The 1994 movie Forrest Gump starred Tom Hanks as a man who randomly encounters legendary figures from 20th-century history: Elvis, John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Abbie Hoffman, John Lennon and ...
To begin to appreciate what Quincy Jones meant to American popular music, listen to Frank Sinatra’s 1964 recording of “Fly Me to the Moon” with the Count Basie Orchestra swinging ...
The late producer came from hardship and knew his history, which allowed him to see—and invent—the future of music.
"Thriller" sold as many as 70 million copies, with six of the nine songs on the album becoming top 10 singles. MUSICAL BREAK-IN Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was born March 14, 1933, in Chicago. As a boy, ...
The music superproducer knew that if you have to find your way to a kind of telepathy with an artist, operating as one mind, ...
Their work on “Off the Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad” set records for commercial success and defined the sound of the 1980s.
and because one of the tracks on Harry Style's album is called Daydreaming, it samples a song by The Brothers Johnson that ...
The producer, who died this week, was at the height of his powers during a legendary three-album run with Jackson.
Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating ...
Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson offers his condolences to the family of Quincy Jones following the passing of the ...
Stevie Wonder has penned an emotional tribute to late music legend Quincy Jones that been posted at RollingStone.com.
Many of Quincy Jones' most famous albums and songs—including "We Are The World"—are on the rise on iTunes in America following the superstar's death.