Clive Davis, Music Industry Titan Who Signed Whitney Houston, Dies at 94
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Clive Davis (1932-2026)Obituary2017: Interview2017: Working With Whitney Houston2013: Review of AutobiographyYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. ETClive Davis, the music executive who rose from a midlevel legal position at Columbia Records to become one of the industry’s most powerful and longest-reigning dons, guiding the careers of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow and dozens of other stars, died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. Davis had recently been hospitalized with respiratory problems.One of the few nonperformers in music to become a household name, Mr.
- ▪#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Clive Davis (1932-2026)Obituary2017: Interview2017: Working With Whitney Houston2013: Review of AutobiographyYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your acce
- ▪ETClive Davis, the music executive who rose from a midlevel legal position at Columbia Records to become one of the industry’s most powerful and longest-reigning dons, guiding the careers of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow a
- ▪Davis had recently been hospitalized with respiratory problems.One of the few nonperformers in music to become a household name, Mr.
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#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Clive Davis (1932-2026)Obituary2017: Interview2017: Working With Whitney Houston2013: Review of AutobiographyYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.One of the few executives in music to become a household name, Clive Davis maintained a visible role as a starmaker for more than five decades.Credit...Bryan Derballa for The New York TimesClive Davis, Hitmaking Titan of the Music Industry, Dies at 94He rose from a midlevel position at Columbia Records to become one of music’s most powerful executives, shepherding stars like Barry Manilow and Whitney Houston.One of the few executives in music to become a household name, Clive Davis…
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