Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem) — Marshall Jefferson

CTL-E-0609 · Work · song · 1986–1986

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

'Move Your Body' was released in 1986 on Trax Records, produced by Marshall Jefferson with vocals by Curtis McClain, and championed by Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-node-061; source research type(s): song. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

https://www.grammy.com/news/record-store-recs-chicago-house-hero-marshall-jefferson-representation-dance-music/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move_Your_Body_(Marshall_Jefferson_song)

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