Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album producer Quincy Jones, dies at 91

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Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles, has died at 91. His demise came as a shock for music-lovers and condolences poured in from everywhere. As per the musician’s publicist, Arnold Robinson, Quincy Jones “passed away peacefully” on November 03, Sunday night at his Bel Air residence.

The Jazz musician’s illustrative career spanned over 75 years. He is the winner of 28 Grammy Awards and a Grammy Legend Award. He was best known for producing King of Pop’s famous album Thriller.

Here are a few other fascinating facts about the music arranger that you may find interesting.

Unknown Facts about Quincy Jones-

1. Quincy Jones’ arrangement of Frank Sinatra’s album It Might As Well Be Swing, was the most popular recording. One of the songs from the album Fly Me To The Moon was played in Apollo 10, which was on a mission to orbit the Moon. It also became the first track to have ever been played on the Moon after Buzz Aldrin played the cassette after stepping onto the lunar surface. This song was later performed in 2012 by Diana Krall at the national memorial service for Neil Armstrong.
2. In the 1978 American musical fantasy adventure film, The Wiz, Quincy Jones worked with a 19-year-old Michael Jackson. He later produced Michael Jackson’s music album Off The Wall, which sold 20 million copies. He has also produced the Dangerous singer’s another album titled Bad. Quincy Jones affectionately referred to Michael Jackson as “Smelly”- not because of any odour. Actually, the Black Or White singer avoided using curse words and would instead say “smelly” as an alternative.
3. Did you know that the jazz musician once filed a suit against Michael Jackson? Quincy Jones sought millions of dollars for music royalty that was used after the pop