Quincy Jones

  • “We Are the World” is a charity single recorded in 1985 by the supergroup USA for Africa. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian, the song was released as part of the album We Are the World. Selling over 20 million physical copies, it ranks as the

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  • Beat it- The guitar solo

    The guitar solo on Michael Jackson’s “Beat it” could have sounded completely different and perhaps it would not have become the massive hit it was if it wasn’t for Quincy Jones’s persistence. Eddie van Halen was  relaxing at home one day in the summer of 1982, where he suddenly received a call, The caller claimed

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