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Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an United States|American music impresario, Conductor (music)|conductor, record producer, musical arranger, Academy Award-winning film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations,<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399176/index.htm Fortune test drives a Mercedes Maybach with Quincy Jones - February 5, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 27 Grammys,<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399176/index.htm Fortune test drives a Mercedes Maybach with Quincy Jones - February 5, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is best known as the producer of the album ''Thriller (album)|Thriller'', by pop icon Michael Jackson, which sold 104 million copies worldwide,<ref>[http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/16112006/jackos_back Jacko's Back! | MTV UK<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and as the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the Worldâ€.
In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell (songwriter)|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-America... read all