A look at the life of the singular Quincy Jones
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🗓️ 4 November 2024
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NPR's Walter Ray Watson described Jones' talent as one that produced music that hooked ears, warmed hearts and moved feet to dance.
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| 0:55.5 | Only one man has worked with Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra. |
| 1:00.5 | Still, it's a real good bet. The best is yet to come. |
| 1:06.1 | And Ray Charles. |
| 1:08.3 | It had to be you. |
| 1:14.6 | It had to be you. It had to be you. That man was Quincy Delight Jones, who died on Sunday at the age of 91. |
| 1:22.6 | The legacy he left behind has few peers in the history of popular entertainment. Consider this. |
| 1:29.3 | You can't tell the history of popular music without mentioning Quincy Jones. Coming up, |
| 1:34.0 | we look back at his legendary career and hear from the man himself in a 2008 interview. |
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