‘Check your egos at the door’
Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson (along with Lionel Richie and producer Michael Omartian) also helmed We Are the World, a successful charity single that raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia in 1985.
He famously told the 46 assembled stars who gathered to record the single: “Check your egos at the door.”
He is pictured, below, at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in LA on February 25, 1986, with Dionne Warwick and Stevie Wonder.
Jones is holding the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, won that year for We Are the World.
‘Titan in the musical world’
Michael Caine is among the entertainment legends to have paid tribute to Jones.
‘Rest in power’ – Nile Rodgers pays tribute to Jones
The Chic guitarist and industry legend paid tribute to Jones on X:
What was Quincy Jones best known for?
Jones was arguably the most versatile pop cultural figure of the 20th century, perhaps best known for producing the albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad for Michael Jackson in the 1980s, which made the singer the biggest pop star of all time.
