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Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and... trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is particularly recognized as the producer of the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which has sold more than 110 million copies worldwide, and as the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the World”. In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song "The Eyes of Love" from the Universal Pictures film Banning. That same year, he became the first African American to be nominated twice within the same year when he was nominated for Best Original Score for his work on the music of the 1967 film In Cold Blood. In 1971, Jones would receive the honor of becoming the first African American to be named musical director/conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony.
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Agua Dulce is a census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2,526 feet . Agua Dulce is located just north of Santa Clarita. The town has a population of about 4,000. It is located at 34°29′47″N 118°19′32″W... / 34.49639°N 118.32556°W / 34.49639; -118.32556 and covers a geographic area of about 25 square miles . The ZIP code is 91390 and area code 661. Agua Dulce is located about 25 miles Southwest of Palmdale, 44 miles North of Los Angeles, in the Sierra Pelona Valley portion of Southern California. The town has a median household income of $78,000 . The average household size is 3.1. The 2010 United States Census reported that Agua Dulce had a population of 3,342. The population density was 146.3 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Agua Dulce was 2,854 White, 59 African American, 24 Native American, 78 Asian, 3 Pacific Islander, 223 from other races, and 101 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 611 persons . The Census reported that 3,314 people (99.
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Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a 905-acre park located in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, in northern Los Angeles County, California. It is in the Agua Dulce vicinity between the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley north of Los Angeles and seen easily by motorists driving the Antelope... Valley Freeway . These rock formations were formed by action of the San Andreas Fault. In 1873 and 1874 Tiburcio Vásquez, one of California's most notorious bandits, used these rocks to elude capture by law enforcement. His name has since been associated with this geologic feature. The land and rock formations were acquired by the Los Angeles County government in the 1970s. Vasquez Rocks was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 due to its significance as a prehistoric site for the Shoshone and Tataviam peoples. In 1935, Universal Pictures assigned Stanley Bergerman as executive producer on the film Werewolf of London. Bergerman suggested the Vasquez Rocks as the location for what was supposed to be Tibet.
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