Quincy Jones
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	BIRTHDAY: March 14, 1933 - November 3, 2024 GRAMMY AWARDS: 28

# 74 Singles Artist of the Year

Quincy hit the Top 40 with "Ai No Corrida."
from the LP The Dude
ARC chart run: 39 - 30 - 24 - 19 - 17 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 163
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Quincy hit the Top 40 with help from James Ingram with "Just Once."
from the LP The Dude
ARC chart run: 36 - 31 - 27 - 23 - 19 - 16 - 15 - 22 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 112
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Quincy was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (The Dude).

Quincy won 4 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (The Dude), Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording ("Velas"), Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals ("Ai No Corrida" with Jerry Hey), and Producer of the Year, and was nominated for Album of the Year (The Dude) and Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Velas").
Quincy hit the Top 40 with James Ingram with "One Hundred Ways."
from the LP The Dude
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 31 - 28 - 23 - 22 - 21 - 19 - 15 - 13 - 12 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 87
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Quincy was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (songwriter) with "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (with James Ingram).

Quincy was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (songwriter) with "Yah Mo B There" (with James Ingram, Michael McDonald and Rod Temperton).

Quincy hit the Top 40 with help from Ray Charles and Chaka Khan with "I'll Be Good To You."
from the LP Back On The Block
ARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 25 - 23 - 22 - 19 - 15 - 12 - 29 - off
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Quincy hit the Top 40 with "The Secret Garden."

Quincy was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Back On The Block).

Quincy won 6 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (Back On The Block), Best R&B Duo or Group Vocal Performance (with Ray Charles and Chaka Khan on the remake of "I'll Be Good To You"), Best Jazz Fusion Performance and Best Arrangement on an Instrumental ("Birdland"), Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals ("The Places You Find Love"), and Producer of the Year. Jones was also nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song").

Quincy was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (Miles And Quincy Live At Montreux with Miles Davis).

Quincy could be heard on the tribute compilation for Italian film composer Ennio Morricone, We All Love Ennio Morricone, with the track "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly."

• February 10: Quincy won a Grammy Award for Best Music Film (Quincy).

• November 3: Quincy died at the age of 91.