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
Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Blues in the Night
Bridge over Troubled Water
Caravan
Cast Your Fate To the Wind
Centerfold
Charade
Cherokee
Comin Home Baby
Count 'Em
Days of Wine and Roses
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
Dreamsville
Everything
Everything Must Change
FOR THE LOVE OF YOU
Get the Funk Out of My Face
Give Me the Night
Heavens Girl
Hikky-Burr
How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
I Could Write a Book
I Got You (I Feel Good)
I Hear A Symphony
If I Ever Lose This Heaven [Single Version]
I'll Be Good to You
I'm Yours
In My Solitude
In the Still of the Night
Is It Love That We're Missin'
Is It Love That We're Missing?
It's My Party
Joe Turner's Blues
Just Once
Killer Joe
Laura
Let the Good Times Roll
Love Dance
Love Is Here to Stay
Lover Come Back to Me
Lullaby of Birdland
Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)
Mack the Knife
Many Rains Ago
Many Rains Ago (Oluwa)
Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) [African Theme/English Version]
Maybe God Is Tryin' to Tell You Somethin'
Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)
Misty
Money Runner
Moodys Mood For Love
Moon River
Moonglow
Moonlight in Vermont
My Cherie Amour
My Old Flame
My Reverie
Oh Happy Day
On the Sunny Side of the Street
One Hundred Ways
Pennies from Heaven
Perdido
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Razzamatazz
Rock with You
Sanford
Sanford andamp; Son Theme
Secret Garden
Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper)
Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper) [Live]
Slow Jams
Slow Jams [Remix]
Smackwater Jack
Soldier In The Rain
Solitude
Something About You
Something I Cannot Have
Something Special
Sophisticated Lady
Soul Bossa Nostra
Soul Bossa Nostra (Feat. Ludacris, Naturally 7 and Rudy Currence)
St. Louis Blues
Stardust
Stormy Weather
Strawberry Letter 23
Stuff Like That
Summer in the City
Superstition
Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
Tea For Two
That Old Black Magic
The Best is Yet To Come
The Dude
The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
The Places You Find Love
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
The Song Is You
They Say It's Wonderful
Tomorrow
Turn Out the Lamplight
Unforgettable
Velas
Walking In Space
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 a Move on My Heart
You Put It on Me
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
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