Quincy Jones Lyrics
All Songs
A Hard Day's Night
A Lover's Concerto
Ai No Corrida
Ain't That Peculiar
Along Came Betty
Back on the block
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Blues in the Night
Bridge over Troubled Water
Centerfold
Charade
Cherokee
Comin Home Baby
Count 'Em
Days of Wine and Roses
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
Dreamsville
End Of The Yellow Brick Road
Everything
Everything Must Change
FOR THE LOVE OF YOU
Get the Funk Out of My Face
Getta Bloomin' Move On! (The Self Preservation Society)
Glinda's Theme
Heavens Girl
Hikky-Burr
How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
I Can't Help It
I Could Write a Book
I Hear A Symphony
If I Ever Lose This Heaven
If I Ever Lose This Heaven [Single Version]
I'll Be Good to You
I'm Yours
Ironside
Is It Love That We're Missing?
Joe Turner's Blues
Keep the Faith
Killer Joe
Laura
Let the Good Times Roll
Listen Up
Lullaby of Birdland
Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)
Mack the Knife
Main Title / Overture
Many Rains Ago
Many Rains Ago (Oluwa)
Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) [African Theme/English Version]
Maybe God Is Tryin' to Tell You Somethin'
Miles Ahead
Money Runner
Moodys Mood For Love
Moonglow
Moonlight in Vermont
My Old Flame
My Reverie
Oh Happy Day
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Overture (Part Two)
Perdido
Poppy Girls
Prelude to the Garden
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Rock with You
Sanford
Sanford andamp; Son Theme
Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper)
Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper) [Live]
Slow Jams
Smackwater Jack
Soldier In The Rain
Something About You
Sophisticated Lady
Soul Bossa Nostra (Feat. Ludacris, Naturally 7 and Rudy Currence)
Soul Bossa Nova
Soul Bossa Nova (Dim's Space-A-Nova)
Stardust
Stormy Weather
Strawberry Letter 23
Stuff Like That
Summer in the City
Superstition
Tea For Two
That Old Black Magic
The Best is Yet To Come
The Hucklebuck
The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
The Places You Find Love
The Secret Garden
The Song Is You
Theme from the Pawnbroker
Tomorrow
Unforgettable
Walking In Space
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
What's Going On
What's New Pussycat
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) (End Title)
Who Needs Forever?
Witchcraft
You Put It on Me
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. Over his course of his career he received several accolades including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between the jazz artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie. Jones produced three of the most successful albums by pop star Michael Jackson: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987). In 1985, Jones produced and conducted the charity song "We Are the World", which raised funds for victims of famine in Ethiopia.
Jones composed numerous films scores including for The Pawnbroker (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967), In Cold Blood (1967), The Italian Job (1969), The Wiz (1978), and The Color Purple (1985). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for the miniseries Roots (1977). He received a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical as a producer for the revival of The Color Purple (2016).
Throughout career he was the recipient of numerous honorary awards including the Grammy Legend Award in 1992, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1995, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the National Medal of the Arts in 2011, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2014, and the Academy Honorary Award in 2024. He was named one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time.
Birth Name: Quincy Delight Jones Jr.Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between the jazz artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie. Jones produced three of the most successful albums by pop star Michael Jackson: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987). In 1985, Jones produced and conducted the charity song "We Are the World", which raised funds for victims of famine in Ethiopia.
Jones composed numerous films scores including for The Pawnbroker (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967), In Cold Blood (1967), The Italian Job (1969), The Wiz (1978), and The Color Purple (1985). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for the miniseries Roots (1977). He received a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical as a producer for the revival of The Color Purple (2016).
Throughout career he was the recipient of numerous honorary awards including the Grammy Legend Award in 1992, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1995, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the National Medal of the Arts in 2011, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2014, and the Academy Honorary Award in 2024. He was named one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time.
Born: March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died: November 3, 2024 (at age of 91) in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse(s): Jeri Caldwell (m. 1957; div. 1966)
Ulla Andersson (m. 1967; div. 1974)
Peggy Lipton (m. 1974; div. 1990)
Children: 7, including Quincy III, Kidada, Rashida and Kenya
Genre(s): Rhythm and blues, soul, funk, big band, swing, bossa nova, jazz, hip hop, rock and roll, disco
Instrument(s): Trumpet, keyboards
Occupation(s): Record producer, conductor, arranger, record executive, songwriter
Active From: 1951-2024
Associated Acts: Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, The Weeknd