Quincy Jones
Musician, Composer, and Producer
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THIS IS IT Continues to Bring Out the Stars Around the World; Bermuda 'Pink Carpet' Premiere Will Feature the Legendary Quincy Jones - Producer of 'Thriller', 'Bad' and 'Off the Wall'THIS IS IT Continues to Bring Out the Stars Around the World; Bermuda 'Pink Carpet' Premiere Will Feature the Legendary Quincy Jones - Producer of 'Thriller', 'Bad' and 'Off the Wall' View and download archived video content distributed by... In this article: Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Bermuda, Producer, Thriller, Off the Wall, Bad, James Ingram, Grammy, and Chaka Khan |
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L.A. Times - Gold Derby - Oscar & Awards Blog | October 12, 2009
Will 'This Is It' win Michael Jackson another Grammy?
Michael Jackson shared the wins for album of the year and producer of the year (non-classical) with "Thriller" collaborator Quincy Jones, who also produced his Grammy-winning children's recording "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." For the...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Grammy Award, Thriller, R&B, Billie Jean, Beat It, RSS, Facebook, We Are the World, and New York Philharmonic
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CNSNews.com Headlines | October 28, 2009
'Melody' Missing from Music Industry, Quincy Jones Says
...Martin, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder, among others. He is perhaps most famous for producing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album, which is the second best-selling album of all time. The following comments are posted by our readers and are...
In this article: Grammy Award, Michael Jackson, God, John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Frank Sinatra
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Reuters | July 08, 2009
Quincy Jones remembers Jackson
...Jackson at a charity auction in the Czech Republic. Quincy Jones produced Jackson's most famous album, "Thriller", and also produced and conducted the charity song "We Are the World". At a charity event held by Slunecnice (Sun-flower)...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Thomson Reuters, Small business, We Are the World, NYSE, Nasdaq, and Thriller
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Yahoo! News | October 22, 2009
'Thriller' zombie tribute to Michael Jackson (AFP)
...and dance instructor from Toronto, Canada. It even has the seal of approval of Quincy Jones, producer of the multi-million selling "Thriller" album that features the song of the same name. With well over 100 million copies sold,...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Thriller, Thriller, Agence France Presse, Guinness World Record, All rights reserved, and Rod Temperton
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National Review Online: Politics | July 08, 2009
Hanson: Who Was Michael Jackson?
...procedures to transform his appearance to that of a white person. As Quincy Jones, who produced the legendary Thriller album confessed, "He obviously didn't want to be black. " Jackson earned well over a billion dollars during his lifetime,...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Victor Davis Hanson, Jamie Foxx, National Humanities Medal, Hoover Institution, Plastic surgery, Thriller, Peter Pan, and Britney Spears
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Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson: 'He's Not Gone'
...the circuses and all the other things that happened. " "I can't believe it because I was his age when I produced 'Thriller' and all those things - 'We are the World,' said Jones. "It's a baby of mine, my baby brother, and I can't believe...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Thriller, We Are the World, Grammy Award, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin
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USATODAY.com | July 10, 2009
Michael Jackson: HIStory of superstar's unreleased songs
...album of classical music. Veteran engineer and producer Bruce Swedien, a longtime Jackson and Quincy Jones colleague who worked on Off the Wall and Thriller, says he and Jackson had "experimented" with classical music but had "a bunch of...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Sony, Bruce Swedien, Tommy Mottola, Akon, J.D. Considine, Grammy Award, USA Today, and Thriller
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Chicago Sun-Times | June 26, 2009
The Thriller is gone
...search engine were unaffected, the company said. "I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him," said music legend Quincy Jones, producer of "Thriller.'' Madonna said in a statement, "I can't stop crying over...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Thriller, Google, Lisa Marie Presley, Tmz.com, Cardiac arrest, Los Angeles, Jermaine Jackson, and Elizabeth Taylor
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Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is best known as the producer of the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which has sold over 110 million copies worldwide, and as the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the World”.
In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African-Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award in the "Best Original Song" category. That same year, he became the first African-American to be nominated twice within the same year when he was nominated for "Best Original Score" for his work on the music of the 1967 film In Cold Blood. In 1971 Jones would receive the honor of becoming the first African American to be named musical director/conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony. Jones was also the first (and so far, the only) African-American to be nominated as a producer in the category of Best Picture (in 1986, for The Color Purple). He was also the first African-American to win the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1995. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the most Oscar-nominated African American, each of them having seven nominations. At the 2008 BET Awards, Quincy Jones was presented with the Humanitarian Award. He was played by Larenz Tate in the 2004 biopic about Ray Charles, Ray.
- Name At Birth:
- Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.
- Birth Date:
- March 14, 1933
- Occupation:
- Musician, conductor, producer, arranger, composer,
- Record Label:
- Columbia, Mercury, Qwest
- Years Active:
- 1951 – present
- Associated With:
- Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Dean Martin, Patti Austin, Tevin Campbell, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Will Smith
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