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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. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received many accolades including 28 Grammy Awards, [1] a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Gerald Wexler (January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Here are 30 famous quotes and lyrics from Bob Marley that capture his legacy. Bob Marley quotes to spread the love “Don’t gain the world and lose your soul / Wisdom is better than silver and ...
The recorded music division of its Tisch School of the Arts, is named after him: the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. Davis was portrayed by Oscar nominated actor, Stanley Tucci, in Sony Pictures's Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody – a biopic about the life and music of Houston. Davis also served as a producer on the film. [39]
After her death, Selena’s music gained even more popularity and she became the first Latin artist to debut on the Billboard 200 with her posthumous crossover album, Dreaming of You.
John Henry Hammond Jr. (December 15, 1910 – July 10, 1987) was an American record producer, civil rights activist, and music critic active from the 1930s to the early 1980s. In his service as a talent scout , Hammond became one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music.
[33] Natalie Maines of the Chicks has praised his production methods, saying, "He has the ability and the patience to let music be discovered, not manufactured. Come to think of it, maybe he is a guru." [34] Producer Dr. Dre has said that Rubin is "hands down, the dopest producer ever that anyone would ever want to be, ever". [35]
Noah James Shebib (born March 31, 1983), better known as 40, is a Canadian record producer, songwriter, record executive, and former child actor from Toronto, Ontario.He is best known for his production work for fellow Toronto native Drake, with extensive involvement on the entirety of Drake's discography since 2008.