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Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94

June 22, 2026

Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry's most powerful figures, has died, his family confirmed to the New York Times. He had launched or resurrected the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys.

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