Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, Fortune test drives a Mercedes Maybach with Quincy Jones - February 5, 2007 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is best known as the producer of the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which has sold 104 million copies worldwide, Jacko's Back! | MTV UK and as the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the World”. He is well known for his 1962 song "Soul Bossa Nova", which originated on the Big Band Bossa Nova album. Soul Bossa Nova was a theme for 1998 World Cup, the Canadian game show "Definition," the Mike Meyers movie "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," and sampled by Canadian rap group Dream Warriors in their "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style."In 1968, Jones and hi

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