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Quincy Jones

1933 - 2024

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Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. During his seven-decade career, he received dozens of 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 Frank Sinatra and the jazz artist Count Basie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Quincy Jones is the 113th most popular musician (down from 99th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from United States (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Musician.

Quincy Jones is most famous for his long career as a musician, producer, and composer. He has won 27 Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as both a producer and a musician.

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Among musicians, Quincy Jones ranks 113 out of 3,175. Before him are Charlie Watts, Adrian Smith, Sid Vicious, Sixto Rodriguez, Thomas Bangalter, and Mariss Jansons. After him are Till Lindemann, Jascha Heifetz, Duke Ellington, Robert Johnson, Krist Novoselic, and King Oliver.

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Among people born in 1933, Quincy Jones ranks 36. Before him are Mako, Richard R. Ernst, Fouad Mebazaa, Ronald Evans, Kim Novak, and Steven Weinberg. After him are Edmund Phelps, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Robert Curl, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jerry Falwell, and Costa-Gavras. Among people deceased in 2024, Quincy Jones ranks 38. Before him are Herbert Kroemer, Dési Bouterse, Alice Munro, Olivia Hussey, James Earl Jones, and Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples. After him are Marisa Paredes, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Colin Renfrew, Alexei Navalny, Tsung-Dao Lee, and Melanie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Quincy Jones ranks 812 out of 20,380. Before him are Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Michael J. Smith (1945), George Peppard (1928), Andrew Mellon (1855), and Immanuel Wallerstein (1930). After him are William Sadler (1950), Dennis Ritchie (1941), Stephen Collins (1947), Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), Robert H. Goddard (1882), and Telly Savalas (1922).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Quincy Jones ranks 32. Before him are Dave Grohl (1969), Alice Cooper (1948), Lou Reed (1942), Ice-T (1958), Keith Jarrett (1945), and Sixto Rodriguez (1942). After him are Duke Ellington (1899), Robert Johnson (1911), Krist Novoselic (1965), King Oliver (1881), John Coltrane (1926), and Lady Gaga (1986).

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