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malaise

(299,505 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 05:43 PM Yesterday

Wow! The great Clive Davis is dead

Clive Davis, a music industry mogul who launched or resurrected the careers of Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys, has died. He was 94.

Davis died in his Manhattan apartment, weeks after being hospitalized for an upper respiratory issue, his publicist Aliza Rabinoff said.

https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/5955169-clive-davis-music-industry-starmaker-has-died-at-94-2

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A genuine genius has departed. Well done.

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maxsolomon

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5. Signed Lou Reed to Arista
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 06:09 PM
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It took a couple tries, but eventually Street Hassle was released.

Not too shabby.

malaise

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8. The Boss on Clive
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 06:58 PM
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bruce-springsteen-remembers-clive-davis-1235581620/

Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Clive Davis, the legendary music executive who helped shape Springsteen’s career and died on Monday at the age of 94.

“Over here on E Street, we mourn the death of the great record man and close friend Clive Davis,” Springsteen posted on social media. “At 22 years old, he changed my life when he signed me to Columbia Records.”

He added: “He treated me with the same respect and kindness as a 22-year-old nobody as he did after all my success. A great man. All our prayers and love.”
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Thanks Ari

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