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Titan of American music dies at age 91 Worked with host of artists from Sinatra to Michael Jackson Produced all-time top seller "Thriller" Organized "We Are the World" famine relief recordingQuincy Jones, the man known simply as "Q," was a huge influence on American music in his work with artists ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and reshaped pop music in his collaborations with Michael Jackson.Jones died on Sunday at the age of 91, his publicist said.
There, Jones ventured out of the jazz genre and produced his first hit single, "It's My Party," a Lesley Gore song that topped the U.S. pop chart in 1964.Jazz purists called him a sell-out for making pop music but Jones later told Rolling Stone: "The underlying motivation for any artist, be it Stravinsky or Miles Davis, is to make the kind of music they want and still have everyone buy it.
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