Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned 79 Grammy Award nominations http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399176/index.htm, 27 Grammyshttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399176/index.htm, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is best known as the producer of two of the top-selling records of all time: the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which sold 104 million copies worldwide[LINK: http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/16112006/jackos_back] [1], and the charity song ?We Are the World?. In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African-Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award in the Best