Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing Lesley Gore's major pop hits of 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 in the same time period. In 1968, Jones became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love" from the film Banning. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film In Cold Blood, making him the first African American to be nominated twice in the same year. Jones produced three of popstar Michael Jackson's most successful albums: 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. In 1971, Jones became the first African American to be the musical director and conductor of the Academy Awards. In 1995, he was the first African American to receive the academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the second most Oscar-nominated African American, with seven nominations each. In 2013, Jones was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the winner, alongside Lou Adler, of the Ahmet Ertegun Award. He was named one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time.
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Academy Honorary Award (2025)
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Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame (2021)
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Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (2016)
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Spingarn Medal (2014)
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2013)
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Global Citizen Awards (2012)
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ABD Ulusal Sanat Madalyası (2010)
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NEA Jazz Masters (2008)
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California Hall of Fame (2008)
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (2002)
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Marian Anderson Award (2001)
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Beşeri Bilimler Charles Frankel Ödülü (2000)
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honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1999)
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Yılın MusiCares Kişisi (1996)
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Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1995)
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Grammy Efsane Ödülü (1991)
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Grammy Trustees Ödülü (1989)
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En İyi Pop Solo Performansı Grammy Ödülü (1986)
Winner We Are the World
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Yılın Kaydı Grammy Ödülü (1986)
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Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (1986)
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Yılın Kaydı Grammy Ödülü (1984)
Winner Beat It
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Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella (1979)
Winner The Wiz
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) (1977)
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Kennedy Center Onur Ödülleri
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BBC Jazz Awards
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Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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Steiger Award
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Library of Congress Living Legend
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honorary doctorate from Princeton University
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Horatio Alger Award
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Commander of the Legion of Honour
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Paul Acket Award
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En İyi Özgün Şarkı Akademi Ödülü (1986)
Nominee Miss Celie's Blues
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En İyi Film Akademi Ödülü (1986)
Nominee Mor Yıllar
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En İyi Film Müziği Akademi Ödülü (1986)
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En İyi R&B Şarkısı Grammy Ödülü (1985)
Nominee Yah Mo B There
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Academy Award for Best Original Song Score (1979)
Nominee The Wiz
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En İyi Özgün Şarkı Akademi Ödülü (1969)
Nominee For Love of Ivy
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En İyi Özgün Şarkı Akademi Ödülü (1968)
Nominee The Eyes of Love
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En İyi Film Müziği Akademi Ödülü (1968)
Nominee In Cold Blood (film)
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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (1968)
Nominee Gecenin Sıcağında
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