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 ...

Quincy Jones version, recorded for his 1973 album You've Got It Bad Girl, is almost unrecognisable as the same song. Lazily ...

As a producer, arranger, composer, bandleader and recording artist, he made a powerful mark on nearly every genre he touched.

The 17-year-old internet mystery was finally solved today, as the band behind an elusive '80s song has been discovered.

Jones’ vast gifts — as trumpeter, arranger, composer, producer and music executive — encompassed jazz, rock-and-roll, R&B, funk, disco, film, hip-hop and even country. How do you select the most ...

Musicians have long taken inspiration from poetry for their work; here are four rock songs that pull from well-known poems.

A sad song that makes one listener feel gloomy could give another motivation to sort out the problems that plague their mind. A song that one considers the happiest tune ever created might not ...

Forty-two years after its release, Michael Jackson’s Thriller is a towering pillar of American culture: the best-selling ...

Jones, the legendary producer who died on Nov. 3 at 91 years old, worked with many artists throughout his decades-long career ...

Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, ...

From metal to punk to hard rock, plenty of rock outfits through the years have been led by female lead singers. There are too many to count, but there are a few that we think deserve some praise for ...