Clive Davis: Music giant behind Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys careers dies at 94 [Courtesy]
Clive Davis, the legendary music executive whose ear for talent and relentless drive shaped decades of popular music, has died aged 94.
The nonagenarian, a former head of Columbia Records and founder of Arista and J Records, signed and guided careers that reshaped the soundtrack of the 20th and 21st centuries.
He championed artists from Janis Joplin, Santana and Bruce Springsteen to Billy Joel, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera.
Born in Brooklyn on 4 April 1932, Davis studied law at Harvard before joining Columbia Records at 28.
