Quincy Jones
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Year:
2013
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Inducted by:
Oprah Winfrey
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Category:
Ahmet Ertegun Award
Introduction
A Jack of all trades.
The saying goes “Jack of all trades, master of none,” but Quincy Jones excelled at every role he took on. A record producer, arranger, trumpeter and more, Jones has achieved distinction in practically every facet of the music industry.
Oprah Winfrey Inducts Quincy Jones
Oprah Inducts Quincy Jones at the 2013 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony-
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Oprah Winfrey Inducts Quincy Jones00:05:18 -
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Quincy Jones Acceptance Speech00:04:56 -
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"Rock With You"00:03:41
Hall of Fame Essay
2013
Fortunate is the man who recognizes his calling when it first comes to him. Fortunate are we that that man is Quincy Jones.
In his humble-roots-to-starry-heights memoir - he describes breaking into a military armory’s recreation center, outside of Seattle, in 1944, when he was 11. He was hungry and searching for food when he stumbled on a piano.
He always is soaring ahead and doesn’t like to look backwards
Photography: Kevin Mazur, WireImage
