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Date of Birth

14 March 1933, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name

Quincy Delight Jones Jr.

Nickname

Q

Height

5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Spouse

Peggy Lipton	(14 September 1974 - 1990) (divorced) 2 children
Ulla Andersson	(1967 - 1974) (divorced) 2 children
Jeri Caldwell	(1957 - 1966) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Suffered a brain aneurysm in the 1970s. As a result, he can no longer play the trumpet; doing so could dislodge the chip in his brain.

Recipient of 26 Grammys, which is currently more than any living recording artist (Sir Georg Solti holds the all-time record with 31 Grammys.)

Godfather of singer Patti Austin.

Lived with Nastassja Kinski. 1 daughter, Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones (b.1993). [1991-1997]

Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]

He appeared in the music video and was the conductor and producer of the song "We Are The World."

Born at 8:40pm-CST

At 17, he began his career playing trumpet and arranging for Lionel Hampton, and later Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, and Peggy Lee.

His production company, partnered with former news executive David Saltzman, also produces "Jenny Jones" (1991), and "MADtv" (1995).

Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award, in 1994.

Father, with Peggy Lipton, of actresses Kidada Jones (born 1974) and Rashida Jones (born 1975).

He has never learned how to drive an automobile.

Quincy Jones received the John F. Kennedy Center Honors in 2001. He also produced and directed the "We Are the World" video in 1985 after the American Music Awards show.

Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988.

Father of Quincy Jones III and Martina Jones with Ulla Andersson.

After his brain aneurysm, a metal plate was placed in his head, thus setting off a metal detector at an airport.

With Jeri Caldwell, is the father of jazz vocalist Jolie Jones Levine.

Shares a birthday with Mercedes McNab, Taylor Hanson, Kylie Tyndall and Keaton Tyndall, Chris Klein, & Michael Caine

Attended Berklee College of Music (then called Schillinger House) in Boston, Massachusetts. He is considered to be Berklee's most famous alumnus, so much so that his original admission application is housed in a display case at the school.

Son of Quincy Delight Jones and wife Sarah Frances Wells, the daughter of ... Welles and wife Mary Belle Lanier, who in turn was the illegitimate daughter by an unknown woman of James Balance Lanier (himself the second cousin four times removed of President George Washington through the Washington line, being also related to Lee Marvin and Senator John McCain).

With Carol Reynolds, is the father of Rachel Jones.

Godfather of Nicole Richie.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Personal Quotes

"Frank [Sinatra] took me to a whole new planet. I worked with him until he passed away in '98. He left me his ring. I never take it off. Now, when I go to Sicily, I don't need a passport. I just flash my ring."

[on Jack Nicholson] Jack had a great sense of humor. He still does. He's crazy and a beautiful guy. I always think it's nice when somebody who's paid his dues, like Jack, makes it. But he hasn't really changed much.

Where Are They Now

(May 2005) He will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for his services to music.

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