Hit Parade: I Wanna Rock with Q. Edition Part 1
b'What does a music producer do? If his name is Quincy Jones, a little bit of everything: conducting, arranging, composing. Assembling teams of ace session musicians. Sometimes, even picking a catchy title and telling an artist to go write a song about it\\u2014 would \\u201cThriller\\u201d have worked as well if it had been called \\u201cStarlight\\u201d?\\n\\nQuincy Jones was pop\\u2019s Renaissance Man, and he could not be limited either by genre or by role. He played in jazz bands\\u2026produced teen pop hits\\u2026discovered young talent\\u2026scored Hollywood films\\u2026helped invent Yacht Rock and Yacht Soul\\u2026even released hit albums under his own name featuring cavalcades of guest vocalists.\\n\\nAnd he worked with so! many! legends! Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Little Richard, Lesley Gore, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan \\u2026 and all that happened before he even met a former child star named Michael Jackson and helped him produce the best-selling album in history. No wonder only Quincy had the clout to wrangle the superstars for the recording of \\u201cWe Are the World.\\u201d\\n\\nJoin Chris Molanphy as he tells the story of the music man who truly did it all and is known affectionately by the letter Q. He made the world a better place for you and me.\\n\\nPodcast production by Kevin Bendis.\\n\\nHost\\nChris Molanphy\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'