Clive Davis, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1932, is a record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer.
Davis was instrumental in shaping the careers of Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis, Whitney Houston,Jennifer Hudson and many others.
Davis is an alumnus of New York University, where the recorded music division of its Tisch School for the Arts is named after him. His bestselling biography, The Soundtrack of My Life (Simon and Schuster) was published in February 2013.
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