Marshall Jefferson
Dance
The next Marshall Jefferson concert is scheduled for Saturday, August 2, 2025 at Studio 338 in London, United Kingdom. See all 5 upcoming concerts
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![Listen to The House Music Anthem (Move Your Body) [feat. Curtis McClain] by Marshall Jefferson](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music126/v4/14/62/d6/1462d61b-6d7a-46f0-30ee-0cf2d2c26e58/0617465338656.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to The House Music Anthem (Move Your Body) [feat. Curtis McClain] by Marshall Jefferson")
![Watch Move Your Body (2012 Version) [Benny Benassi vs. Marshall Jefferson] music video by Benny Benassi & Marshall Jefferson](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video/v4/cd/74/c4/cd74c4b4-5fd0-52a9-9418-87d05e3d8183/77-MoveYourBody.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Move Your Body (2012 Version) [Benny Benassi vs. Marshall Jefferson] music video by Benny Benassi & Marshall Jefferson")
About Marshall Jefferson
Hometown
Chicago, IL, United States
Born
September 19, 1959
Genre
Dance
Though house music had already begun to develop by the time Marshall Jefferson started cutting tracks in his Chicago hometown, he was the one who created the emerging sound’s first and possibly most iconic anthem with “Move Your Body.” Born in 1959, Jefferson was working in a post office when he started his music career in the mid-’80s, creating songs with a newly purchased synthesizer and distributing tapes of his music to clubs like the Music Box. His thrilling and innovative use of piano was one big reason why “Move Your Body” became an underground favorite in 1985 before its official release on Trax Records the following year. The propulsive song helped turn house into a worldwide phenomenon and Jefferson into one of its foremost ambassadors. On his richly textured productions for artists such as CeCe Rogers and Ten City, he warmed up chilly electronic rhythms with ecstatic elements of soul and gospel, establishing the deep-house sound that became his trademark across decades of singles, remixes, and DJ sets.
Marshall Jefferson has also released music as a member of Probe-One, House to House, Mood Life, Umosia, Jungle Wonz, and On the House.
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