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Winehouse gets the boot from Quincy Jones tribute
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 27 May 2009
A cover version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ by Amy Winehouse has been dropped from a forthcoming Quincy Jones tribute album, which will feature covers of songs originally recorded by the legendary producer.
Winehouse’s contribution to the album was another collaboration with Mark Ronson, and he’s revealed that, although work on the track began a year ago, it’s still not anywhere close to being finished and so has been scrapped. Ronson told The Mirror: “The track isn’t finished and she’s not around. If she’s not here then, unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do about it”.
Padding out the story a bit, an anonymous source added: “Basically after Amy’s horrendous gig in St Lucia, and then pulling out of the Island 50th birthday gig, everyone realised she wasn’t going to get it together. Quincy Jones is one of the most respected men in the music industry, so it was a huge honour for Amy to be asked to record for him. To snub him is a big no-no. The frustrating thing is what there is of the track sounds really good, but it looks like no one will ever get to hear it”.
