Clive Davis, the famous music executive, receives mixed reactions as stars like Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson pay tribute to him, while others bring up past controversies from his career.

The record executive was instrumental in shepherding the successful careers of a number of monumental music stars, including Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin,…

Clive Davis, the executive who steered Columbia, Arista and J Records to the pinnacle of the pop music business, died Monday. He was 94.