How a boy from Chicago became legendary music producer Quincy Jones

In the music world, no name shone brighter or for as long as Quincy Jones.

He left the stage this week aged 91, after seven decades helping create some of the greatest music of our times and a soundtrack to our lives.

A Current Affair took a trip down memory lane to discover exactly how a boy from the mean streets of Chicago turned into a music industry titan who helped create the world's all-time biggest-selling album.

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