He played the trumpet with Lionel Hampton, produced albums ('Thriller'), songs ("We Are the World," "It's My Party"), films ('The Color Purple') and TV shows ('Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'), scored movies ...

By Ben Sisario Quincy Jones, who died at 91 on Sunday, was a colossus of American music, leaving a profound influence on ...

As a musician, a producer, a composer and an executive, Quincy Jones created hits. But in a career that stretched across ...

The French continue to be some of the most imaginative samplers of Jones’ work. Fred Falke, a contemporary of Daft Punk whose ...

Trying to choose 15 songs from Quincy Jones' illustrious career in music is a steep challenge, but you can't go wrong with ...

Ice Cube earns his biggest solo hit ever on two of Billboard's rap charts as his new single “It’s My Ego” debuts.

Seven of the 10 tracks on Billie Eilish's new album Hit Me Hard and Soft appear on Billboard's Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ...

I’ve been seduced by an old flame. It happened, like these things seem to nowadays, after a chance meeting online. A few ...

These four new wave and synth-pop classics were definitive one-hit wonders in the 1980s, and they've aged pretty well.

On Oct. 27, 1984, Alabama ’s “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas” rose to No. 1 on Billboard ’s Hot Country Songs chart. The ...

Some of these acts, such as Yes, REO Speedwagon and Sammy Hagar, haven't necessarily suffered from certain hits being ...

His signature androgynous style, which was still shocking to many even in 1984, contributed to his high profile. Many musicians who didn’t have No. 1 hits in 1984 still had a major influence ...