. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

DMC World Magazine (2024); 5 Magazine (2015, 2019); Resident Advisor (2013)

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