In the year 1959, he got his first big international opportunity when he led a band for the European production of Harold Arlen’s blues opera, ‘Free and Easy’. He returned to New York to work as an executive with Mercury Records.
By the mid-1960s, Jones became proficient in his art and started to produce his own pop records and composed for films and television, which helped African-American music gain more and more popularity in Hollywood.
Additionally, he composed for films like: ‘Walk, Don’t Run (1966)’, ‘In Cold Blood (1967)’, ‘The Lost Man (1969)’, ‘The Italian Job (1969)’, ‘Cactus Flower (1969)’, ‘In the Heat of the Night (1968)’; TV shows like: ‘Ironside’, ‘Now You See It’, etc.
Jones finally founded his own production company, Qwest Productions in 1975. He got an opportunity to arrange and produce albums for veteran artists like Frank Sinatra and other prominent pop artists. In the year 1978, he produced the soundtrack for the musical adaptation of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, called ‘The Wiz’, which starred much-acclaimed musical artists like, Michael Jackson and Diana Ross.
Michael Jackson and Jones collaborated again in 1982 and worked on Jackson’s ‘Thriller’. The album sold 110 million copies and became the highest-selling album of all time, which made Jones the most powerful record producer in the industry.
He appeared on NBC’s ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’ to discuss various aspects of his abundant career in 2009. He also performed at a private reception for USAA employees in Texas in the same year.
Awards, Nomination
He won Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for Roots (1977) at Primetime Emmy Awards, he won Top Box Office Films for The Color Purple (1985) at ASCAP Award. Likewise, he won the Humanitarian Award at BET Award.
Similarly, he won the Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary for Quincy (2018) at Critics’ Choice Documentary Award. He won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for Quincy Jones: Back on the Block (1990), Best Music Video, Short Form for We Are the World (1985), Best Recording for Children for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) at Grammy Awards.
Net Worth, Income, Salary
he has an estimated net worth of around $400 million and he has earned that sum of money from his professional career.
Quincy Jones: Rumors and Controversy
There was a rumor circling about the on and off for years that Quincy molested Tevin when he was a teenager. However, the “Can We Talk’ singer is clear: That just never happened.
Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size
Quincy Jones has a height of 5 feet 6 inches. Additionally, he weighs is 83Kg. Quincy’s hair color is black and his eye color is dark brown.
Social Media
Being an American musician Quincy has a huge fan following rate. He has been active in social sites and YouTube.
He has 1.74M followers on his Facebook. Around 560.6K followers on his Twitter, he has around 774K followers on Instagram.
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