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Person · 1933–2024

Quincy Jones

The producer, composer, and arranger behind some of the most important records of the 20th century.

A titan of [[black-music]].

Across seven decades Quincy Jones worked with everyone from Count Basie to Michael Jackson (producing "Thriller"), amassing a record number of Grammy nominations and reshaping American popular music.

On the timeline

  1. November 30, 1982
    Michael Jackson's Thriller

    The best-selling album of all time reshapes pop music and breaks MTV's color barrier.

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