Quincy Delight Jones Jr.
{March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024}
Master of All Things Musical!
In a phenomenal career that spanned more than 60 years, Jones produced Michael Jackson’s best-selling albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad; obtained the rights to the novel The Color Purple, cast a young Oprah Winfrey in the Steven Spielberg 1985 film adaptation and received three Oscar nominations for his work; helmed the historic recording sessions for the 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” the best-selling single of all time; and produced Lesley Gore’s 1963 chart-topping hit “It’s My Party”
TV shows Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Sanford & Sons, Ironside, Oprah Winfrey theme, Roots mural theme, scored movies ('In the Heat of the Night') and charmed the world
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