I knew this was it for me. Forever,” he writes in his newly published “Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones” (Doubleday, $26). The rest is, as they say, history. Jones would go on to arrange music for Frank Sinatra, childhood friend Ray Charles and ...

Quincy Jones, a prolific producer and the first Black executive at a major American record label, was best known as the architect of Michael Jackson's early success, including by producing "Thriller."

Music icon and record producer Quincy Jones, who worked with Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra, has died aged 91