Michael Jackson’s Thriller -era guitarist says Beat It was “too metal” before producer Quincy Jones stepped in.

How the late producer and composer Quincy Jones saved this iconic Michael Jackson hit from its heavy metal fate.

But he may be most famous for his work with Michael Jackson. Jones produced ... Among those is “Beat It,” the third single from “Thriller.” While that song is now considered one of the ...

Michael Jackson ... highs. “Thriller” reappears on both the Official Streaming ranking and the main list of the most-consumed songs in the country. On the former, it’s a top 40 win again ...

The architect behind Michael Jackson’s “Thriller," Quincy Jones, died Sunday at age 91. And 40 years after that single's release, the record-shattering song continues to have a chokehold on ...

Ultimately, Jackson collected seven awards for “Thriller,” including album of the year and record of the year (for “Beat It”). Swedien won best engineered recording, non-classical.

While Michael Jackson recorded 'Thriller,' a speaker exploded. Quincy Jones saw this as a sign of what was to come.

Jackson wanted a rock track for Thriller – and Lukather says Jones had to step in to stop the song from entering fully ...