Eddie Van Halen got the call one day in 1982, to add a pyrotechnic guitar solo to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” He declined credit for it, but after Jackson’s death in 2009, Van Halen said ...

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Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic "Thriller" ...

Jones’ legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson albums and collaborating with hundreds of other recording artists to ...

There was little Jones did not do in a music career of more than 65 years. He was a trumpeter, bandleader, arranger, composer ...

For “Thriller,” some of the most memorable touches originated with Mr. Jones, who recruited Eddie Van Halen for a guitar solo on the genre-defying “Beat It” and brought in Vincent Price ...

For “Thriller,” some of the most memorable touches originated with Jones, who recruited Eddie Van Halen for a ... in Time magazine after Jackson’s death, in 2009, Jones remembered that ...

was preceded in death by his parents and his four brothers ... Gray (Zach), Bethany Jones McCullough (Clint), Hasson Jones Felber (Eddie), Stephanie Jones Jordan (Ammen), Jack Gray (Jennifer ...