Quincy Jones has said that he wouldn’t have worked with Elvis Presley, alleging in a new interview that the late singer “was a racist”.The 88-year-old musician and producer made the claim while speaking to The Hollywood Reporter as part of their new Icon series.Jones was asked about Presley by the outlet after he compared Michael Jackson to the singer while recalling the filming of the 1978 film The Wiz.“[Jackson] was doing some Elvis copying, too. ‘The King of Pop,’ man.
Come on!” Jones said. Asked if he ever worked with Presley, Jones replied: “No. I wouldn’t work with him.”Pressed on why not, Jones continued: “I was writing for [orchestra leader] Tommy Dorsey, oh God, back then in the ’50s.
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