An impresario in the broadest and most creative sense of the word, quincy has succeeded in almost every segment of the media and entertainment industry. Quincy jones covered one mint julep, the kentuckian song, the good, the bad and the ugly, bess, you is my woman now and other songs. While not a major entry in jones s production discography, campbells rendition of the song completed a. Thus in 2010 jones discography was enlarged by the traditionally strong album q soul bossa nostra, which title resonates with soul bossa nova 1962. The quincy jonesproduced track remains one of bensons finest moments. Quincy jones is an american record producer, musical arranger, film composer. Quincy jones album, single, compilation and other discography. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries. Father of actresses rashida jones and kidada jones with actress peggy lipton, produceractor quincy jones iii with actress ulla.
Tamia you put a move on my heart official music video duration. Quincy put a band together for that occasion, but failed to meet the deadline for the production, which caused the demise of the project. Quincy jones big band bossa nova 1964 320 kbps quincy jones body heat 1974 abr 193 kbps quincy jones mellow madness 1975 256 kbps quincy jones ndeda 1972 vbr 199 kbps quincy jones quincy plays for pussycats 1965 vbr 200 kbps. Aliases quincy jones and his orchestra real name quincy delight jones jr. Jones is one of few producers to have number one records in three consecutive decades. List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications. The first of them was body heat, which went gold, and jones followed with a series of records including 1981s millionselling the dude and the 1990 album of the. Quincy jones celebrates his 80th birthday today march 14 and over his many fruitfull years in music, the legendary producer and. Musician, composer, producer, arranger, and pioneering entrepreneur quincy jones has lived large and worked for. Upon signing a recording contract with arista records subsidiary laface records in 2001, he shortened his name from tip to t. Jones utilized a lengthy list of studio musicians to perform the tracks and produced the album with david foster. Quincy jones main title song by mel carter vocals by carl reiner music from the original motion picture soundtrack enter laughing album 2 versiones liberty us. Mar 14, 20 as q turns 80, we rank the top 20 hot 100 hits hes ever produced.
The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. Slow jams with quincy jones featuring tamia, portrait swv. Browse through thousands of professionals working on broadway, offbroadway and regional theatre. An intimate look into the life of icon quincy jones. Quincy jones biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
What has forever been defined by the glitterball aesthetic of saturday night fever, has, slowly opened its arms to embrace a world of different musics, loosely connected by the idea, feel or groove of disco. Gain full access to production history and contactagency information for thousands of producers, theatre owners, playwrights, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers, designers and many more. Since entering the industry as an arranger in the early 1950s, he has distinguished himself as a bandleader, solo artist, sideman, songwriter, producer, film composer, and record label executive. Download quincy jones mp3 songs and albums music downloads. This features some of his most recognizable tunes, ever produced. Though his first hit, tomorrow a better you, better me from the quincy jones album back on the block, was released on qwest, its not here, and neither is just ask me to from the boyz in the hood soundtrack, another qwest release. Scrolling through his discography is even more daunting his hands and ears have literally shaped our collective music history. Audio fidelity releasing quincy jones the dude on sacd. American record producer, conductor, arranger, film score composer, television producer, and trumpeter. Big band quincy jones collection, albums 19612000. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for quincy jones productions releases. Three singles were released from the album, all of which charted on the u.
Jones has charted 6 singles and 6 albums in the top 40 and won 4 platinum awards and 7 gold awards only in the united states. Quincy jones album, singles, compilations and other. Quincy jones celebrates his 80th birthday today march 14 and over his many fruitfull years in music, the legendary producer and musician has worked with countless greats including michael jackson, paul mccartney and aretha franklin. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from donny hathaway at the discogs marketplace. He got his first media attention in the film stockholmsnatt, when he was part of the music and dance group berzerk 2, but also was the narrator and starred in the film. By this time the group included alphonso galloway, richard street and james weaver. Album the best of tevin campbell, tevin campbell qobuz. The first of them was body heat, which went gold, and jones followed with a series of records including 1981s millionselling the dude. With more grammy nominations and awards than anyone else alive, quincy jones is one of the great american success stories.
In a career spanning over seven decades, quincy jones has earned his reputation as a renaissance man of american music. Quincy jones listen up the lives of quincy 1990 full movie hd. Swedishamerican hiphop musician, record producer, and actor. Jackson and quicky jones at the peak of their powers, the album has a. He was perhaps best known for producing the alltime bestselling album, michael jacksons thriller 1982, and the television series the french prince of belair 199096. Born and raised on the south side of chicago, quincy and his brother frequently spent time with their grandmother in louisville, oh. Mar 10, 2020 quincy jones, american musical performer, producer, arranger, and composer whose work encompasses virtually all forms of popular music. The 100 greatest disco 12s of all time the vinyl factory. Quincy jones album, singles, compilations and other discography. A big thank you to our crack squad of consultants, without whom this. Write a kickass poprock song, at least according to lohan.
Jul 18, 2011 with more grammy nominations and awards than anyone else alive, quincy jones is one of the great american success stories. Quincy jones is an american record producer, musical arranger, film composer, impresario, conductor, and trumpeter. Jones is one of few producers to have number one records in three consecutive decades 1960s, 70s, and. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Strangest of all, alone with you, one of campbells biggest hits, is also missing. Pages in category albums produced by quincy jones the following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. Here, we take a look at some of the top singles ever produced by jones. His career spans over 60 years in the entertainment industry with a record 80 grammy award nominations, 28 grammys, and a grammy legend award in 1992 jones came to prominence in the 1950s. Donny hathaway supervised by quincy jones come back charleston blue original. Quincy jones wrote aint we funkin now, rack em up and gula matari. The labels first 45 was penned and produced by norman whitfield, a song called answer me that was sung by richard street and the distants. His career spans over 60 years in the entertainment industry with a record 80 grammy award nominations, 28 grammys, and a grammy legend award in 1992. According to, sacd of the dude is coming in mid january 2018 quincy jones the dude on importcds. He is probably best known for producing the michael jackson album off the wall 1979, widely regarded as a classic, along with the later huge selling followups thriller 1982 and bad 1987.
Born march 14, 1933 country united states ipi 00054051705 00528527732 comments one of the most influential personalities in the us music world since the 1960s, jones managed to cross over from a pure jazz musician to a groundbreaking producer and songwriter. Bill gibsons book with quincy jones is entitled, q on producing and is available through amazon bill gibson. Explore releases from the quincy jones productions label. Big band quincy jones collection, albums 19612000, mp3, 320 kbps. We look back on 20 highlights from quincy jones gamechanging production career. Eliot wilder from big band to bossa nova, from bebop to hiphop, qunicy jones has done it all not just on his own, but also with some. For the best experience please update your browser. Hes been called the quincy jones of gospel, and besides being one of the bestselling instrumentalists in christian music, keyboard player ben tankard has justified his tag, producing many stellar gospel projects as well as serving as an executive vicepresident at tribute records, for which he has recorded extensively.
Sep 21, 2018 directed by alan hicks, rashida jones. From now immortal icons like ray charles, frank sinatra and sam cooke to madonna, michael jackson, quincy jones, barbara streisand and paul mccartney al has worked with them all. The original broadway score by charlie smalls is here adapted and arranged by genius producer quincy jones, and features some new music written by nickolas ashford and valerie simpson. A quick fire introduction to the soundtracks of ubiquitous bandleader and super star pop producer quincy jones from six incredibly productive years between 1966 and 1972. Blue note records new york jazzlabel documentation movie eric friedler and wim wenders with quincy jones, herbie hancock etc.
With quincy jones, rashida jones, kareem abduljabbar, clarence avant. Fuelled by voracious selectors and intrepid reissue labels bringing back 12. The dude is a 1981 studio album released and recorded by quincy jones. The wiz original soundtrack 1978 the diana ross project. Quincy worked as the executive producer, while such diverse performers as amy winehouse, tpain, usher and many others took part in the creation of that record. The following is the discography of the musician babyface albums studio albums. Quincy jones discography quincy jones is a traveler a traveler on a more than 50year journey through the music business, unlike that of any other musician. Quincy jones is a traveler a traveler on a more than 50year journey through the music business, unlike that of any other musician. Quincy jones originally did one mint julep, the kentuckian song, im gone, the good, the bad and the ugly and other songs. The band has said that the album is thiiiiiis close to finished on their official twitter account for years.
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